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ducati
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:22 am Post subject: Re: Two faced nature of English teachers |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
I would NEVER praise the culture and the people of Korea. For any reason. At any time.
Well, maybe if they had a gun to my head. But I'd still have to think about it. |
That's good to know. |
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ducati
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| samcheokguy wrote: |
| -in addition we clearly see the areas that were governed by the US after WWII in Asia became the most powerful states in the region. This would seem to decisively proove the superiority of a 'western' style viewpoint. |
Which Asian countries were governed by the US? Just curious... |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| ducati wrote: |
| samcheokguy wrote: |
| -in addition we clearly see the areas that were governed by the US after WWII in Asia became the most powerful states in the region. This would seem to decisively proove the superiority of a 'western' style viewpoint. |
Which Asian countries were governed by the US? Just curious... |
Goverened is a poor choice of words.
But you cannot deney the influence America (and other Western nations) had in the development of the East Asian nations of South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
Even Hong Kong and Singapore could be lumped into this group.
How did the West help these nations? Well first I will give credit to the leaders and the people of these Asian countries. They worked damn hard and I wouldn't dare to suggest other wise.
But when you factor in security, preferable trade status, political support, attainabilty of Western products and technology, ect.. you cannot help but admit that without the West, these Asians countries would be far less developed today.
Secondly, walk outside today and try to count all the technologies. planning, ect... that stem from Western inventions and advancements on previous inventions.
Seriously, you will be overwealmed.
I'm talking about cars, subways, buses, city planning, modern hospitals and universities, televisions, cell phones, toll booths, buildings, px drugs, music, fashion, erasers, Baskin Robbins, microwaves, air conditioning, electricity, light bulbs, planes, airports, clocks, watches, steel cookware, fridges, television, movies, water bottles, ect....
I mean this is a Western dominated world.
Even the legal, educational and political systems have heavy Western influence. |
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stevieg4ever
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ofcourse teachers are two faced: but Koreans do the same thing.
In Korea it isn't the best teachers that survive its the streetwise ones that do.
Ill say it once Ill say it a thousand times any extremely negative opinion you have of anything Korean keep to yourself and away from your co-workers. Koreans arent particularly good at constructive debate through English: anything even mildly negative, if heard by the wrong ears, is liable to be interprited in a variety of ways. Nationalist ferver runs deep in Korea. |
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samcheokguy
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| The Philipines 1899-1946, the Japanese Occupational Govt. 1945-1952, and the Korean transitional govt. 145-1948, were certainly cases of direct governing of a foreign power by the US. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Two faced nature of English teachers |
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| sakamuras wrote: |
Just an observation. Is it me, or do you also notice that when English teachers socialize with native Koreans, they are polite and non-confrontational, praising the culture and the people. Yet, what I consistently read on this discussion board are endless rants and complaints that border on downright racism.
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Perhaps they aren't the same individuals. Oh, crap. That doesn't work for a big flamewar. Yes. EXACTLY the same people who are polite in the company of you and Koreans are EXACTLY the same people who rant about how terrible Koreans are on this site. Exactly. |
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