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flicknut
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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: Why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day? |
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This is for everyone who is going to the public school training seminar next week in Suwon.
Teacher's Day is Tuesday, so many Korean public school teachers will have the entire day off. We aren't so lucky, as the day will start with a 50-minute lecture on Korean culture.
Surely there will be a question and answer session at some point during the day, hopefully during the culture lecture. When this happens, raise your hand and ask something like this:
"A rule of Korean culture is to show respect for teachers, so why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day?"
The person who answers the question will probably pass the buck to some unknown Korean beaurocrat, but we should all just keep rephrasing the question over and over. It will be funny.
If you are down with this, please reply. |
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The_Conservative
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day? |
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| flicknut wrote: |
This is for everyone who is going to the public school training seminar next week in Suwon.
Teacher's Day is Tuesday, so many Korean public school teachers will have the entire day off. We aren't so lucky, as the day will start with a 50-minute lecture on Korean culture.
Surely there will be a question and answer session at some point during the day, hopefully during the culture lecture. When this happens, raise your hand and ask something like this:
"A rule of Korean culture is to show respect for teachers, so why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day?"
The person who answers the question will probably pass the buck to some unknown Korean beaurocrat, but we should all just keep rephrasing the question over and over. It will be funny.
If you are down with this, please reply. |
What would be even funnier if the person replied "You're not a teacher you're a teaching assistant" |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day? |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| flicknut wrote: |
This is for everyone who is going to the public school training seminar next week in Suwon.
Teacher's Day is Tuesday, so many Korean public school teachers will have the entire day off. We aren't so lucky, as the day will start with a 50-minute lecture on Korean culture.
Surely there will be a question and answer session at some point during the day, hopefully during the culture lecture. When this happens, raise your hand and ask something like this:
"A rule of Korean culture is to show respect for teachers, so why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day?"
The person who answers the question will probably pass the buck to some unknown Korean beaurocrat, but we should all just keep rephrasing the question over and over. It will be funny.
If you are down with this, please reply. |
What would be even funnier if the person replied "You're not a teacher you're a teaching assistant" |
It would be funny, but I certainly don't feel like I am a teaching assistant, especially when the KT has no freakin' control over the class, and unfortunately I have to resort to shouting in order to get the class to be quiet. I control the entire structure of the class, and the only thing the KT's do is translate. They don't take much initiative though, which pisses me off |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Just consider it a lesson in Korean irony 101. No money. Service.  |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: |
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"A rule of Korean culture is to show respect for teachers, so why was this scheduled on Teacher's Day?"
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Please explain how and why this is disrespectable to teachers, and good luck. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
| Just consider it a lesson in Korean irony 101. No money. Service. |
Working on holiday and no overtime?  |
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xcelr8r
Joined: 08 May 2007
Location: Amsterdam
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: r?e?s?p?e?c?t |
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Most likely scheduled that way for convenience (not of the participant of course) which is the same way that things are done here in US.
But if you read into it then you will see that you will not be receiving the same respect as a Korean teacher by being a warm body, I mean English teacher. |
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