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LL Moonmanhead



Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Location: yo momma

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:31 pm    Post subject: Generous students!! Reply with quote

I'm an currently enjoying my third icecream of the day courtesy of my students. After that i will eat a selection of summer fruit. Gotta love these kids!!
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What i got from my students thread he Smile

1. A free day trip of waterskiing
2. A boardcleaner + markers
3. Peppers (those greens ones you have to eat with the red stuff) +- 2 kg
4. A few dinners
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Hyeon Een



Joined: 24 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am flying from Incheon tomorrow, so one of my adult students gave me his airline lounge card =) Free sandwiches and booze for me!
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RobinH



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: Mid-bulk transport, standard radeon accelerator core, class code 03-K64--Firefly.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once got a pair of genuine Versace sunglasses from a uni student. Very Happy
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Guri Guy



Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island

PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Genuine Versace in Korea? Hmmmm....

I have had some quite generous parents and students though. ^^
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RobinH



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: Mid-bulk transport, standard radeon accelerator core, class code 03-K64--Firefly.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I know, I couldn't believe it either, but I checked when I got back to the US and they're the real deal. I think he got a five-finger discount. Wink
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formerflautist



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One day I went to the grocery store with a couple of my high schoolers. They insisted on carrying my stuff back to my place. The bag was heavy so I was happy for the help. I gave them some Big Reg gum as thanks.
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Pak Yu Man



Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I teach this class of Public servants (really fun actually) and to date:

1) When break time rolls around the 2 highest paid guys run out the door. Now everyone just yells stuff at them, must be swearing at them (Dwai-ji Ba, Jawz, Shuuting staw, lol)

2) Many juices

3) the strangest was a week ago. One young lady gave me a carton of eggs for my wife. ( I was thinking thanks...but WTF?)
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pak Yu Man wrote:
3) the strangest was a week ago. One young lady gave me a carton of eggs for my wife. ( I was thinking thanks...but WTF?)


Tomorrow's Korea Herald top story: Korea Awash with Ungrateful Foreigners. Shocked

I have recently received a tin of Lemon-A powder, a "crepe" (sandwich thing), a whistle (souvenir from Canada??), Hershey's chocolate cubes, random candy, and a lifetime membership to the Ddong-chim of the Month Club. That's the kind of gift that keeps on giving, Clark.
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RobinH



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: Mid-bulk transport, standard radeon accelerator core, class code 03-K64--Firefly.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I once got a gift set of underwear that wouldn't have fit my bootie at 12 years old, let alone now.

Probably the weirdest thing I ever got was a Sambo doll. Really creeped me out. It had string arms and legs, a fur body and a sucker thing to hang it from your car window. This was back when you could still find Sambo toothpaste in the stores. Being a right-thinking American, I was appalled, but the anthropologist in me said, "Shut up and say thank you, they have no idea how insulting this is."
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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that I expect gifts from students, but it's nice to get them sometimes. I got a Louis Vuitton (sp?) purse for Christmas once. I thought that was pretty darn generous.

I tend to get a lot of good chocolate too (I may have let it slip how much I like chocolate... once... or twice... maybe more). Earlier this summer a student brought me a big box of Belgian chocolates he'd bought on vacation in Europe. That was lovely.

Cool
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SirFink



Joined: 05 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I ate all the cookies, ice cream and Pocari Sweat my kids brought me I'd be one fat waygook. I feel like an idiot carrying all the crap home only to toss it.
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