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chickenpie · Joined: 24 Dec 2008

Every time I mention this site to other teachers I get very negative comments about the community and atmosphere here.

What can posters here do to change this?

Do we want to?

Dave doesn't care, obviously as his site is still so slow after so long.

At the moment dave's esl is a big turn off for most professional global esl teachers.

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

sarbonn · Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Location: Michigan

I tend to try to stay mostly positive. Some days I fail. But I figure if I keep trying, maybe others will, too, and that perhaps the perception will change. If not, at least I don't feel so bad about how I mix with the group. To be honest, I'm not all that concerned about how others perceive the group where I post as long as I try to contribute in a positive manner.

harlowethrombey · Joined: 17 Mar 2009 Location: Seoul

Well, I called a meeting of the internets, but Mr. Google and Mr. AskJeeves didnt show up so we didnt get much resolved.

Yeah, Dave's is pretty negative, but if someone asks a legitimate question they get legit responses. If someone is whining and moaning they get more of the same. I'm pretty sure the whole internet is like that.

The youtube comment section seems slightly negative, too.

curiousaboutkorea · Joined: 21 Jan 2009

I asked another English Teacher if they used these forums. He responded, "Nah, it's full of haters."

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

The first two responses were right on the money, stay positive. There is quite a bit of drama that goes on here. I've cut back the amout of time I spend posting on Dave's and tend to answer people's questions in PM's quite a bit more to people due to the nasty demenor.

dmbfan · Joined: 09 Mar 2006

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

dmbfan · Joined: 09 Mar 2006

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

dmbfan · Joined: 09 Mar 2006

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

RufusW · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan

I've been reading for quite a few months and I don't really find it too negative. Of course people are going to vent a bit but there's a good amount of decent talk on here.

moosehead · Joined: 05 May 2007

I've actually found the people who don't use Dave's are very negative minded folks - and the ones who do are usually pragmatists, realists, and doers.

also a lot of people who don't use Dave's also don't use computers much - some of us are just more cyber connected than others. nothing to do with racism, really, unless people on here go around saying it does and then people who disagree get tired of arguing about it and the thread devolves into petty crap and it only appears to be about racism when in fact those who are most positive just went to another thread. Shocked

redhed · Joined: 05 Nov 2008

While I have certainly seen plenty of negativity here on Dave's, I have also received some excellent advice and information through this site, both in response to my own questions and just reading what goes on. As an additional plus some people are funny as hell. There is certainly some racism on this site, but I wouldn't say it's anywhere near the norm, and it seems to get more of a negative response than a positive one. At the very least it engages conversation on the topic, which in my experience is the first step not for continued racist beliefs, but for opening ones mind to the positive influences of our differences. At any rate, a spade is a negative term for black folks in the U.S., but the term "calling a spade a spade" has nothing to do with that slur. It's something of a mistranslation of I think latin, and refers to a "spade" as in a shovel. That being said, anybody know a good english website for the ferry system running to the islands off incheon???? Feel free to PM me so I don't hi-jack this thread. Bless up!