Korean Job Discussion Forums

[alljokingaside]

i dream of the student who will name him- OR herself "Bob"
not robert, but bob.

[sharkey]

Some girl students picked their names. They chose Purple and Glass haha

[Cedar]

I haven't taught ESL in a million years, but for me, personally, I refused after my first couple of months (when I didn't know any better) to use their non-Korean names. I've heard all the arguments for immersion, but i wasn't teaching in an immersion program and I had a heck of a time communicating with the staff and parents about children whose nicknames were known only to me.

[pinishee]

[flakfizer]

[vDroop]

Right, except that isn't the reason we give them English names in Korea.

Why don't the Korean teachers, who teach half of the time, use their English names?

It's because they don't take it seriously. I've also had students embarrassed or ashamed that they can't just use their Korean name. So seriously, just learn their Korean names. There is no way in a million years calling them Julie 1, Julie 2 and God is productive.

[flakfizer]

[debinoxford]

My favorite one in my elementary school- Fantastic. She stops by my room and always has to say, "Teacher, my name is Fantastic!" So I call her that in class, it's pretty funny. Oh, and I have Grandfather Jack as well. His nickname is Jack, but for some reason we got grandfather tagged on the end of it. He may hate me since I'll keep using it.

[sadguy]

[daskalos]

[SeoulShakin]

Best I ever had was a boy named Baul. (pronounced Bowel). At first I thought the B should be a P for Paul, but that made him very angry. Baul it is.

Also taught a few boys (all soccer players) whose names were Nike, Adidas, Puma, High-kick, Low-kick, and Tornado. They had those names when I came to the school, and were so happy I didn't have the heart to change them.

[Mariella713]

There was a woman on the Weakest Link show (UK) and her name was Pooey.

[NovaKart]

From China the weirdest name I got was probably a boy named Gogo. I thought about giving him some gogo boots and putting him in a dancing cage. There was also a boy named Glace which I never really understood. I've also had my share of Tom1, Tom2s. China is the only place I've worked where people took English names.

[liz88]

Apple,

[daskalos]