Korean Job Discussion Forums

[AmericanExile]

With foreigners in every corner of Korea, we have an opportunity to do something spectacularly stupid as a group. It doesn't really matter what.

We could make up new words and teach them to our students. They could be genuine words. Perhaps something that captures one of the things we talk about as part of the experience of teaching in Korea. Or it could just be something goofy.

We could pick a day and do something. Wear arm bands. Wear a different shoe on the left foot than the right. Or, wear a different shoe on the right foot than the left.

The details are open for discussion.

If pointless isn't your thing then think of it as performance art.

Just a thought.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

How about we all wear poppies on Remembrance Day?

[AmericanExile]

Doing something different by doing the same old thing. Why is it that never occurred to me? Oh yeah, it's boring.

[AgentM]

On International Pirate Day you could all teach the kids to speak Pirate...at least for a few minutes till your co-teacher comes back.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[AmericanExile]

If we spoke pirate on remembrance day or wore poppies on pirate day that would at least be different.

However, I was thinking more along the lines of doing something that was uniquely ours. Starting a Native Speaker Day or Foreigner Day. I could be for Korean ESL teachers, Foreigners in Korea or Foreigners everywhere. I don't care as long as it is unique.

What does it say that the only two suggestions are to do things others have already established?

Rally some creativity to the thing, for fooks sake.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

I've often thought of doing this -

Writing down the inane and annoying phrases that school kids shout at me whilst I'm walking to work in the morning for a whole week and then using them as answers or statements to Koreans I meet in my daily life like the waitress who serves me lunch, the coffee shop worker, the guy at the subway ticket office etc - the following week... Kind of like recycling the madness...

Imagine....

At the Gimbap nara -

Waitress 'Anyong hasseyo... What do you want - she says this in Korean of course.

Me - Pibimbap jusayo. Hey yo man!! Hey yo man!!! Are uh-you ah claydgee????

Waitress (when I go to pay for my meal.) 4,000 Won imnida.

Me - OH!!! OH!!! HI!! Oh yeah!!! come on comeon baby oh my GOD!!!!

At the coffee shop.

Server - Whipping cream???

Me - Oh Hi!!! Whipping cream?!! OH Such the delicious!!! Where-uh are-uh you flom man!!? Hey yo man where-uh are-uh you flom???

Server - 3,500 won imnida

Me - Oh yeah man!! okay okay okay okay okay!!!!

At the subway
Ticket clerk - anyong hassaeyo.

Me - Oh yeah man! Are you America?? USA??? Oh velly handsome!!! Do you like my Korea?! COEX kayo hottikae?

Ticketclerk - bwoiyo..?

Me - Coex Kayo hottikae?

Ticket clerk - Samseoung yuk kayo

Me - OH WOW! Puck you man!! hey yo PUCK you MAN!! Korea numbah one oh YEAH!!!! Whats-ah your name man!!! Come on baby okay?!!!

[Panda]

Its a great idea and you guys should make a documentary as well.

[harlowethrombey]

Flashmobs.

that's the best use of large numbers of strange people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfxCnZ4Dp3c