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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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 Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:24 am Post subject: Kids with broken limbs |
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| Anyone notice an upsurge in the number of kids with broken limbs eg. arms, hands or feet? Seems like one in every one of my elementary school classes. Must be the weather. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| Funny you should mention. I've noticed an epidemic of casts & crutches in my girls middle school this last week. |
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oldtactics
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Same in my girls highschool - I had one in each class today! Biking/rollerblading season has begun, I guess. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| ditto |
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harlowethrombey
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| Only seen one out of 1,500. Maybe my girls are too girly to be jumping off the monkey bars. . . |
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greedy_bones
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| Remember, this is Korea. Casts don't always mean broken limbs. Kids will often get a full on cast for a twisted or sprained limb. I've had tons of kids with casts, but I've never had a kid who actually broke a limb. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Yea, it seems like there are 2 sets of crutches per class at the moment. I swear one kid has had a cast on his arm for three arms. It could be a fashion thing, like getting glasses with plastic lenses, so you look "smarter." |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| greedy_bones wrote: |
| Remember, this is Korea. Casts don't always mean broken limbs. Kids will often get a full on cast for a twisted or sprained limb. I've had tons of kids with casts, but I've never had a kid who actually broke a limb. |
I never knew that before. If it`s trendy then it should be stopped. Makes teaching class sooo difficult since they can`t write and won`t sit still either. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| I swear one kid has had a cast on his arm for three arms. |
I really want a picture of that kid! |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Happened to some students of mine. His brother thought it would be funny to twist his arm until it popped and cracked.
I once asked a class of adults how many broken bones they've had, and they all said 'none'. Either bull-shitting or there has been an uprising in cases of braindead kids. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| I swear one kid has had a cast on his arm for three arms. |
I really want a picture of that kid! |
Haha, whoops. I meant three months. Maybe he lives to close to the Nuclear waste dump. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Ilsanman"]Happened to some students of mine. His brother thought it would be funny to twist his arm until it popped and cracked.
I once asked a class of adults how many broken bones they've had, and they all said 'none'. Either bull-shitting or there has been an uprising in cases of braindead kids.[/quote]
Second one. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| It's the cheap American beef that's causing Korean students to go crazy. Blame the Sofa Agreement. It's George Bush's fault |
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CarlyJo
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| One of my students told me he had a broken leg due to his mother hitting him with a baseball bat. But this is Korea, so when I told my co-teacher about it she just shrugged. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| One of my students told me he had a broken leg due to his mother hitting him with a baseball bat. But this is Korea, so when I told my co-teacher about it she just shrugged. |
I wonder if that's what happened to one of my little darlings who came in with a massive fresh bruise on her calf today. She's an out-of-control brat sometimes but I still can't imagine how someone could do that to her. |
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