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bellum99
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: don't need to know
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 Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: |
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I have had something like this happen to me also. The problem is their crappy English. Student named John calls me and says he can't have a class on Friday..so I don't go on Friday. It was the other John and he said the wrong day...so one John is angry for me not going to class and the other John thinks it is weird when I do show up and call him.
Text messages can burn you good...but the 12 years old for drinks story is great!!! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Dude!
Yeah almost 4 years here and I've never given my email addy or phone to my students. It just seems like trouble. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| Did you guys not read where he says he doesn't know how his student got his number? |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Great story!
That's publishable! |
Maybe we will see it published somewhere?! This has to be the funniest part:
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| Got to work, explained everything to a K-teacher, she called Betty's mom, and her mom said she was angry but it is okay now because she understands. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
Dude!
Yeah almost 4 years here and I've never given my email addy or phone to my students. It just seems like trouble. |
I created a specific email account ONLY for students. Never give out a cellphone to students - because of the confusion like this. Plus why do they need to call you anyways?
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| Did you guys not read where he says he doesn't know how his student got his number? |
I'm gonna guess the OP took his phone out of his pocket and set it down somewhere in the classroom. Kids always go for these, start trying to get your number, etc.
The student probably thought it would be cute and funny to send a message to the teacher. |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:57 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
The student probably thought it would be cute and funny to send a message to the teacher. |
Well, he was half-right about the results. My students e-mail me like crazy. Ive managed to hide my phone number from them thus far. |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys for understanding. I have two new posts coming up I guess (I like the attention) - one about how I saved a kid's life on Thursday, and one about how I got in a fight with Koreans tonight for saying the dreaded 'f' word to my friend.
No lies, entertaining stuff I think, but I'm like, why does this always happen to me, and on a daily basis to boot, too?
I like ketchup. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I give my number to students if they want it. Just take theirs as well and put a little s in brackets beside it. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| It was funny. A light hearted look at a misunderstanding ~ |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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I've told a middle school girl I'd see her out at the bar. She knew me well enough to know that I'm a little airheaded and likely to make such mistakes.
(All friends and students with identical names MUST have their family names saved on one's phone!)
I've told a foreign teaacher here that I'd pick her up at her grandmother's house. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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ROTHLMAO.
I've had some close calls myself where I've got texts from my students I almost mistook for K-girls. And yes, if you're texting a K-girl at the same time a student sends one it would be very, very easy to *beep* it up, especially if there's no 'Mr' or 'Teacher' in it. That's why I always register the name of anyone who texts me.
The biggest give-away that it's a student and not an adult chick, though, is that the message is far more likely to contain 'I love you' if it's a student. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Did you guys not read where he says he doesn't know how his student got his number? |
Well clearly he gave it out. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Did you guys not read where he says he doesn't know how his student got his number? |
Well clearly he gave it out. |
My number's printed on all sorts of school docs and in the graduation albums. When I first started I think someone posted it in the dormitory and I had all sorts of curious students sending me messages. It's pretty easy for students to get if if they want. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: I Asked A 12 Year Old Out For Drinks |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
| [...]Anyway, I gave her my number but didn't get hers because I was probably drunk as usual.[...] |
You mean that you were _properly_ drunk, right?  Anyway, it was interesting story. I had almost the same experience once, but the lady in question was already an adult. The messages got a tad rowdy before I noticed that the person I was texting with wasn't the person I thought her to be.
OT: I've noticed your Bathory avatar. Are you a true believer or a poser? I personally like "Blood on Ice" and "Nordland I & II" over their other albums. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| It didn't really make me laugh, but it's certainly plausible. Just trite and sophomoric. |
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