Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Zantetsuken]

I find that Koreans...especially students are so easily fooled. For example, at the end of this semester and the last I've done my music lesson which consists of the students listening to songs from Savage Garden/Keane and doing some dictation. At the end of the lesson if we have extra time, I like to screw with them and the co-teacher.

I'll say "You wanna hear something I recorded at my house on the guitar" Of course they're excited to hear what the waygooks got. So I play them "Eruption" from Van Halen. I get them everytime with this one. At the end of the song they all clap and cheer and the co-teacher looks so impressed. After everything is said and done I tell them its not me.

The crazy thing is that they never question it..not even once. I know the song is pretty old and a lot of people here wouldn't know it...but come on...I'd be at least a little skeptical. Of course I've told children I've run into on the street that I'm from 북한 and they've believed it......

Anyone else have a trick/joke that always works here in the Korea???

[Goku]

No joke,

I plaster a picture of brad pitt on one of my worksheets and labeled it "Your teacher Michael"

A lot of the students never questioned it. Some ever were like "Teacher Michael, handsome man"

Ignorance is so cute especially when it flatters my huge ego.

[Jane]

Yes, Koreans are easily fooled. It may have to do with the fact that most people are either one generation or grew up in the country, where people were more trusting.

Also, sarcasm is very much a part of North American humour, and I found the humour is often lost on Koreans when I use it. In the past, in fact, I've had to explain to students what sarcasm is.

I've told Koreans I'M Korean, and some people have believed me even though I don't look Korean nor speak Korean well. I've even gotten some people to believe I'm from another planet. Essentially, they have no experience with a sense of humour that finds jest in telling the opposite or an exaggeration of what is true.

[Zantetsuken]

[djsmnc]

I often tell the more attractive female ones that I have the key to eternal youth and beauty. You can fill in the obvious blanks about where that leads.

[Oreovictim]

"Eruption" that's a good one. Yeah, a lot of my students are easy to fool, too - maybe not to that extent, though.

Speaking of Eddie, I've always liked this.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32186

[Gillian57]

I love it when complete strangers on the street ask me where I am from. They then have the standard follow-up question: Do you teach English?

I respond with a totally serious expression: No, I teach Korean.

They believe me!!!???? Go figure.

[saw6436]

I have convinced my students that Americans have only 4 toes.

[ekul]

Oh wow lying to people in a foreign language, how stupid they are! Next you'll be telling them Michael Jackson is dead!

[Zantetsuken]

[oldfatfarang]

[Zantetsuken]

[fermentation]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Oreovictim]