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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| dorian_gray wrote: |
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Disnterested does not mean uninterested or indifferent. |
dis⋅in⋅ter⋅est⋅ed
/dɪsˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd, -trɪstɪd/
�adjective
1. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
2. not interested; indifferent.
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"disinterested." The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 18 Nov. 2009. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disinterested>.
What? Too lazy to actually look it up before you got all haughty?  |
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/disinterested?view=uk
If you're a "Professor" get a better grasp of English usage.
And quit with the eyeroll icon. It's what someone who glues troll dolls on their car would do. |
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Koharski
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:15 am Post subject: |
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When posts are removed, that does not mean to rephrase your insult to the other poster. It means stop the squabbling.
If you cannot act like adults, find somewhere else to discuss these issues.
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dorian_gray
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
| dorian_gray wrote: |
| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
Disnterested does not mean uninterested or indifferent. |
dis⋅in⋅ter⋅est⋅ed
/dɪsˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd, -trɪstɪd/
�adjective
1. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
2. not interested; indifferent.
Source:
"disinterested." The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 18 Nov. 2009. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disinterested>.
What? Too lazy to actually look it up before you got all haughty? |
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/disinterested?view=uk
If you're a "Professor" get a better grasp of English usage.
And quit with the eyeroll icon. It's what someone who glues troll dolls on their car would do. |
Um, yeah, I followed your link and this is what I found:
disinterested
� adjective 1 not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2 having or feeling no interest.
To further clarify: "having or feeling no interest" = "uninterested" = "disinterested."
Though it says under the usage section that disinterested primarily means impartial, that does not negate the fact that it also means not interested. Because their are several hundred million people on the planet that speak English, perhaps it would be best to allow for differences in usage.
Therefore, imho, it is you who needs to get a grip on their English usage, or at least learn how to read ALL the entries in a dictionary citation.
You are simply wrong. And it's my prerogative to use the eyeroll icon if I so choose.  |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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disinterested
� adjective 1 not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2 having or feeling no interest.
� DERIVATIVES disinterestedly adverb disinterestedness noun.
� USAGE There is a difference between disinterested and uninterested. Disinterested primarily means �impartial�, while uninterested means �not interested�.
2 having or feeling no interest means having no personal interest. As in having no stake or obvious personal involvement.
If you would still maintain and tell students that disinterested and indifferent are the same thing you are clueless. I would say read Kant but I think you're probably the sort of person who shouldn't be allowed near it.
Have fun sticking those troll dolls on. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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I worked in Hagwons for 2 years. I worked in an elementary school for 2 years. I have worked at my university for 3 years.
My life expectancy jumped from about 45 to 75 overnight when I switched to the university. So much less stress. |
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edwardcatflap
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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You're both right to a certain extent. It's one of those words whose usuage has changed over the last few years , mainly due to constant mis-use. Dictionaries now recognise the fact by saying 'disinterested' can be used in the same way as 'uninterested'.
A similar example would be the use of 'hopefully' to express the speaker's desire in the sentence 'hopefully I'll pass my exam' rather than the original use which was the subject's mood as in the example, 'he opened the letter hopefully'. For years people used to complain about the first usage being incorrect but so many people used it, it became accepted. |
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some waygug-in
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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In answer to the OP's question, I suppose the best reason would be the hopes of gaining University experience. Whether the uni. is crappy or not, it's still a uni. If it turns out bad, at least you have 1 uni on your resume, if it turns out good.....you're smiling.
Incidently, I just informed my co-teacher that I won't be renewing my contract.
I can't handle being second fiddle to someone who doesn't even know how to hold the instrument. |
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dorian_gray
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
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| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
disinterested
� adjective 1 not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2 having or feeling no interest.
� DERIVATIVES disinterestedly adverb disinterestedness noun.
� USAGE There is a difference between disinterested and uninterested. Disinterested primarily means �impartial�, while uninterested means �not interested�.
2 having or feeling no interest means having no personal interest. As in having no stake or obvious personal involvement.
If you would still maintain and tell students that disinterested and indifferent are the same thing you are clueless. I would say read Kant but I think you're probably the sort of person who shouldn't be allowed near it.
Have fun sticking those troll dolls on. |
If you'd like to cling on to your prescriptive outlook on usage ~ well, be my guest. Stay in the stone age if that's where it's comfortable for you.
At least I'd didn't have to resort to personal insults about your intelligence to prove my point.
You, sir, are a tool. |
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The_Source
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| some waygug-in wrote: |
| If it turns out bad, at least you have 1 uni on your resume |
No. That's what happens when it turns out well. When it turns out badly, you wind up leaving (either your choice or theirs) before you complete 1 year. Then you have less than 1 year of Korean university experience on your resume. That looks worse than no university experience at all. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| dorian_gray wrote: |
| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
disinterested
� adjective 1 not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2 having or feeling no interest.
� DERIVATIVES disinterestedly adverb disinterestedness noun.
� USAGE There is a difference between disinterested and uninterested. Disinterested primarily means �impartial�, while uninterested means �not interested�.
2 having or feeling no interest means having no personal interest. As in having no stake or obvious personal involvement.
If you would still maintain and tell students that disinterested and indifferent are the same thing you are clueless. I would say read Kant but I think you're probably the sort of person who shouldn't be allowed near it.
Have fun sticking those troll dolls on. |
If you'd like to cling on to your prescriptive outlook on usage ~ well, be my guest. Stay in the stone age if that's where it's comfortable for you.
At least I'd didn't have to resort to personal insults about your intelligence to prove my point.
You, sir, are a tool. |
No, you came out with this daft comment and I corrected you.
What? Too lazy to actually look it up before you got all haughty?
Got it now?
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PIGFACESOUPWITHRICE
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| Vacation is a con for me because I'd go nuts with that much time off and I'd end up spending a lot of my savings |
You could get temp / pt / camp work and be getting your paid vacation salary and extra for the work you'd be doing. So you think potential to earn at least double salary is a con? |
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dorian_gray
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
| dorian_gray wrote: |
| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
disinterested
� adjective 1 not influenced by considerations of personal advantage; impartial. 2 having or feeling no interest.
� DERIVATIVES disinterestedly adverb disinterestedness noun.
� USAGE There is a difference between disinterested and uninterested. Disinterested primarily means �impartial�, while uninterested means �not interested�.
2 having or feeling no interest means having no personal interest. As in having no stake or obvious personal involvement.
If you would still maintain and tell students that disinterested and indifferent are the same thing you are clueless. I would say read Kant but I think you're probably the sort of person who shouldn't be allowed near it.
Have fun sticking those troll dolls on. |
If you'd like to cling on to your prescriptive outlook on usage ~ well, be my guest. Stay in the stone age if that's where it's comfortable for you.
At least I'd didn't have to resort to personal insults about your intelligence to prove my point.
You, sir, are a tool. |
No, you came out with this daft comment and I corrected you.
What? Too lazy to actually look it up before you got all haughty?
Got it now? |
I still maintain that haughty is a very apt description for you... |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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PIGFACESOUPWITHRICE
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buildbyflying
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thanks for ruining the thread a-holes.
back to the OP:
It's also good to have uni gigs for the purpose of having experience at the uni level for uni jobs back home. They don't care if your uni had lousy working hours.
Uni experience is for the experience, or for the breaks. It's great if you're continuing your ed and want to work at\ the same time. |
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