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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! |
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all the ESL'ers in Korea and may all of you have a better year and find good jobs and make big money!!
And be nice to wangja! |
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hellofaniceguy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Gesh....26 views in the past 10 minutes or so and no responses!! Does the korean ESL community have that many grinches and unhappy holiday makers? Come on...tis the season to be jolly and share the spirit! |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I spent the morning teaching my first years 'santa claus is coing to town' I'm offically over christmas at the moment. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Merry Christmas to you too. I love Christmas, though my students seem rather insistent on turning me into a grinch by "accidently" pulling down my decorations.  |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it's in the Job Discussion Forum, which is part of the problem. 
Regardless, Merry Christmas. I just got my gift package from the folks back home. Homemade fudge is bomdiggity. |
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CanadaCommando
Joined: 13 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
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| I just got my gift package from the folks back home |
Me too. Am munching on Chocolate Rum-balls while putting in my office hours.
Wow. With the lul in workload do to impending break, my posting has sky-rocketed. If I wasnt trapped to my desk, I would say I needed a life! |
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TJ
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:05 pm Post subject: Xmas |
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I am currently teaching grades 1 & 2 middle school students. The topic for this week's lessons is "What will you get your family and friends for Xmas".
It's taken quite a lot of work to explain to them that Xmas is about giving as well as receiving. If (and that's a really big 'if') my message has got through maybe a couple of parents will be pleasantly surprised to receive a Christmas present from their son or daughter. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
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hellofaniceguy
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
That's why I teach my students to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas, etc... It is a Holiday for all...not just Christians in my opinion. And it is a New Year holiday. |
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TJ
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject: Buddhist students |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
In my lesson I make no mention of Xmas being a Christian celebration - other than the name of course. The whole emphasis is on the concept of giving rather than receiving. I could be wrong but I think this idea is common to many religions and philosophies.
Having written that, I read recently that 42% of Koreans claim to be Christian. If this is correct then surely they deserve some consideration.
Finally, what about all the text books here that refer to Thanksgiving festival, Hagannah (spelling?) and other foreign special events ? Shouldn't they also be removed from English language text books and lessons in Korea?
What do other people think? |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
I'm an atheist so i was very careful with the material I chose. My 1st grade students learnt santa claus is coing to town, and my 2nd and 3rd grades learnt jingle bell rock. Neither song has any religous significance.
Also the words we learnt were all secular parts of chrsitmas like the bell, I even had a santa zolaman to keep the masses happy. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Buddhist students |
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| TJ wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
In my lesson I make no mention of Xmas being a Christian celebration - other than the name of course. The whole emphasis is on the concept of giving rather than receiving. I could be wrong but I think this idea is common to many religions and philosophies.
Having written that, I read recently that 42% of Koreans claim to be Christian. If this is correct then surely they deserve some consideration.
Finally, what about all the text books here that refer to Thanksgiving festival, Hagannah (spelling?) and other foreign special events ? Shouldn't they also be removed from English language text books and lessons in Korea?
What do other people think? |
There's a South Park Christmas episode related to how silly it gets when you try figuring in every denomination. |
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TJ
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Buddhist students |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| TJ wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
In my lesson I make no mention of Xmas being a Christian celebration - other than the name of course. The whole emphasis is on the concept of giving rather than receiving. I could be wrong but I think this idea is common to many religions and philosophies.
Having written that, I read recently that 42% of Koreans claim to be Christian. If this is correct then surely they deserve some consideration.
Finally, what about all the text books here that refer to Thanksgiving festival, Hagannah (spelling?) and other foreign special events ? Shouldn't they also be removed from English language text books and lessons in Korea?
What do other people think? |
There's a South Park Christmas episode related to how silly it gets when you try figuring in every denomination. |
In some parts of Australia the situation is absolutely crazy. We are supposedly a Christian country but many public authorities are bending over backwards to avoid offending other religions.
For example, some schools won't put on a Christmas play for fear of offending migrants who are not Christians. Some department stores won't put a 'nativity scene' on display in their store windows for the same reason.
I'm not a religious person so maybe I shouldn't comment but I'm living in Korea and I am not offended when I come across anything to do with the Buddhist religion. In fact, I am very interested in it. Why, oh why, are some Australians in Australia so afraid of being seen to support the Christian religion?
If I objected to Buddhism then I would leave Korea. Similarly, if (some) migrants object to Australia's main religion, Christianity, then why do they come to Australia? |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Buddhist students |
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| TJ wrote: |
| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| TJ wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I wonder how your Buddhist students all feel. |
In my lesson I make no mention of Xmas being a Christian celebration - other than the name of course. The whole emphasis is on the concept of giving rather than receiving. I could be wrong but I think this idea is common to many religions and philosophies.
Having written that, I read recently that 42% of Koreans claim to be Christian. If this is correct then surely they deserve some consideration.
Finally, what about all the text books here that refer to Thanksgiving festival, Hagannah (spelling?) and other foreign special events ? Shouldn't they also be removed from English language text books and lessons in Korea?
What do other people think? |
There's a South Park Christmas episode related to how silly it gets when you try figuring in every denomination. |
In some parts of Australia the situation is absolutely crazy. We are supposedly a Christian country but many public authorities are bending over backwards to avoid offending other religions.
For example, some schools won't put on a Christmas play for fear of offending migrants who are not Christians. Some department stores won't put a 'nativity scene' on display in their store windows for the same reason.
I'm not a religious person so maybe I shouldn't comment but I'm living in Korea and I am not offended when I come across anything to do with the Buddhist religion. In fact, I am very interested in it. Why, oh why, are some Australians in Australia so afraid of being seen to support the Christian religion?
If I objected to Buddhism then I would leave Korea. Similarly, if (some) migrants object to Australia's main religion, Christianity, then why do they come to Australia? |
Umm, because someone lied to them and told them it was a secular country? |
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Kim Jong Jordan
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:28 am Post subject: |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIEND!!!!  |
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