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[tenchu77491]

So she withdrew her kid from embarrassment she felt from what her kid did.

So what did her kid do? He called me 병신 twice. The first time I cracked him in the head and told him to watch his mouth I understand more than you think. The second time he tried to whisper it under my nose so I took him out of the class and showed the Korean teacher his book (where he wrote it before saying it twice). At which point she spoke to him and then she assumed I couldn't speak or read or write any Korean. She said 'he thinks you miss understood him or your memory isn't correct'. Then I said exactly what he said and I wrote it down, and wrote it in the slang form (which he wrote on the table).

At which point she almost laid an egg in shock, looking at the kid.

I said I know what it is, and that's that. Then told her if she doesn't tell his parents I will (wrote down the parents cellphone number).

She told his parents and they were shocked and apologized. He didn't show up again and the school never got payment from his family. I asked why not, and the Korean teacher said she thinks they are too embarrassed to send the kid back.

Yerrrr I win.

[mayorgc]

is it a hagwon? Won't they fire you if you cost them business?

[tenchu77491]

A private company operating out of a public school. Yea I cost the company 180,000 won per month, but no I am not in any trouble. What do you expect? Let kids call you horrible stuff? In such a situation they would lose me, more valuable than the kid if I pull a runner.

[waseige1]

OK, I can read it but I don't know what it is.

What is 병신? Google translate says it means "jerk". That seems less than what you think.

[PackDaddy]

This makes me a little worried. Not THAT worried, but still...

What are some common insults that could slip by someone who doesn't know very much Korean? I'm sure when kids get away with saying nasty things to their waygook teachers it could hurt your chances of being respected by the rest of the class.

Like I said, I'm not shaking in my boots at the thought of a ten year old hurling foreign insults my way. I'm just curious if this has been a problem for anyone, or if it's a non-issue.

[tenchu77491]

[asmith]

[lostintranslation100]

I can't read Korean. How do you pronounce it?

[Ilsanman]

병신 means like deformed freak, or something like that. It is a serious insult in Korean.

[tenchu77491]

[prideofidaho]

Don't you remember being that age and wanting to use bad words only because people told you not to? It's pretty funny to hear a twelve year old scream 'puck you teacha!' just for kicks. I laugh on the inside.

[greasypeanut]

[tenchu77491]

Learning the insults is a slippery slope tho. If you can't read and write Korean that would be the first place to start. If you will call a kid out on an insult you should be damn sure it was an insult. Best to at least put a little effort into reading and writing and a little grammar study and everything if you didn't.

I probably never would have got the Korean teacher's attention if I didn't know how to say/write/read the word. She may have passed it off as 'a misunderstanding'.

[asylum seeker]

개새끼- son of a bitch
바보- silly or stupid
돼지- pig
멍청이- idiot
십새끼- son of a *beep* (?)
씨발- *beep*

[tenchu77491]

^^^
babo, mangchangi and teji are not so bad. I wouldn't want students calling me mangchangi at any time, but teji and babo could be a little playful depending on the time/mood and everything, but I would never accept it in front of parents or other teachers. There's a time and place for those I think.