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elric · Joined: 24 Aug 2005

I want to use stickers as a reward system in Korea, but I'm still in NAmerica. Is it worth buying some stickers here or do they have really cool stickers in Korea. Are there any symbols or animals that Korean kids find supercute or favour more than others?

Mr. Literal · Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Location: Third rock from the Sun.

Money always works.

ontheway · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:46 am Post subject:

Hi. Good luck on your new job.

Yes. Korean kids (the young ones) really love stickers. There is a huge variety available at the "moon bang goo" combination stationery/toy stores here. But, feel free to bring cool ones with you.

Try to talk to someone by phone about all the conditions here before you come. Especially a teacher already at your school or hagwon. It's worth the price of a long call.

peppermint · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject:

They tend not to have the sparkly ones that are so common at home, I usually buy a few for special rewards for my kids, They are just as happy though with the plainer ones I buy here though.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

I can't find scratch-n'-sniff stickers here - I'm sure the kids would really like them. They'd also like things like little flag stickers, I'm sure. Your biggest challenge will be finding stickers that the boys like. Korean elementary school girls will do anything for stickers, and it's easy to find all sorts that they like at almost any corner shop.

desultude · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:

I get stickers when I am in the States for my camp students- especially ones with English on them, like "Great Job!" etc.

Yes they do have stickers here. I saw a card of stickers recently that were mostly steaming piles of dung. Honestly. After you are here a while, you will understand completely. Dung is a very strange obsession here.

The evil penguin · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

I have seen heaps of crap stickers around here but not a lot of good ones (even in the big stationery stores!). The younger kids live my NZ stickers! Even the boys. I brought a whole lot of NZ relates stickers (animals, flags, Maori etc) but also non-NZ specific stickers (flowers, aliens, dinosaurs) and they love them all. If you let you students choose the stickers they like then the boys will find something that appeals to them.

But yes, also bring heaps of coins. I was going to get my mother to send mine because they were too heavy in my bag, but I found out it is illegal to mail cash in NZ... The kids have been asking me for coins a lot, they make great rewards.

Also stationery is a big hit. Pens, pencils, rulers, erasers, pencil cases etc with some kind of foreign design. At the $2 shop I found a set with NZ animals on them.... the kids go nuts!

desultude · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

desultude · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

I got some pretty nice stickers from the stationery store near where I live.

The dung thing is from Japan, I think.. my niece, aged 7, loves it and she lives in Hong Kong....

pegpig · Joined: 10 May 2005

Stickers work so well, we've implemented the program in our house also. Every time I do something nice for the wife she puts a sticker in my little sticker book. When I reach 10, I get laid. Woohoo! Cool

I've tried to cheat by using those stickers from the pizza guy, but she's smarter than the average bear. She's not gonna fall for that one twice. What's more important a free pizza or sex? A quickie's not what it used to be. First she has to count the stickers and authenticate them before we proceed. Romantic huh?

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Poor you Pegpig... so there's no spontaneity in your life? How sad. Razz

pegpig · Joined: 10 May 2005

Pretty structured life. I'm an organized nut myself, but somethings shouldn't be planned.