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[rayray123]

When you think a kid swore look at him seriously and say "what did you say?" If he starts apologizing then he probably said something bad.

[PatrickGHBusan]

Unlikely the kid said shee bahl...but if thats it, it needs to be addressed as it is a pretty bad swear word in Korean.

However, considering you are still fairly new at listening and understanding Korean, I would be very careful about assuming it is shee bahl and not some other word that sounds quite similar. This thread alone has provided numerous examples of what it could have been.

If you want to call a kid on saying shee bahl, better be damn sure thats what he said.

[rainism]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Zyzyfer]

[Weigookin74]

[CarolinaTHeels]

Now to think about it I know its Shebahl.

Because the students will ask me if I know what that means. And kids will say things like "so and so" said a bad word ect.

[metalhead]

It's not brain surgery - pretty much when a kid swears in class, the other kids will shout out 'Teacher, yok!'.

How you deal with it is entirely up to you but it's so common with the kids I usually ignore it and get on with business unless the yok was directly said to me.

And yes, a lot of the kids are incredibly rude while a lot are incredibly polite, just hope for a boss that actually cares and nips that nonsense in the bud.

[ThingsComeAround]

Once my co-t said something to a fifth grade girl. She wasn't pleased. She left while slurring "Aaish shibaaa" and he sat stunned. I had a good laugh that day

Yes, OP ShiBal should not be said to nor near a teacher. Same with Sekki

[rainism]

[jvalmer]

[jeremysums]

If the students say a word and the good kids go, ohhhhhh or oooooooo, its probably a cuss word.

[pucciniphile]

The word happens to sound like 싶팔, the Korean word for 18.
When I hear the word, I feign naivety and innocence and say,
"Oh! So you want to talk about the number eighteen!"
Then I take out a set of pictures of 18 cats, 18 dogs, 18 trees, and 18 houses and show them to the class.
If the child reoffends, I go through the procedure again.
By the time the child offends a third time, the class gets tired of the ritual and pressures the child to stop.

The middle finger salute has also disseminated into Korea.
It so happens that the middle finger salute also means "mountain" in Korean sign language.
When I see a child display a middle finger, I feign naivety and innocence and say,
"Oh! So you want to talk about mountains!"
Then I show the child the relevant page in a Korean sign language dictionary.
That always arouses the attention of the entire class.
Then I get out a set of pictures of famous mountain peaks.
Here again, I repeat the ritual as many times as the child reoffends.

[proverbs]

haha! watch out for the word Jolah (졸라). it means f*ing. a lot of kids say this. i even heard one of my 2nd graders say it!

basically they'll say, "this test is f*ing (졸라) hard!".

[jeremysums]

Kids say the earnest things, the funny part is the oooooo from the other kids.