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Yu_Bum_suk
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: Certain students' interests come as such a pleasant surprise |
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Today I came in to do some extra work with a student and stopped by the multi-sil, and what should I find but two students at a computer scrolling through photos of Chelsea players with their children on Chelsea Family Day. They seemed especially to like ones of a topless Drogba with Frank Lampard's kid. Here I had no idea my students had any knowledge of or interested in anyone beside Manure and Lee Youngpyo. Kind of made my day.
GO BLUES!!! |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I love doing oral tests, and after hearing that listening to music or sleeping is their hobby for the hundredth time, getting something really cool. Always perks me up. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I love doing oral tests, and after hearing that listening to music or sleeping is their hobby for the hundredth time, getting something really cool. Always perks me up. |
I was reading students' assignments on describing their families. One student wrote of her mother that 'her hobby is cleaning'. You have to love the odd, rare bit of originality. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I love doing oral tests, and after hearing that listening to music or sleeping is their hobby for the hundredth time, getting something really cool. Always perks me up. |
I was reading students' assignments on describing their families. One student wrote of her mother that 'her hobby is cleaning'. You have to love the odd, rare bit of originality. |
I hear you on that, Y.B.S.
I taught a kid last Spring who wrote the same about his mother. There was a student at Mapo Ewha A.S.L. who also informed me with nary a trace of irony that her mom's favourite hobby was cleaning her home.
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: Certain students' interests come as such a pleasant surp |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Today I came in to do some extra work with a student and stopped by the multi-sil, and what should I find but two students at a computer scrolling through photos of Chelsea players with their children on Chelsea Family Day. They seemed especially to like ones of a topless Drogba with Frank Lampard's kid. Here I had no idea my students had any knowledge of or interested in anyone beside Manure and Lee Youngpyo. Kind of made my day.
GO BLUES!!! |
I don't get it. Korean kids who like soccer? That's hard to find......
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Certain students' interests come as such a pleasant surp |
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| PGF wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Today I came in to do some extra work with a student and stopped by the multi-sil, and what should I find but two students at a computer scrolling through photos of Chelsea players with their children on Chelsea Family Day. They seemed especially to like ones of a topless Drogba with Frank Lampard's kid. Here I had no idea my students had any knowledge of or interested in anyone beside Manure and Lee Youngpyo. Kind of made my day.
GO BLUES!!! |
I don't get it. Korean kids who like soccer? That's hard to find......
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Teenage Korean girls who know who John Therry and Frank Lampard are and are interested enough in them to be pulling pics of the Internet? I'd put that in the category of 'things you don't see every day'. |
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PGF
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Certain students' interests come as such a pleasant surp |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| PGF wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Today I came in to do some extra work with a student and stopped by the multi-sil, and what should I find but two students at a computer scrolling through photos of Chelsea players with their children on Chelsea Family Day. They seemed especially to like ones of a topless Drogba with Frank Lampard's kid. Here I had no idea my students had any knowledge of or interested in anyone beside Manure and Lee Youngpyo. Kind of made my day.
GO BLUES!!! |
I don't get it. Korean kids who like soccer? That's hard to find......
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Teenage Korean girls who know who John Therry and Frank Lampard are and are interested enough in them to be pulling pics of the Internet? I'd put that in the category of 'things you don't see every day'. |
who?
again, non-americans who take an interest in soccer! Call the Globe!
pretty much every nation on earth is interested in soccer, minus one.
Now, if you had a korean girl printing pictures of Steve McNair, Tom Brady, or Peyton, I'd be interested. But soccer? Come one...........
no shock in "Soccer" |
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wylies99
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I teach about soccer along with baseball. 
I've NEVER met someone from England or SA who taught about baseball along with soccer. Guess learning the rules of baseball is just too hard. Wahhhhhhhh  Take a look around- IN KOREA, Korean kids see baseball a lot more than they see soccer. |
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Chris_Dixon
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rules of baseball too hard?? we just blatently never play it so of couse we dont understand it, along with american football.....I have no desire to learn how to play either...although i am going to watch a game on sat.
Do you know the rules for Rugby or Cricket?? Does it matter that you dont lol.
come on. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Roch wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I love doing oral tests, and after hearing that listening to music or sleeping is their hobby for the hundredth time, getting something really cool. Always perks me up. |
I was reading students' assignments on describing their families. One student wrote of her mother that 'her hobby is cleaning'. You have to love the odd, rare bit of originality. |
I hear you on that, Y.B.S.
I taught a kid last Spring who wrote the same about his mother. There was a student at Mapo Ewha A.S.L. who also informed me with nary a trace of irony that her mom's favourite hobby was cleaning her home.
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I was editing a speech for a speech contest and one of my students wrote that her mother loved "money and sleeping"! |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| I love doing oral tests, and after hearing that listening to music or sleeping is their hobby for the hundredth time, getting something really cool. Always perks me up. |
I loved it when I got one whose favourite band was Rush, and another who loved snooker "but only on a regulation table which are not in Korea". |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| My one student has her desk covered with pictures of Barack Obama. Never expected that. |
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gangpae
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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rules of baseball too hard?? we just blatently never play it so of couse we dont understand it, along with american football.....I have no desire to learn how to play either...although i am going to watch a game on sat.
Do you know the rules for Rugby or Cricket?? Does it matter that you dont lol.
come on. |
Rugby Union has rules???? Please explain.... |
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
I teach about soccer along with baseball.
I've NEVER met someone from England or SA who taught about baseball along with soccer. Guess learning the rules of baseball is just too hard. Wahhhhhhhh Take a look around- IN KOREA, Korean kids see baseball a lot more than they see soccer. |
And let me know when you are going to teach Australian Rules Football.
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LostinKSpace
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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Students are full of surprises.
I had a lesson on giving advice and one of the questions was: "How can English lessons be more interesting for Korean students", and the top answer was "In my opinion you should give up".
My co teacher wasn't too amused but it made me smile for the rest of the day. |
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