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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| I am out of pens. I only have sign pens. One color is missing, I can't tell which ones. Christmas day will find me in Myeong-dong, pen shopping. Haggling for the best pens, and multiples, many multiples thereof. Pens for the kids now, not candies. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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I only use green color ink when grading papers. Red is blood, death, guts, etc.; whereas green is grass, trees, and life affirming. Kind of a Jungian thing with me, really.  |
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proustme
Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Location: Nowon-gu
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Writing instruments are pretty expensive here, even if they're just a regular old pencil or pen you'd find back in your home country. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| proustme wrote: |
| Writing instruments are pretty expensive here, even if they're just a regular old pencil or pen you'd find back in your home country. |
That's why I have to haggle hard!
...Maybe this is why my kids are asking Santa Claus for "pens and sharp pencils". |
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texasspangler
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Gangwon-do
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I must have had a priviliged upbringing. Our pencils and school items including books were kept in our desks. We had our own desks. |
I was also one of the lucky ones with our own desk, but I still couldn't find my pencil and pens. Maybe I should of be organized a little better. I remember one time I didn't clean out my desk, the next year my teacher handed me a trash bag with all of my stuff. Inside I found a bunch of pens and $5, and of course all of the handouts I could never find..... |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Harpeau wrote: |
| I only use green color ink when grading papers. Red is blood, death, guts, etc.; whereas green is grass, trees, and life affirming. Kind of a Jungian thing with me, really. |
Koreans don't like Red Ink. It's a social Taboo. so that is probably a good idea. |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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wanna see koreankids freak?write the namesoftehstudents on teh white boardusing red ink. always good fun.
these days i live in rural china. one township over the teachers actually live in their classrooms.one of these teachers tells the story of a pair of twin boys. they share one pencil. sadly,not because of poverty but that they can't be bothered to get another! |
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