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danielkim80
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: koreans' view on english teachers |
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I know it might be a stereotype or generalization. But this is what most koreans think about english teachers in korea.
1. They come here because they can't get a job back their home.
2. Many of them aren't certified. (many of them come here without B.A. degree)
3. terrible fashion sense.
4. always making troubles
5. all they can do except speaking english is to get fucked up in the bar at hongdae or itaewon
6. making 2,000$/month
7. smell
see this video clip.
http://dory.mncast.com/mncHMovie.swf?movieID=10022275820070129201129&skinNum=1
hope this stereotype will be changed. |
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teachteach
Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| I've been saying this for a long time, but all the expats are like 'no no, they need us and they love us.' |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| That video is old hat. I've seen it quite a few times. It shouldn't have even made news. |
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xeno439
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Can anyone give a summary of the contents of that video with a few notable quotes translated in to English?
Funny how their entire premise (foreigners are drunk idiots) is based on one guy. They keep showing the same footage over and over. I guess I will bring a camera around and film all the drunk ajeossis I see that can't even make it to the cab from the bar without the assistance of five of their friends and without leaving a trail of puke. |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| Same anti-immigrant rant used throughout history the world over. |
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Oreovictim
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| #3 makes me laugh the most, the terrible fashion sense. If a trendy Korean person compliments me on my clothes, then I know that I must look bad. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: koreans' view on english teachers |
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| danielkim80 wrote: |
3. terrible fashion sense.
6. making 2,000$/month
7. smell |
3. I'll be sure to take my fashion advice from visor- and polyester-wearing ajummas or flood-pants- and black-socks-with-sandals-wearing ajosshis.
6. You're wrong. Every Korean I've talked to believes we make more than 4 or 5 million a month. Arguments from me to the contrary only make them angry at me for "lying".
7. Yeah, the overpowering kimchi and soju smell on an early morning subway won't knock the buzzard off a shit wagon at all. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: koreans' view on english teachers |
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| danielkim80 wrote: |
I know it might be a stereotype or generalization. But this is what most koreans think about english teachers in korea.
1. They come here because they can't get a job back their home.
2. Many of them aren't certified. (many of them come here without B.A. degree)
3. terrible fashion sense.
4. always making troubles
5. all they can do except speaking english is to get fucked up in the bar at hongdae or itaewon
6. making 2,000$/month
7. smell
see this video clip.
http://dory.mncast.com/mncHMovie.swf?movieID=10022275820070129201129&skinNum=1
hope this stereotype will be changed. |
You are what you make of yourself. If you're the only FT at a school and get along well with your co-workers the above points are pretty irrelevant. |
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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| My students all seem to believe that I'm rich, so I'm assuming their parents must tell them that about foreign teachers. |
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Captain Corea
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Hank the Iconoclast
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| There are a lot of foreigners here that come to Korea for an extended vacation after graduating from uni. However, many of us are not here for that purpose. |
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garykasparov
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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danielkim80
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Pyongshin Sangja
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| 1. They come here because they can't get a job back their home. |
So why do so many Koreans go overseas to study and work? Are Koreans all losers?
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2. Many of them aren't certified. (many of them come here without B.A. degree) |
So maybe the Korean authorities should do their jobs and control the number of people like this. Wait, Korean authorities don't do anything at all except collect bribes.
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| 3. terrible fashion sense. |
Ridiculous. Koreans copy western fashion all the time.
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| 4. always making troubles |
Such as? Korean employers often deceive their foreign staff, of course they make trouble.
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5. all they can do except speaking english is to get fucked up in the bar at hongdae or itaewon |
With thousands of Koreans doing the same thing. Koreans love drinking, don't try to deny it.
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| 6. making 2,000$/month |
Is this good or bad? It means that they are making above the Korean average GDP of W20,000,000 per year. They are contributing to the economy, you should welcome them here.
Wow. A Korean lecturing a westerner on hygiene. Will wonders never cease? The street outside my house, the street outside my office and the streets, well, everywhere, are covered in cigarette butts, huge globs of saliva, urine, garbage and feces. Open sewers are still common in many neighbourhoods, just like the 18th century in the civilized world. Koreans spit indoors all the time like medieval peasants, spreading infectious diseases like TB. How Koreans can even begin to think that they are cleaner than others is beyond me. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
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Ridiculous. Koreans copy western fashion all the time. |
They copy Japanese fashion even more. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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danielkim80
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I've got that on a t-shirt. I love wearing it around town and watching the looks I get. |
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