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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:21 am Post subject: Pencil case and only in Korea |
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The kids mostly have these irritating as fork pencil cases with loud games built on top. This 12 year old boy has the dorkiest pencil case:
Only in Korea can a 12 year old boy still have a bunny pencil case and not get his ass beaten every day. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:40 am Post subject: |
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| It looks so dirty from the picture. I would throw it in the trash saying it was a health hazard. |
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Toon Army
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| looks like he wiped his ass with it |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| I teach at a university and got a quiet chuckle from a male freshman's teddy bear pencil case. OiK!(only in Korea!) |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| Hey! I'm happy if they HAVE a pencil!! The number of students coming to the FIRST day of class in uni without a pencil or pen amazes me! They've been going to school for how long? And they HAVEN'T needed a pen or pencil in HOW many classes????? Sheesh!! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| I'm with ajumma on this. Be grateful the little ingrates (no matter the age) have a pencil. |
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richardlang
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: |
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Yea, I laughed at a freshman's Pooh Bear pencil case today.
I accidentally had the microphone on when I laughed, so everyone heard me. |
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Missile Command Kid
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: |
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I've been teaching one particular class for about four months now. A guy comes to class early (thank goodness for small favours!) but does he have his homework? No. Does he have his book? No. Does he have any paper? No. Does he have a pencil? No. Does he have a mechanical pencil lid?
Yes.
Way to go, champ. Time to pound out some serious engireshe with that pencil lid, eh? I love Korea.
(And don't mock the cutesy stuff: the only mechanical eraser I could find at the local stationery store was one with a panda bear on the side saying "We should love each other!" It's a bit emasculating to hear, "Teacher! I love your eraser! It's so cute!" three times a day.) |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| Hey! I'm happy if they HAVE a pencil!! The number of students coming to the FIRST day of class in uni without a pencil or pen amazes me! They've been going to school for how long? And they HAVEN'T needed a pen or pencil in HOW many classes????? Sheesh!! |
Oh man. I remember I tried to drum one kid out of an essay class on the first day. Last time I had the kid he was like Backpack Level 1 and still couldn't even read. Fast forward 6 months and first day I have him in an essay class. Hrm. Well, I thought I heard he had gone to Canada, so maybe he learned quickly. I hand out a list of verbs and want the kids to put the verbs into past tense. I want to get an idea of their abilities. Most of the kids are getting about 60-80% of them (all irregular verbs). His sheet is blank. He doesn't even seem to understand what he has to do. He doesn't even have a pencil. I lend him my pen. He can't put one verb into past tense. I go get the head teacher and bring her into class.
"Are you sure Mark is supposed to be in this class?"
"Oh yes."
"You know this is an essay class."
"Right."
"You notice he can't put one of these verbs into past tense. The other kids are getting most of them."
"Well, maybe you can just go a bit slower with him."
*time to play my ace*
"Laura, he's using my pen. He didn't know enough to bring a pencil to an essay class."
*silence* *then it clicks*
"Yeah, maybe he shouldn't be in this class..."
She leads him out of class. Typical stupid mother that thinks because her kid can read the english signs at Lottemart he's suddenly a native speaker.
Current peeve:
The kids seem to say "pass" a lot these days. Lazy asses, not wanting to even look down at their textbook to try and figure out the answer. My response is always "pass won't get you into Seoul National University." |
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Missile Command Kid
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
Current peeve:
The kids seem to say "pass" a lot these days. Lazy asses, not wanting to even look down at their textbook to try and figure out the answer. My response is always "pass won't get you into Seoul National University." |
Workaround: "Pass? No, wrong answer. Try again." Repeat until they answer. A few weeks ago I had a student who needed to answer a question with either yes or no. She absolutely refused to speak. I literally spent ten minutes of my life waiting for her to reply, gently saying her name every thiry seconds or so. She finally answered because her classmates were getting visibly annoyed!
It's complely unacceptable for students to pretend that I don't exist, or to say "Pass" when I ask them a question. Don't take it - get that answer from them! |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: |
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Two answers that I won't accept: "Pass" and "Me, too."!!
Me, too WHAT???? There were 10 answers before yours!! |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, I like that pencil case. Better than the big plastic ones that have games built into their lids. |
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aek541
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Location: Anyang Si, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| gosh those game pencil cases are annoying. and loud.....It is distracting and whenever I see one I make the kid take out one pencil and one eraser and put the thing in his backpack. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| aek541 wrote: |
| gosh those game pencil cases are annoying. and loud.....It is distracting and whenever I see one I make the kid take out one pencil and one eraser and put the thing in his backpack. |
Now if they could just design a mechanical pencil lead holder that loads the lead into their mechanical pencil in the loudest, longest, most irritating way, our day would be complete. |
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Cynical Optimist
Joined: 26 Feb 2006
Location: S.E. Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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I seriously hate pencil cases and "sharps". I've gone into hysterics on more than a few occasions to act out and dramatize (for my low level upper elementary students) how ridiculous they are being with all their fidgeting with sharps and pencil cases.
Open the pencil case, close it, open it, take something out, put something in, close, open, close, open, close, load the sharp, look into the barrel of the sharp, empty the sharp, reload the sharp, open the pencil case, close it...then somehow accidentally knock all the *beep* on the floor...
WTF ARE YOU DOING???!!!! ALL YOU NEED IS A G0DDAMN PENCIL AND AN ERASER!!! GIVE ME THAT ALL THAT CRAP! HERE! TAKE THIS REGULAR PENCIL AND ERASER AND STOP BEING AN A$$!
Of course, I don't really say it exactly like that, but my miming suggests it.  And the other kids seem to find it pretty amusing. |
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