Korean Job Discussion Forums

[susy]

I am getting tired of comments such as `are you still in high school/`.
So dearie how are you studies going` and then the astonished looks on faces when asked how old i am and i reply 25!

I appreciate that most people would prefer to look younger at my age, but I also am getting fed up with being treated as a 16 year old.

I think my face looks young which is the main problem. but how do other people judge someones age?.

I wear normal 25 year old clothes ( whatever that might be) usually try and look smartish....but any one got any ideas on a way in which i could at least look nearer my age.

When teaching adults especially Korean men, I don`t think they have the same respect for you or trust in you to teach them properly if you look a lot younger, until you get to know them properly, which is normal i guess and cant blame them. But this time I am starting a new school teaching adults, wonder if anyone had any tips?.

I am guesing this might sound a bit shallow, but as they say `first impressions are what counts`
I think and have experienced the same as any other 25 yr old so to be treated differently just because you look younger is starting to get on my nerves.

I cant even get a wrinkle out of my chimney smoking

[Captain Corea]

I cut em' down and count how many rings/circles.


As for getting respect from adult students... well, I teach about 50+ of them a day and I must say, wearing professional clothes helps. I wear a suit most days. It may not automatically make me a better teacher but in their eyes it does.

[rok_the-boat]

I ask them, usually right after they ask me.

[Ody]

when i was around your age (27 to be exact) and gettin' no respect from my business associates, i just lied. i was 30 for 4 years.
of course, had i been living in Korea, i would only have had to lie for 2.5 years.

koreans lie all the time, especially about age. join the crowd!

[Ody]

[BigBlackEquus]

It's all about the hands.

Look at the backs of the hands for a good judgement about age. No plastic surgery for that, that I know of. You can't judge exact age by that, but you can tell if a semi-young-looking person who seems to act older is indeed older.

[Ody]

i disagree; there's no accounting for profession there. as a prolific artist since age 12, my hands have looked like a 40 year old man's since high school.

[BigBlackEquus]

Age spots.

Old hands look different than hard-working hands.

It's not a tell-all thing, just part of the whole age equation.

[Real Reality]

How old is she? Can you guess her age?

[Swiss James]

she looks about 14 from the neck up, and about 18 from the neck down. I'd be asking for ID that's for sure

[Ody]

[Swiss James]

[ChimpumCallao]

11

[cruisemonkey]

Old enough.

[Real Reality]