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snishler
Joined: 24 May 2009
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:38 am Post subject: korean girl telling it like it is |
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saw this up the other day but can't find is on daves now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdTtq3vxHpQ
second comment on the video says it all. i've been teaching in korea awhile now, and I haven't come across many students like this
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brento1138
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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I liked some of her quotes:
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| "Occasionally there were cockroaches, but that was quite typical of living in an urban area. So, I liked the house." |
Umm, say what? haha. Why not say something good about the house? unless you happen to be a fan of cockroaches.
And her quote on foreigners...
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| "They're really just not that bad." |
Oh, Korea.
Anyways, as for her experience abroad and what she thinks of it, it's great. I like this new younger generation... their eyes are so much more open than their parent's (and not just surgically!). I really think all Koreans need to get out of Korea and see the world outside of it.
I'm still in contact with approx 50 Korean and Japanese students who I taught in Canada, and stayed for like 6 months to a year. They are all quite changed from their experience, and in a positive way. But most of them do seem a little sad, these days, when I talk to them.. They really miss that freedom, mainly the 'mental freedom' they enjoyed abroad. To date whomever they want, to think how they want, and for the girls, to not act all cutesy for the men. And the boys equally liked dating girls who could think for themselves. To break outside of perceived social norms and just be yourself, to become more of an individual. That's what they tell me all the time.
Anyhow, think I'm gonna show this one to my students. |
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faeryfly402
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:23 am Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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Anyhow, think I'm gonna show this one to my students. |
I'm showing it to mine, just for the simple fact that she speaks well in English. I think some of mine think they'll never be good at English. Her confidence definitely comes through.[/i] |
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| My favorite memory of Koreans back home enjoying being abroad was watching some college-aged couple drunkenly stumble around campus. The girl let out a MASSIVE belch in public and her and the dude both just laughed about it as they headed off towards their apartment for a fun time. This was at like 9 PM too, in a campus filled with other Koreans. |
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I-am-me

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Hermit Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Its nice when they are not part of the collective. |
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nukeday
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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how is this in any way notable?
"How long before you felt comfortable speaking English?"
And this was directed by a foreigner?
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I wish it had Korean subtitles for the parts where she's speaking Korean. |
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highstreet
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| The english subs are pretty bad |
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joyorbison
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| nukeday wrote: |
| how is this in any way notable? |
This video was almost as lame as that trailer for the interview with the ATEK president. |
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akcrono
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Good video, nice perspective. |
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freddy teacher
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:30 am Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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| faeryfly402 wrote: |
I'm showing it to mine, just for the simple fact that she speaks well in English. I think some of mine think they'll never be good at English. Her confidence definitely comes through. |
I don't think your students will be able to speak English well either... |
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marsavalanche

Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Location: where pretty lies perish
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:44 am Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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| freddy teacher wrote: |
| faeryfly402 wrote: |
I'm showing it to mine, just for the simple fact that she speaks well in English. I think some of mine think they'll never be good at English. Her confidence definitely comes through. |
I don't think your students will be able to speak English well either... |
God... why so harsh?
Grammar Nazis up in this thread. |
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faeryfly402
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:42 am Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| freddy teacher wrote: |
| faeryfly402 wrote: |
I'm showing it to mine, just for the simple fact that she speaks well in English. I think some of mine think they'll never be good at English. Her confidence definitely comes through. |
I don't think your students will be able to speak English well either... |
God... why so harsh?
Grammar Nazis up in this thread. |
Thanx for sticking up for me Mars.
and did you see this one on there? Public Servant SHOOT THEM OUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccBcvzAXS9E
that sh** cracked me up. so now u gonna correct my grammar again freddy? |
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akcrono
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: deserves a post |
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| faeryfly402 wrote: |
| marsavalanche wrote: |
| freddy teacher wrote: |
| faeryfly402 wrote: |
I'm showing it to mine, just for the simple fact that she speaks well in English. I think some of mine think they'll never be good at English. Her confidence definitely comes through. |
I don't think your students will be able to speak English well either... |
God... why so harsh?
Grammar Nazis up in this thread. |
Thanx for sticking up for me Mars.
and did you see this one on there? Public Servant SHOOT THEM OUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccBcvzAXS9E
that sh** cracked me up. so now u gonna correct my grammar again freddy? |
Oh my god, so much wrong with your grammar.
No ellpises after "God", they are not grammatically correct.
Your second sentence is all wrong; it should be "Grammar Nazis are all in here", you had no verb and up is used inappropriately.
Thanks is not spelled with an "x". Your next sentence does not begin with a capital letter and the one following it has no period (and I think you hit the caps lock key by mistake).
"that sh** cracked me up" is not capitalized at the beginning. You are also using vulgar slang; your students should not be hearing that language.
Your last sentence is a mess. It should read "So are you going to correct my grammar again, Freddy?" "u" and "gonna" are not words, Freddy is not capitalized, and while a comma isn't necessary before Freddy, it makes the sentence flow better.
Overall, you get F's for your English ability. All of your students must be horribly educated by your presence and I will be calling your schools to complain. |
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snishler
Joined: 24 May 2009
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