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[tomato]

■ you think a dinner engagement with the teaching staff is an invitation instead of an order

■ you try to hold conversations deeper than "do you like pizza" and "do you like hamburgers"

■ you expect your students to speak English in English class

■ you think you have other attributes besides the ability to speak English

■ you don't regard a three-day holiday weekend as a vacation

■ you think you can learn by reading and studying at home

■ you think prejudice on the basis of race, nationality, age, or gen

[joshuahirtle27]

- you start threads that others have started on the same day.






... You genuinely wonder why Koreans have been practicing English for years and only 1% of the population speaks it.
... You find yourself biting your tongue from correcting your co-teachers grammar.
... You shock yourself as a Canadian to crave American beer cause it's better than the sweat sock filtered a$$ juice Cass and Hoff produce.
... You wonder how a culture can call its self civilized when its children shove their hands into the butt of a complete stranger.
... You base how much of a language you learn on how long you will stay in that country.

[semi-fly]

- When you expect your employer to treat you with respect
- When you're accustomed to receiving your paycheck on time
- When you expect people to knock on your door and not just enter your home/office without permission
- When you're not accustomed to seeing a drunk man relieving himself in the corner at the local train station

[okokok]

-when you're constantly referred to as waegook-in

[joshuahirtle27]

.... You walk down the streets and receive stares.
.... You say Hanguk salam imnida to describe yourself when some kid screams Waegukin at the back of your head.

[Starla]

-You get excited by the sight of another foreigner and stare at them more than Koreans do. I've gotten that from some people a few times already though strangely, I couldn't care less most of the time.
-You discover your feet are no longer average but are "big size" and you have to go to a special part of town just to buy shoes or special order which can be very expensive.
-Korean girls stare at your chest if you're a woman. Weird. Korean men and even babies stare in your eyes.
-Kids stick their heads out of school building windows to wave and scream "hello!" Some of your school's kids drop their jaws when they first see you. You wonder to yourself if they would do this too if they went to a foreign country.