Korean Job Discussion Forums

[kengreen]

I like them a lot more than their Western counterparts.

[ESL Milk "Everyday]

No I hate them.

I only stay here because I like being mean to them.

[Radius]

Korean kids are extremely easily annoyed. I particularly love to push their buttons. All you have to do is go up to them, take something of their like a pencil or notebook and say "ney-go-ya!" Watch them go ape ****
I think American kids in the 8-11 years old range are much better. They're much more quieter and respectful.

[jrwhite82]

[loveless]

i like it when they have their heads down reading silently in class. i quietly sneak up behind them and wielding my razor sharp machete lop off their goddam heads...

just kidding...

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Tundra_Creature]

I like most kids. Except for the ones that are incredibly bratty or disrespectful. A little bit of mischief is alright though. :3

[tomato]

Here are some reasons why I wouldn't trade Korean children in on adult students:

■ Children are more responsive to my ideas.

If I bring in games to play with adult students, they say the games are childish.
If I bring in pictorial material to show to adult students, they say the pictorial material is childish.
If I bring in stories, they say the stories are childish.
That leaves me no choice but to spend the whole hour on the textbook.

■ Korean children are more encouraging to a wegukin who is trying to learn their language.

When a group of Korean children hear me speak Korean, they look at each other wide-eyed and say, "왜애애애!�

On the other hand, no amount of evidence can convince a Korean adult. They even say "thank you" right after a wegukin says "감사합니다.�

■ Korean children are more amusing than Korean adults.

I can read books to Korean children, I can sing songs with Korean children, and I can play games with Korean children.
With Korean adults, it's always the same old questions: where do you work, how long have you been in Korea, and do you like kimchi.

■ Korean children give wegukin's more credit for intelligence.

When someone upchucks on the ground, Korean children don't consider it necessary to take me by the arm and direct me away from the puddle.

When there is a puddle of water on the ground, Korean children don't consider it necessary to tell me not to step in it.

■ Korean children are more responsive to my musical skills.

Last week, a student who is taking piano lessons arrived at the English school a half hour early.
She took out her book of Clementi sonatinas and asked me to get my guitar out.
We sang the right hand part while I played the left hand part as chords.

When I was taking ocarina classes, the teacher found it necessary to explain to me individually what dal capo al fine meant.

■ Korean children trust me in positions of responsibility.

I have taken a couple of neighborhood kids to public functions.
People got curious and asked them if I was their English teacher, if I was their stepfather, and so on and so forth.
I like the feeling of getting the children there and back without anyone speaking English to me.

[Globutron]

I didn't like kids before coming here, now I think kids are great.

Think of it what you will. Also bear in mind I lived with a now convicted paedophile for several months before coming here. Oh man, don't tell my job about that.

[bamboozler]

I don't even particularily like kids but find it amusing that their parents pay me 60-70 per hour to teach them. They usually give me a hoagie sandwich also.

Keep your ear to the grindstone!

[oldfatfarang]

I really like Korean kids. They're one of the reasons I stayed so long teaching in Korea. I could have had a uni gig, but after teaching uni students, I prefer my middle & high school girls (well, some of the high school kids, anyway).

I'm leaving Korea (for good) in 19 days, and I'm gonna miss these kids. I think they are lovely. I'd be proud to have any one of my current middle school kids as my own kid.

Good luck.

[Steelrails]

[nzbradly78]

Korean kids, by and large, are pretty much just like kids in the rest of the world. The main difference is they go to be WAY later and are a little naive, but in a good way. I think the changes happen when they hit the real pressure cooker of middle school.