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Boodleheimer

1 nail polish
3 origami cranes
1 doodling notebook
1 small bottle of hand lotion

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Go for the mp3 players and handphones!

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

7 pens
2 pencils
1 handphone
a pair of compasses

good going so far.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject:

no slingblades, no firearms.... gotta like how tame are Korean kids Very Happy

last week in my hagwon classes I confiscated

- a can of coffee (no way an elementary school kid should be drinking that, and especially no drinks or food in my class)
- a yo-yo
- a hat
- two bags of chips
- a few of those casino-looking round flick chip toys
- a 500 won coin

in most cases (except the coffee) I am willing to give back the stuff after class but in these cases I forgot and they either forgot or thought them gone forever

comic books, mp3 players and mobile phones I simply insist they put away and say "yellow card" and the fear on their face is enough that nobody ever brings their phone, player or book out after that

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

Chewing gum
Rubber bands
hand warmers
comic books

One day I found a treasure trove. I confiscated 2 Nintendo DS's, 3 cell phones, a slingshot, and a partridge in a pear tree.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

I should add I do give them the cell phone back at the end of class

minus the battery though.

I don't want to keep an expensive cell phone in my desk but a battery is ok

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Boodleheimer · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject:

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject:

normalcyispasse · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

So far today, in two 40-minute lasses:

One cell phone
six books/comics
two notes
and a partridge in a pear tree (don't know how the student smuggled that one in)

xCustomx · Joined: 06 Jan 2006

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

I didn't have a cell phone when I was their age.

mehamrick · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Location: South Korea

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

When I was teaching at a public school, my Korean co-teachers would take away phones from the kids among other things. I rarely took stuff when I worked there. Although there was that time when an eraser got thrown out the window. My co-teacher was a bit surprised I did that.

MarionG · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

Why take the coffee? For many years in North America we were told that coffee was bad for children. Specifically that it would stunt the growth of kids. Not only is that not true, but many studies have shown that coffee in anything other than large quantities (usually stated as more than 4 cups per day for children) is harmless to children and may even reduce the development of Type II diabetes.

None-the-less, it still surprises me to see children drinking coffee. But like many old wives tales, the harmful effects of coffee on children are not scientifically supported.