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ed · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Next week I will teach a class called "What is beauty?"

For that I need some before and after pictures of Korean girls/ladies/women wearing makeup and some before and after pictures of those who have had plastic surgery.

I don't know where to look for those pictures,

Do you? Question

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

How many 20-something K-girls work at your school? You might need only take a camera to the staff room.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Here is one

http://www.locateadoc.com/gallery.cfm/Action/Section/sid/25

I typed in cosmetic surgery, before and after in google.

Here's google image for make up, before and after:

http://images.google.co.kr/images?hl=ko&newwindow=1&q=makeup%2C%20before%20and%20after&btnG=%EA%B2%80%EC%83%89&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

flint · Joined: 11 Apr 2004

butlerian · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Korea

This all seems like a very narrow conception of "beauty"...surely you can make the lesson more interesting by introducing other ideas of beauty than merely the most idealised/common?

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

hubba bubba · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

Big Face, Small Eyes!

CBP · Joined: 15 May 2006 Location: Korea

Recently a friend showed me a bunch of letters his middle school students wrote, addressed to an imaginary pen pal. Almost all of the girls wrote "I'm a very pretty girl!" Most American kids would never write something like that. I'm curious about the class you'll be teaching. What's the angle? Context?

ed · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Yu Bum Suk= Thanks, that's a great idea. I think I will do that tomorrow.

Tzechuk= Thanks for the help but I'm looking for Korean girls/ladies/women.

Flint= Thanks for the reminder. My head has been in the clouds lately and I forgot to try Google.

Butlerian= Thanks, that's a great idea. I think I will look into inner beauty. Is that what you mean?

CBP= The angle and context are that every person in the world has their own idea of beauty and many times two people will disagree with each other.

There are times when a woman is considered beautiful by many but she does not consider herself beautiful and chooses to have plastic surgery and the same people will say she is no longer beautiful.

Also, the importance of appearance and the effects on a person's life.

coolsage · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:07 am Post subject:

CBP · Joined: 15 May 2006 Location: Korea

Ed, it sounds like you've got the makings for a great discussion on beauty. It's got the wheels churning. Thanks for the inspiration.

(I'm not THAT old -- although my mother is fond of reminding me that I'll be forty in less than four years -- but I love George Burns!)

Cheers!