Korean Job Discussion Forums

[VanIslander]

[Cheonmunka]

How about that Tomato, hitchhike, take the village buses and tour the country? That would be cool.
Bury your wallet deep down in your backpack and go on the cheap. Walk on the country roads from village to village.
I'd love to do that.

[bovinerebel]

Some people here think it's a big deal to speak two languages. For what I can tell Koreans do that worse than anyone else despite putting more effort into it. As I have said before you can travel into the darkest South Africa where people have had little to no education in English and have a conversation with them. Almost everyone speaks more than one language despite putting very little effort into it. I'm not saying they are superior based on something as arbitrary as that, that would be absurd.Certainly they are not inferior. But I would say there is something inherently beneficial in a multi cultural society as opposed to what we find here.

[bovinerebel]

[VanIslander]

[Cheonmunka]

That's it, I've talked to the wife. This summer, for two or three weeks, I'm off, on a walking tour of provincial Korea. No computer. No classes. No comforts. Just me, the birds, and makoli.

Catapult me to Cheunchon and Cholla-Do!

[komerican]

I've posted on this before about how many westerners think they are superior to Koreans. I wasn't making a judgment on westerners but simply making a statement of fact as to their beliefs.

Hopefully the mods will not delete this since a westerner has posted it. The OP is simply making a survey asking whether these statements are factually true or not with regard to westerners. It's a worthwhile poll!

[IncognitoHFX]

No more than Westerners... or no less. I'm a bit more confident around Koreans to be honest, and a bit more comfortable meeting strangers who are Korean than strangers who are foreigners (because with foreigners you don't know what to expect).

Don't really feel superior or inferior though. Don't see why you would.

[bovinerebel]

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[bovinerebel]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

My country only has a 141-year history. It's food isn't very spicy. It's women aren't 'cute' and don't know how to treat a man. It has four seasons but residents don't really know how to adjust their clothing accordingly. We don't honour our ancestors very much. Millions of people smoke pot whenever they want yet the police arrest people for fighting with their wives and beating their kids. You can slander and libel anyone however you want so long as it's true. We don't really have any traditional dress. In fact we hardly have any traditional food or music. Hardly anyone cares what university you went to. People have so little passion about things and try to make decisions based on boring old logic, reason, and evidence.

It's a good thing for my big nose, tall (5'11") stature, and light-coloured skin and hair or I'd feel so inferior in this country.

[bovinerebel]

[cj1976]

I feel superior to stupid, ignorant people and they can be found everywhere. As for the language thing, I reckon if I had been learning Korean since I was at elementary school, I'd be quite good at it by now.

[crusher_of_heads]

You are insecure.

[bogey666]