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nautilus
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We grew up in Ontario and no one would wear shoes in my parents house! To do so would be to invite my mother's wrath. 
We lived in France when I was younger (family moved there for 3 years) and my mother had a heck of time with most french people who visited our apt as they would never take off their shoes. |
Was your mother Korean?
Or Asian? Or of such ancestry?
Because removing shoes is not originally a European or western practise. If it exists in the aforementioned cultures it is via introduction from islamic or asian culture. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| nautilus wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
We grew up in Ontario and no one would wear shoes in my parents house! To do so would be to invite my mother's wrath.
We lived in France when I was younger (family moved there for 3 years) and my mother had a heck of time with most french people who visited our apt as they would never take off their shoes. |
Was your mother Korean?
Or Asian? Or of such ancestry?
Because removing shoes is not originally a European or western practise. If it exists in the aforementioned cultures it is via introduction from islamic or asian culture. |
Nope.
My Mother is caucasian (european ancestry) as is my Father (european ancestry).
I can tell you that NO ONE would enter our house without taking off their shoes in the hallway.
When we lived in France, my Mother did the same thing but had trouble with our French friends as they typically did not take off their shoes in the house.
So, sorry to dissapoint you Nautilus but I have no Korean ancestry. I know this must be a let down for you as it would have fit into your view of things that anyone who dares to have a positive view of some things in Korea must therefore be somehow Korean. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| nautilus wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
We grew up in Ontario and no one would wear shoes in my parents house! To do so would be to invite my mother's wrath.
We lived in France when I was younger (family moved there for 3 years) and my mother had a heck of time with most french people who visited our apt as they would never take off their shoes. |
Was your mother Korean?
Or Asian? Or of such ancestry?
Because removing shoes is not originally a European or western practise. If it exists in the aforementioned cultures it is via introduction from islamic or asian culture. |
Nope.
My Mother is caucasian (european ancestry) as is my Father (european ancestry).
I can tell you that NO ONE would enter our house without taking off their shoes in the hallway.
When we lived in France, my Mother did the same thing but had trouble with our French friends as they typically did not take off their shoes in the house.
So, sorry to dissapoint you Nautilus but I have no Korean ancestry. I know this must be a let down for you as it would have fit into your view of things that anyone who dares to have a positive view of some things in Korea must therefore be somehow Korean. |
I too am a Cracker from Ontario. We would NEVER wear shoes in the house. Sometimes we might try to run in quickly to grab something with our shoes still on, but we'd be ducking the whole way in order to dodge whatever kitchen utensil our mom was throwing at us. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| nautilus wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
We grew up in Ontario and no one would wear shoes in my parents house! To do so would be to invite my mother's wrath.
We lived in France when I was younger (family moved there for 3 years) and my mother had a heck of time with most french people who visited our apt as they would never take off their shoes. |
Was your mother Korean?
Or Asian? Or of such ancestry?
Because removing shoes is not originally a European or western practise. If it exists in the aforementioned cultures it is via introduction from islamic or asian culture. |
Nope.
My Mother is caucasian (european ancestry) as is my Father (european ancestry).
I can tell you that NO ONE would enter our house without taking off their shoes in the hallway.
When we lived in France, my Mother did the same thing but had trouble with our French friends as they typically did not take off their shoes in the house.
So, sorry to dissapoint you Nautilus but I have no Korean ancestry. I know this must be a let down for you as it would have fit into your view of things that anyone who dares to have a positive view of some things in Korea must therefore be somehow Korean. |
I too am a Cracker from Ontario. We would NEVER wear shoes in the house. Sometimes we might try to run in quickly to grab something with our shoes still on, but we'd be ducking the whole way in order to dodge whatever kitchen utensil our mom was throwing at us. |
That duck & cover scene you described newbie happened at our house the exact same way! |
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Unibrow
Joined: 20 Aug 2012
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| My advice: Take most everything you read on here or in general from foreigners about Korea with a grain of salt. People don't have identical experiences. For instance, where I live I work at a hagwon. Another foreign teacher arrived about the same time. Our teaching experiences are radically different. My hagwon is quite strict and the kids are well behaved and I like them. At his hagwon the kids are disrespectful and his boss works him like a dog, while I work 7 hour days. It just depends man, good luck. |
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jennykwon
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Since I had trouble meeting people at the beginning, I would say online groups to meet many people easily, such as SeoulEnglishParty.com |
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