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rockymtn

Joined: 01 Oct 2010
Location: USA

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject:

Nice to see teachers being a role model to the community. Way to represent!

RMNC

Joined: 21 Jul 2010

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject:

So the OP got drunk and stayed the night at her co-teacher's place? That's it? It's not even a "got-drunk-turned-lesbian" story? Disappointing.

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:31 pm Post subject:

eamo wrote:

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I wonder why HomerinBusan and Urbanmyth seem constantly determined to paint the foreigner in Korea as a drunken yob? What's up with that guys?
Could you be jealous of those young guys out getting drunk and chasing skirt and generally having a lot of fun in Korea?? i.e. Doing what normal young men do!!

Well I wonder why you seem constantly determined to lie about my perceptions.

Like Mr GHBusan I am taken (not married but engaged FYI). So no, not jealous in the slightest. It's just embarrassing. Why? See below.

I view things individually. What I was pointing out in this thread is that the Korean government does not seem to do so. Only a small proportion of teachers have been found to commit criminal acts yet all E-2's (and all F-types who work for a public school) have to provide CBC's/drug tests.

CPN wasn't even ON a E-2 or F-type visa for that matter. Yet the knee-jerk nailed the E-2's primarily.
Rational and proportional responses seem to be in short supply when it comes to managing foreign teachers these days. We don't need any more bad press.

asc422

Joined: 23 Feb 2009

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject:

... .... Last edited by asc422 on Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:08 pm; edited 1 time in total

RyanInKorea

Joined: 17 Jan 2008

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject:

Quote:

Like Mr GHBusan I am taken (not married but engaged FYI). So no, not jealous in the slightest. It's just embarrassing.

Being taken doesn't prove a lack of jealousy. Seriosuly, do people even say 'taken' anymore?

This thread has a been an excellent ride. Too many classic posts to note them all.

take a rest

Joined: 15 Sep 2010
Location: self-banned

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject:

eamo wrote:

The vast majority of NET's I've met in Korea have been very respectable folk. I bet most of our readers would say the same thing......we do meet the occasional freaky waygook....but for each of those guys I've met dozens of very normal and nice people.

I think this is kind of true, but I also think there are a lot of waygooks who push the envelope a little or even a lot more here than they would back home... I guess because of the whole 'Western is exciting' thing.

Ideally, everyone who comes here would respect the local customs and not make a big deal out of adapting-- but I've heard too many people say 'no way, I'm not going to change this or this or this', so it becomes all about them and not about the culture/society around them.

Things like getting upset because you can't show your shoulders, or because you need to shave, or because you need to comb/cut your hair and wear semi-decent clothes, or because you're being too loud, or because you're smoking and your students can see you... or because you're expected to show a little humility, or do it their way instead of your own, or show high regard for your bosses/elders-- these kinds of things are integral to the experience/culture and too many foreigners flat out refuse to do them, or get all jerky and take offense when they have to do it.

But those are like the level 2 foreigners... level 1 being perfectly willing to make these genuinely few small sacrifices in order to maintain harmony. Level 3 are the people who seem to actively antagonize and disrupt the harmony whenever they can, or through habits that they really should give up/temper down... they're the worst.

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:24 pm Post subject:

RyanInKorea wrote:

Quote:

Like Mr GHBusan I am taken (not married but engaged FYI). So no, not jealous in the slightest. It's just embarrassing.

Being taken doesn't prove a lack of jealousy. Seriosuly, do people even say 'taken' anymore?

This thread has a been an excellent ride. Too many classic posts to note them all.

You got me. I am not a person at all, in fact I am a computer program designed to test artificial intelligence.

I am horribly jealous of all the real people in and about Korea having experiences I never will have.

My one saving grace is though I know how to spell "Seriously" Razz

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject:

asc422 wrote:

TheUrbanMyth = my mind blown.

You like lax immigration standards for teachers while also not liking teachers who booze and act retarded. Does not compute. I'm trying really hard to understand (srs).

I do not like lax immigration standards. I support the CBC and drug tests. And I would support them even more if they were implemented for ALL teachers. (I've gone through this very discussion before more times than I care to remember).

I do NOT support WHY they were implemented.

One can support a policy but not the reason(s) behind it.

Adam Carolla

Joined: 26 Feb 2010

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject:

TheUrbanMyth wrote:

RyanInKorea wrote:

Quote:

Like Mr GHBusan I am taken (not married but engaged FYI). So no, not jealous in the slightest. It's just embarrassing.

Being taken doesn't prove a lack of jealousy. Seriosuly, do people even say 'taken' anymore?

This thread has a been an excellent ride. Too many classic posts to note them all.

If only you were able to spot very obvious typos as well as you can spell.

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:53 pm Post subject:

Adam Carolla wrote:

TheUrbanMyth wrote:

RyanInKorea wrote:

Quote:

Like Mr GHBusan I am taken (not married but engaged FYI). So no, not jealous in the slightest. It's just embarrassing.

Being taken doesn't prove a lack of jealousy. Seriosuly, do people even say 'taken' anymore?

This thread has a been an excellent ride. Too many classic posts to note them all.

If only you were able to spot very obvious typos as well as you can spell.

Perhaps if you had spotted the Razz

at the end of my post you would have seen that it was intended to be tongue in cheek.

I should have thought the bit about the "computer program" should have tipped people off....

crescent

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:06 pm Post subject:

TheUrbanMyth wrote:

Perhaps if you had spotted the Razz

at the end of my post you would have seen that it was intended to be tongue in cheek.

As a grammar and spelling Nazi, you need these types of disclaimers. It helps you from being 'widely discredited'.

TheUrbanMyth

Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject:

crescent wrote:

TheUrbanMyth wrote:

Perhaps if you had spotted the Razz

at the end of my post you would have seen that it was intended to be tongue in cheek.

As a grammar and spelling Nazi, you need these types of disclaimers. It helps you from being 'widely discredited'.

Indeed it does. Can't say the same for my detractors though... Razz

crescent

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject:

Your detractors know what the term means. You didn't. So, keep pointing out typos and calling yourself a Reading Comprehension teacher.

RMNC

Joined: 21 Jul 2010

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject:

Crescent, TUM is one of the most consistently respected and helpful members on this board. He's not out to get you. Relax.

eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject:

RMNC wrote:

Crescent, TUM is one of the most consistently respected and helpful members on this board. He's not out to get you. Relax.

Well, he sure is consistent....you're right there.

I'll respect him a bit more when he changes his pompous and arrogant avatar and location sig which basically lets us know that he thinks we're all dummies and he's so smart.

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