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[Yu_Bum_suk]

Interesting - and it sure makes me happy I'm teaching here and not there. It would be interesting to compare the US to my school, Smalltown Girls Middle / High School, in Hicksville, Korea, 2006.

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Hyo-eun shows up to school with a BB-gun in her book bag.

2006 - Her homeroom teacher confiscates it and gives it back when it's time for her to go terrorise other kids with it at hogwan.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Wonbi and Heesu get into a b*tch-slapping fight after school.

2006 - All their friends jump in and pull them apart, slapping away themselves, and the more agrieved of the two throws a temper tantrum.
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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Senario: Songwon won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

2006 - Songwon gets slapped or made to stand at the back of the room holding a chair over her head and learns how to zone out instead of distracting others when she's bored or can't understand a thing the teacher's talking about.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1973 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.


Scenario: Yunji sneaks out to visit her boyfriend at 10pm and her dad gives her a whipping.

2006 - Yunji is left with only text-messaging her boyfriend+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Bori gets a headache and, despite being 18, can't figure out that people who get headaches a lot should simply just keep some tylonel in their bags.

2006 - She goes down to the staff room to whine to her homeroom teacher about it, who goes over to the medicine locker and, after sorting through a pile of useless junk finds some old Tylonel for her to sign for.

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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1973 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

Scenario: Eunju disappears.

2006 - The foreign teacher is wondering what ever happened to Eunju.
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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006 : Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

Scenario: Minju fails grade one high school English.

2006 - In 2007 she will fail grade two high school English.
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Scenario: Johnny takes leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed .

1973 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Jinju brings an explosive device from some festival to school.

2006 - The teachers have great fun setting it off in the most dangerous manner possible in front of the students. +++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

Scenario: Migyeong falls while trying to jump up on her friend and scrapes her knee. She goes running up to the FT with a confused look on her face, pointing to the sand embedded in her kneww and the trickle of blood running down her leg.

2006 - The FT tells her to go to the toilets to wash it off and then meet him in the staff room to try to find a bandage.


I do say that I think I lucked out in terms of both where I was a student and where I am a teacher.

[mnhnhyouh]

Just about to finish my first two years teaching in an Australian high school. These are taken from my experiences.

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

2005 - Students arrive to school for "future vocation" themed free dress day in military fatigues and plastic guns. School locked down, armed response squad arrives, students found, talked to.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

2006 - 3 students from from another school arrive at lunch time, one assaults a school student, but school student wins. Police called and given names of intruding non-students, they talk to school student. Schools student suspended for 5 days.

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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

2006 - Student given detention in corridor outside staff room. Or given internal suspension which involves doing class work outside principles office. All breaks taken when other students in class. Then put on daily report for 5 days. If any teacher says behaviour is unsatisfactory during 5 days, student given detention.


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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

2006- Mark, and Mark's parents reminded of school policy of handing drugs over to school office who will dole them out to student according to parents instructions.

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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1973 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006 - Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

2006 - Mary counseled, and if she decides on an abortion, is taken by counselor.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006 : Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

2006 - Hwan would be given limited ESL help. If he fails he wont go to University.

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Scenario: Johnny takes leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed .

1973 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

2006 - Everybody wonders why Johnny is celebrating the national holiday of our imperial overlords.

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Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

2006 - If parents or student complain, which they wont, Mary would be talked to by principle about picking the students she hugs more carefully.


And for two near end of year snapshots of my Friday. I have a year 7 (13 years old) Math class. We are revising simple math they have either forgotten or missed. Tables, addition, subtraction, multiplication and long division on paper. They are working hard. When worksheets are finished correctly students are allowed to fire them at the bin. Sort of a reward.

Somehow the class, with my complicity, breaks into an all out paper fight which ends with me as the main target in the corner of room, face to the wall saying "They didnt tell me it would be like this in teachers college".

After that I settle them down and they finish the lesson with 20 more minutes (75 minute lessons) hard work.

End of year 8 Art class, last period of the week. Everything is packed up and we are waiting for the bell. I have a students tennis ball, and am playing keep off, where I hold the ball out to be snatched but keep it moving back and forth to fast to be taken.

5 students jump onto my arms, two per arm, and the extra one taking the ball.

I can lose these small fun battles as I have the students well under control. If I didnt, I would never play these games.

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[Bibbitybop]

Pligganese wrote:

[Qinella]

Can't believe how many of you nerds took the time to respond to each comparison, point by point, like it was supposed to be something to be taken literally.

Here guys, I have a link that will keep you busy for a long, long time.

http://www.mudslide.net/TopTen/


Top Ten Things I Have Learned From "Dancing With The Stars" presented by Jerry Springer


10. Sometimes your best choreographer is Johnny Walker

Everyone knows Johnny Walker is whisky, not a choreographer!

9. There are no disputes that can't be settled by dancing -- think about it North Korea

Oh right, like dancing has solved any dispute outside of West Side Story. I'm sure Kim Jong Il is going to just give up power if No Mu Hyeon and George Bush do a good enough duo.

8. The fitness training will come in handy on my show when breaking up fights between hookers

Right, like Springer actually broke up fights on his show. He always had Steve do that for him.

7. I'm allergic to sequins

No one is actually allergic to sequins. How stupid.

6. You do much better if you take the vitamins supplied by Barry Bonds' trainer

Is this supposed to be a joke about steroids? Right, like steroids are going to help you dance better.

5. The definition of "star" has really loosened up

4. This might be why the terrorists hate us

3. I have a whole new respect for the exotic dancers on my show

2. If there's one thing more exciting than being on "Dancing With The Stars," it's no longer being on "Dancing With The Stars"

1. I need a new agent


I'll let you guys finish it up for me. We'll send it to Dave and teach him a lesson.

[Hyeon Een]