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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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I have a girlfriend.
RR + VR
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Atkinson
Joined: 15 Oct 2004
Location: Land of the Golden Twist-tie
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:39 am Post subject: |
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I occasionally had my shirt sleeve pulled up by a student to show my arm hair to the rest of the class -- who usually didn't care much. I realized after it happend three or four times that it was always the same student, and one who has a very visible skin condition. Methinks, no coincidence.
She's the only one. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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RR wrote:
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I have a girlfriend.
RR + VR |
Virtual Reality?
Video Recorder?
Viral Receptical?
Very Rotund?
Any other suggestions? |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanson wrote: |
RR wrote:
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I have a girlfriend.
RR + VR |
Virtual Reality?
Video Recorder?
Viral Receptical?
Very Rotund?
Any other suggestions? |
Vagina Ring |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| see...I never get monkey, but the kids see my "spots" (freckles) and call me cheetah. To be honest, I LOVE it. Its f'ing hillarious, they're talking in English "so that I can undersatnd", and my favourite animal IS the leopard. And to add to what has been said before, they are KIDS. Its cude and adorable, not insulting...though, had their parents said it... |
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Location, location, location.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Atkinson wrote: |
I occasionally had my shirt sleeve pulled up by a student to show my arm hair to the rest of the class -- who usually didn't care much. I realized after it happened three or four times that it was always the same student, and one who has a very visible skin condition. Methinks, no coincidence.
She's the only one. |
All look same, huh?
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harixseldon
Joined: 27 Nov 2004
Location: Anseong
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On the "monkey teacher" subject, I punish the older kids if they call me that because they're being rude, but with the kindie kids no way. The kindie kids have called me everything from "big banana" teacher to octopus teacher to red teacher to backpack teacher.
Hey, they're using the vocabulary we've taught. That's good enough for me. The Korean teachers yell at them for calling me anything but my name though. |
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inthewild
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| Virtual Reality. And I'm months into my job and the students still want to pet my hairy hands. |
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Atkinson
Joined: 15 Oct 2004
Location: Land of the Golden Twist-tie
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| matthewwoodford wrote: |
| Atkinson wrote: |
I occasionally had my shirt sleeve pulled up by a student to show my arm hair to the rest of the class -- who usually didn't care much. I realized after it happend three or four times that it was always the same student, and one who has a very visible skin condition. Methinks, no coincidence.
She's the only one. |
All look same, huh? |
Heheheh!
Brings up an interesting side topic to the "all look same" issue, which is that when I got here, all my hudred kids looked nearly identical. Now, their faces seem so different, so unique, that none of them "look" Korean to me. Now, of course, this belies my underlying prejudice that Asians all look the same!
I now have no trouble at all telling individuals apart, even after seeing them once. I still can't tell Chinese from Japanese from Korean though. |
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squat toilet
Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| demonicat wrote: |
| see...I never get monkey |
When you meet the right girl and the time is right... |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:23 am Post subject: |
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see...I never get monkey
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When you meet the right girl and the time is right... |
hehe, even then I tend to get more cat... |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:37 am Post subject: |
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The way I look at it is: anything that gets the students to interact and talk with a foreigner is a bonus! Even 'teacher is monkey' is three more English words they have learned and used.
Even the longest journey begins with one step! |
I'd rather have a dialogue with kid who is being purposely insolent than get b*tched at in Korean every time I told a kid to be quite. The former has lead to some great conversations. The latter led to a kid getting literally dragged half-way around the hogwon the other day to see a KT and get humiliated in front of a bunch of older children.
Luckily I have the body hair of a Korean; but they still find plenty of other ways to insult me in a fun-but-testy kind of way. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Atkinson wrote: |
Heheheh!
Brings up an interesting side topic to the "all look same" issue, which is that when I got here, all my hudred kids looked nearly identical. Now, their faces seem so different, so unique, that none of them "look" Korean to me. Now, of course, this belies my underlying prejudice that Asians all look the same!
I now have no trouble at all telling individuals apart, even after seeing them once. I still can't tell Chinese from Japanese from Korean though. |
Exactly my experience. With the exception of two boys at our hogwon who are identical twins. |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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The last time a student called me "monkey teacher" I stuck a pencil through his eye. That'll teach these damn five year olds to disrespect me.
These days they march in unison and bow before me. If I want friends I'll go to a goddamn room salon. |
Damn straight! You and me brother.
I had a good laugh at that last line.
Yes, I had these kids touching me frequently at the start, usually on the arms. After I got my head shaved, they thought it was the greatest thing to stand on their desk and touch my head. It's been two weeks and every day little one eye Jimmy whose been wearing an eye bandage for god knows how long now sees me, and yells, "teacher bock bog ee", then proceeds to laugh uncontrollably for five minutes. One eye Jimmy, it's been two weeks now, get over it.
Actually, One Eye Jimmy is okay. It's this other student, Bill, whose sole purpose in class seems to run up to me when I'm not looking, say some Korean word, then touch me below the belt, (if you know what I mean). By the time I realize what's going on, he's back at his desk laughing it up and smiling. The thing with this little SOB is that I never see him coming. He's too small.
It's kids like these that make you wonder what the hagwon's all for. |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| I get the feeling One Eyed Jimmy was once a student of nev's. |
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