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Amari
Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Location: Dunedin, NZ
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: What do kids call you? |
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Hey again
Just a quick, rather trivial question: What do your students (kids, in a hagwon) call you? Miss/Mrs, your first name, or a korean title? Just wondering how to introduce myself!
Cheers, Amari |
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Yu_Bum_suk

Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you're the first foreigner at your hogwan, every perception of you will have been moulded by the previous foreigners. If your name is Jane Smith they'll probably call you Jane-teachuh, since if you were a Korean and your name was Kim Bori they'd call you Kim-sunsaengnim.
An interesting test of the level of respect they give you is to ask them something they don't know or understand. If they respond 'mullae-oh' they think you're a real teacher. If they say 'mullah' they don't.
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kiwigirl :O)
Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Bundang
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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hey amari
they call me: "sarah teacher" i have found that its usually your first name followed by teacher or sonsengneem teacher) |
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cubanlord

Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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it depends what mood I'm in:
Dejagnim
Master
Jefe
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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cubanlord wrote: |
it depends what mood I'm in:
Dejagnim
Master
Jefe
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master...now that's a good one! |
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pgplummer

Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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At my first Hogwan they started with Patrick Teacher and then once the other foreign teacher arrived and she started to teach animals, They then started to call me Gorilla Teacher. I am sure I don't need to explain but I am 6'5" and not that skinny. I am not obese but an overall big & hairy guy. This name stuck for the remainder of the term. It really did not bother me. Most students when not sure of an answer did not just say "mullah" it was Mullia oh. (Maybe they were just afraid the gorilla would eat them if they were improper) Just kidding!
I hope you all got a laugh from this.
CHEERS |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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My kids call me Stephen. I have broken them of the habit of Stephen teacher, it took a while.  |
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Alyallen

Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Usually it's Alyson Teacher.
Many call me Alyson
Some call me Ms. Alyson
A handful call me Ms. **** (My last name...not a beep )
But I don't care as long as it's not
Ms. Africa Tica Tica or
Tica Tica Teacher or
Africa sunsaenim
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crazylemongirl

Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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my kids call me by family name
mostly just by my family name but some call me Ms ***** while some call me ***** saem or teacher.
My first name is hard for a lot of koreans to say and I think it adds distance between the kids and I. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Location: Pocheon
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Usually just "TEACHER, TEACHER, TEACHER!"
Or sometimes "Hamster Teacher" (I brought hamsters for the class to play with.) |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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crazylemongirl wrote: |
my kids call me by family name
mostly just by my family name but some call me Ms ***** while some call me ***** saem or teacher.
My first name is hard for a lot of koreans to say and I think it adds distance between the kids and I. |
My kids use my last name as well, but I insist on it: Mr. flotsam. However, I have found when they want to show more respect, they call me flotsam 선생님. I punish students for calling me just flotsam or using my first name, and I discourage the use of flotsam-teacher but I will usually let 선생님 go outside of the classroom. But I, CLG and YBS, at least, work in the schools and not hakwons, so I think it is a little different.
One thing I will tell you: the biggest myth in Korean ESL is that students feel distance if you insist on titles of respect. They get along just fine with their Korean teachers and they are still stalking and crawling all over me(middle-schoolers)--the title has nothing to do with it. As CLG mentioned--the difficulty level of the name does. If I used my mother's maiden--"Mr. Wilzewski"--I might feel the need to not go with the American norm.
Oh, I followed this policy for all but the first of the 5 years I worked in hakwons as well. |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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my kids call my Daddy or 아빠 - other kids in the neighborhood call me 아쩌시 (spelling?) |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. mo-mo-mo
If they're using your first name then you should insist that they say teacher after your name. You are there teacher, not their friend. In korean they say the first name and then 성생님 (teacher) because that is the respectful way. I teach English and in English it's rude to call your teacher by his/her first name. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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After having my bag nicked by a student from my room when I popped out for 5 minutes-christ,only had 2.000 won but also my house key...why would anybody bother??
after this.........students don't call me anything.I am actively encouraging them to not approach teacher.Under any circumstances.Before that it was Mr--- |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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I_Am_Wrong wrote: |
Mr. mo-mo-mo
If they're using your first name then you should insist that they say teacher after your name. You are there teacher, not their friend. In korean they say the first name and then 성생님 (teacher) because that is the respectful way. I teach English and in English it's rude to call your teacher by his/her first name. |
actually the bold is incorrect, they say the surname and then 선생님. So technically if your name is Brian Borgenstein, then they should be calling you Borgenstein 선생님. |
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