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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:48 am Post subject: Did your kids ask you a weird question? It's my fault. |
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If your kids at your hagwon asked if it's true in the U.S. that hamburgers come from hamsters, blame me. I had some time to kill with my 3rd graders at the public school, so I spent some time with each class telling them that hamburgers are made from hamsters and that in the U.S. we eat hamsters in everything. I had a lot of fun telling them about hamster soup, fried hamsters, hamster on a stick, hamster icecream and hamster shakes. Hearing their screams of disgust really made me smile. Afterwards, I told them that if they didn't believe me to go and ask the foreign teacher at their hakwon. Honestly, I don't think they believed me, but they liked the story.  |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Did your kids ask you a weird question? It's my fault. |
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| riley wrote: |
| If your kids at your hagwon asked if it's true in the U.S. that hamburgers come from hamsters, blame me. I had some time to kill with my 3rd graders at the public school, so I spent some time with each class telling them that hamburgers are made from hamsters and that in the U.S. we eat hamsters in everything. I had a lot of fun telling them about hamster soup, fried hamsters, hamster on a stick, hamster icecream and hamster shakes. Hearing their screams of disgust really made me smile. Afterwards, I told them that if they didn't believe me to go and ask the foreign teacher at their hakwon. Honestly, I don't think they believed me, but they liked the story. |
Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!  |
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hyperlatina
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Location: Suwon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: |
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that's hilarious!!!
I have my labret pierced and I love watching them scream in horror/glee when I show them that the piercing goes through my skin. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: |
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that's hilarious!!!
I have my labret pierced and I love watching them scream in horror/glee when I show them that the piercing goes through my skin. |
 I had to look up labret. At first, I thought you said labia. |
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CBP
Joined: 15 May 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| What the heck's a labret? My dictionary has labardor and labyrinth, but not labret. Okay, hold on. Just looked it up in a proper dictionary. It says that a labret is the ornament you insert into a perforation in your lip. So your lip is pierced with a labret. Right? |
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rhinocharge64
Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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| Yep, another example of why this so called profession is complete pants. Use your time wisely......like teaching the alphabet. Their opinion of Yank land is bad enough, no need for you to reinforce it. Yeah, good job. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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If it provokes thought and encourages conversation, it can't be that bad.
Maybe I'll see how far i can get trying to convince kids that in Amercia, chicken is made from pigs. |
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hyperlatina
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Location: Suwon, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| rhinocharge64 wrote: |
| Yep, another example of why this so called profession is complete pants. Use your time wisely......like teaching the alphabet. Their opinion of Yank land is bad enough, no need for you to reinforce it. Yeah, good job. |
Ever heard of having fun with your kids??? Geez, I'd hate to be in your class if I was a child. My classes work well because I'm always having fun with the kids. I allow jokes to be cracked and questions to be asked.
As for my labret, I entertained the questions because they spent the time to form a complete sentence in English to ask about it. Do you respond with that effort by saying, "good effort, but shut up and back to the alphabet?"
As for the person asking about labret, it's actually the little area underneath your lip and above your chin. 
LMFAO @ the labia confusion! |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| I convinced a class full of grown adults that Americans guzzle honey straight from squeeze bottles, with our heads cocked back parallel to the ground. It was actually incredibly easy -- no convincing required. Ah, the power of preconceived ideas... |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Hater Depot wrote: |
| I convinced a class full of grown adults that Americans guzzle honey straight from squeeze bottles, with our heads *beep* back parallel to the ground. |
No, no, no. That's Canadians and maple syrup. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| That's it. I am going to convince my students that Americans faked landing on the moon and just used an advanced version of Photoshop. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| So you figure your job as a teacher requires you to lie to your kids and teach them stuff that you know isnt correct? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| So you figure your job as a teacher requires you to lie to your kids and teach them stuff that you know isnt correct? |
I put up pictures of Santa Claus at Christmas time... |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Jinju's reply was meant for huffdaddy.. not that it matters. Pretty soon America and Nasa are going to lose all credibility in my schools. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchieluver wrote: |
| Jinju's reply was meant for huffdaddy.. |
moi  How is saying that Canadians guzzle maple syrup straight from the bottle a lie?
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