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bijjy · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: Daegu

Do any of you get routinely stopped on the street to do interviews with university students? What have the topics been?

I got stopped twice in the past few weeks, both in Seoul and Daegu. The first guy held a mike in my face and said hello, and then just waited for me to say something... for about 3 minutes. I said "Anneyongi Haseyo.. uhh.. yeah!" Then he took some photos.

Today two girls (first year English majors) conducted an interview with some general questions about why I'm here and what I think about the subway system.

I wonder if there is some big government vault somewhere with a bunch of weigook information that has been mined from university students. J/k.

shortskirt_longjacket · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:11 am Post subject:

I don't stop for street interviewers.

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

I stop, give them honest answers politely. It takes 2 minutes of my time and makes their day a bit brighter, then again I also give to street urchins and beggars. God, I'm such a friendly satanist.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I talk to them, but I want to smack the teachers who give the assignments.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

I was in Incheon Airport last year when I got stopped by two middle school boys who wanted me to help them with their homework. Their homework? Having their picture taken with a foreigner. WTF.

Moldy Rutabaga · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea

Interviews..

A university girl is given a sociology experiment and decides to ask some guys in the dorm. She knocks on one fellow's door and asks him, "What do you like to do in the evening?" He answers, "Watching bubbles in the bath." She thinks the answer is cute and laughs a little. Then she asks the next door and he also answers, "Watching bubbles in the bath." A third and fourth guy answer the same. Now she's really confused.

Now it's time to ask the women in the dorm facing the guys dorm on the other side of the square. The first girl to answer the door is a big, busty blonde who says, "Hi! I'm Bubbles!"

Ken:>

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

krisinkorea · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Location: Not too far from Seoul

Yeah, we got stopped in Moran station by uni students who were bible thumpers the first week we were in Korea. They asked for our numbers. My friend gave them his number. They called. To make a long story short...a few weeks later he was mad about some Koreans taking him into some room and trying to baptise him into some religion he didn't want to belong to as he was already baptised. He didn't answer the phone after that when they called. Eventually, they stopped calling. Moral of the story, duh, Don't give your number out to anybody. Get their number and call them from a payphone. LOL

seoulkitchen · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!

My parental units came to K for a visit. At one of the palaces a group of middle school girls wanted to do the interview thing. My folks really enjoyed it. The kids were very cute and funny, could barely speak English but had a good time with it.
But my folks thought it was a rather odd homework assignment.

Time to get out that ol' leathery The Beaver tail and start some teacher slappin'! Good times.

bijjy · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: Daegu

Sometimes I wonder whether the students make up the 'homework assignments' themselves in order to have an excuse to make contact with the strange foreigners.

Cedar · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

Oh no! I have been such a teacher. But, each group had an approved theme, an approved list of 8 or so questions, which were unique and interesting. The students had to get a photo together and the answers had to show the "foreign mind at work" before I'd give them credit for the assignment being done. No one getting away with just taking a photo, and these students weren't good enough to fake 8 plausible answers.

I always stop on the street for such students. It's important in teaching them that they CAN use their English, that they CAN communicate with a foreigner. I have heard some lame stuff, and refuse to "sign" and "take a photo" without being asked some questions (in English) first, but students who just want the photo are usually elementary school kids, not university students, and I do suspect that's from non-native teachers.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

ajuma · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

To tell the truth, I usually stop, too. I've been approached in Incheon Airport (actually, a pretty good place to see a lot of foreigners) and Insa-dong. I DON'T let the students get away with shoving a piece of paper at me and having me fill it in, though. They actually have to TALK to me! The looks on their faces is priceless when I tell them that I'm a teacher!!

seoulshock · Joined: 12 Jul 2005

I'm Korean but I was with a Mexican guy at Subway (sandwich shop) in Sinchon (now closed I think). Some Korean girls went up to him for an interview. After the lead girl finished, I told her in Konglish that I wanted to have sex with her. She was dressed like a ho, after all.

She looked really uncomfortable and left.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout