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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| ryleeys wrote: |
| I'm mildly frustrated that no matter how many times I say to the taxi driver the name of my school, they still don't understand me. And every Korean friend I have has told me that on the phone, they have to listen hard to know I'm not Korean... the very few phrases I do know, my kids hammered into me the exact correct pronounciation. So, why the hell does the taxi driver act like I'm speaking Farci when I tell him this one phrase that I have practiced hundreds of times? |
He does not know where the school is and is afraid to admit it. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
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| ryleeys wrote: |
| I agree the Bush is... intellectually challenged. But I don't think Michael Moore is the be all to political analysis. He has never held or even been closely associated with political office and therefore can't have a true understanding of how the process works. Anyone can portray evidence in such a manner as to support their hypothesis... "lies, damn lies, and statistics." |
Bush is the first American president to have an MBA. intellectually challenged? |
Bush was a legacy admission who performed poorly academically. |
Idiots don't graduate from Harvard, no matter how they got in, and his father went to Yale, not Harvard.
I could be wrong implying there was no legacy. Maybe his grandfather went to Harvard. |
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:13 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| ryleeys wrote: |
| I'm mildly frustrated that no matter how many times I say to the taxi driver the name of my school, they still don't understand me. And every Korean friend I have has told me that on the phone, they have to listen hard to know I'm not Korean... the very few phrases I do know, my kids hammered into me the exact correct pronounciation. So, why the hell does the taxi driver act like I'm speaking Farci when I tell him this one phrase that I have practiced hundreds of times? |
He does not know where the school is and is afraid to admit it. |
I tested this today... I recorded myself saying the name of my school on the voice recorder of my mp3 player. When I got into the taxi, I played it for him and off we went without a problem... figures. |
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Hyalucent
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: British North America
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| ryleeys wrote: |
I tested this today... I recorded myself saying the name of my school on the voice recorder of my mp3 player. When I got into the taxi, I played it for him and off we went without a problem... figures. |
That's just bloody brilliant.  Good job. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| ryleeys wrote: |
| I agree the Bush is... intellectually challenged. But I don't think Michael Moore is the be all to political analysis. He has never held or even been closely associated with political office and therefore can't have a true understanding of how the process works. Anyone can portray evidence in such a manner as to support their hypothesis... "lies, damn lies, and statistics." |
Bush is the first American president to have an MBA. intellectually challenged? |
Bush was a legacy admission who performed poorly academically. |
Idiots don't graduate from Harvard, no matter how they got in, and his father went to Yale, not Harvard.
I could be wrong implying there was no legacy. Maybe his grandfather went to Harvard. |
Who said anything about Harvard?
And yes, idiots can and do graduate from any university. Go Terps! |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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about what reelys wrote.....
That is funny.... the taxi driver understood the recording, not knowing it was the voice of you, the foreigner, but couldn't seem to understand you saying the same thing directly?
I guess something happens when they see that foreign face. But ya know, I am surprised when a stranger who is obviously not a native speaker of English, speaks it well. I think I just expect poor or no English from most Koreans (and others, like Japanese, Chinese...). |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Who said anything about Harvard?
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That's where he got his MBA.
Dogbert, please explain how Bush got into Harvard on by legacy when his father graduated from Yale. How did he get ino Harvard?
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
And yes, idiots can and do graduate from any university. Go Terps! |
Come on now... I did pretty well at Maryland. Smarter than half the professors there anyway, not that that says a whole lot... |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| dogbert wrote: |
Who said anything about Harvard?
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That's where he got his MBA.
Dogbert, please explain how Bush got into Harvard on by legacy when his father graduated from Yale. How did he get ino Harvard? |
Well, what was his GPA at Yale? I seem to recall reading it was somewhere below 3.0.
I suppose he got a perfect score on the GMAT.
Gee.....the son of George H.W. Bush, lacking good grades and (I'm guessing) good test scores applies to Harvard. Somehow I doubt his application gets tossed in the circular file.
And although none of us can say for sure, I myself have no doubt that George W. Bush was a legacy admission at Yale. Surely you are aware that legacy admissions at Ivy League schools are not an uncommon practice. |
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