Korean Job Discussion Forums

[crsandus]

For some reason, I suddenly had a desire to watch "Shall We Dance?" (original version). As I googled the American version to verify what the title of the Japanese version was, I read a short synopsis on the original movie. As I read the summary, I was interested in how dancing is a shameful act or basically an activity that isn't done very much outside of nightclubs. Heck, from all the anime I've seen in my life, I could not remember any school dance scenes on the top of my head. I'm sure that times have changed since the movie came out but then I started thinking about how no one ever mentions dancing in the Korean ESL forums outside of nightclubs.

Do Korean public/private schools have school sponsored dances? Prom? Homecoming? Valentines? Is dancing considered socially taboo for persons who are still school age or married? I can't say that I went to many dances outside of the above mentioned in my senior year, but I feel like it's an important part of growing up in America. I'm glad that there was that pressure to go. Heck, asking girls to dances resulted in the two girlfriends I had in high school. I never would have asked out the girls I liked, if not for the dances. (I will admit that I didn't especially like the financial punch in the gut that prom gave me)

[Beej]

No high school dances in Korea. Dances take up valuable time that can be used for studying. If you dont study you will have no future in this country. Would you ruin your future and become homeless and destitute just for a chance to touch Jinsoo Rottencrotch's pretty pink panties.

[nomad-ish]

dances are the devil's work

[Poemer]

As far as I know, there are no school dances in Korea at any age level. Many Koreans have a special fascination with all those foreign movies depicting scenes of high-school prom debauchery, etc.

[Bibbitybop]

I think that the dance would not include boys and girls dancing together. Given the amount of same-sex lap-sitting and hand-holding, I suspect they would involve boys dancing with boys and girls dancing with girls, or simple some show-off boys doing their best b-boys impersonations.

[cdninkorea]

[mindmetoo]

Boys and girls... dancing? Nooooooooooooooo! My kids would burst a blood vessel.

[CentralCali]

My church (and I'm sure others do, as well) holds youth dances for the teenagers and single adult dances for those who are 18 (the way we count) years old and older. The dance in Daegu for New Year's Eve on the Saturday before New Year's Eve was a blast.

[adeline]

aw, this reminds me of being forced to learn partner dancing for PE in grade 4. instead of these kinds of rites of passage type rituals I guess korean kids have exams...eek

(there are you happy now, asshole)

[CentralCali]

Not to be pedantic, but it's "rites of passage." Read the cool book with that title by Alexei Panshin.

[adeline]

sorry spelling nazi, i forgot this board was run by facists! you're not being pedantic, you're being anal retentive

[mindmetoo]

[ardis]

I wish they did for purely vain reasons. In America, we have tons of formals for middle/high/college students, and thus there are always tons of c*cktail/formal dresses. In Korea...there are shirt dresses or big shapeless bag dresses with some big rhinestones glued on. *sigh* So sad.

[paquebot]

[Mix1]

Maybe they don't mind skipping all the retarded fanfare....and simply go straght to the DVD room...ahem.

And then back to studying of course.