A typical summertime Fox news story
The Fox City News desk with anchor Stan Madden.
"No doubt you have heard of the drama unfolding in our city. I am referring, of course, to the so-called 'Cat Lady' on the east side. A ramshackle bungalow surrounded by the most unkempt of yards depressed property prices and irritated her neighbors, but it was the 200-odd feral cats and a handful of dogs, rabbits, hamsters, and gerbils that finally prompted calls to the city's Animal Control Center. We here at Fox Ne.. -by Yoo
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ROSETTA STONE OR PINSLEUR LANGUAGE PROGRAM vs PERSONAL TUTOR
Ask yourself:
Are you an Auditory Learner?Are you a Visual Learner?
Are you a Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner?
Know your preferred learning style.
Then, do you have lots of time to study in front of a computer? And last, do you have financial capacity to spend for Rosetta Stone or Pinsleur?
Why are you going to spend so much with those programs since there are lots of various language learning program in video, audio, printed lessons etc. for FREE! Just be patient s.. -by teacher gie/maestra
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Re..ESL TEACHER
Kathryn Jeon
(Library Service Specialist)
Hello. Yes, you are interested but, you don't have experience in teaching English as a Second Language. How could you teach if you don't possess the qualification as ESL teacher?
Translator...yes, you have an experience and could speak and write both languages but it doesn't necessarily follow that you can teach.
Do you have any idea about language acquisition? Do you know how to impart fo.. -by teacher gie
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Korea Crisis Has Roots in Border Row
By EVAN RAMSTAD
SEOUL—North Korea's alleged attack on a South Korean patrol ship is part of dictator Kim Jong Il's efforts to redraw the western sea border between the two countries, according to an increasingly held view.
Associated Press
.The March 26 sinking of the Cheonan, which South Korea blames on a North torpedo attack, has long been seen as retribution for the heavy damage South Korea inflicted on a North Korean ship in a November naval firefight.
Mor.. -by WSJ
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Re..Phonetics slow down progress and time consuming
I read this statement from a blog:
"Books teach children the fine art of loving reading. When I first started teaching, my mentor said it was not as important for me to teach phonetic learning over helping a child become really literate. She said what the kids would do with knowing how to read complicated words when these words meant nothing at all to them. For me, giving children storybooks make them learn how to really read, and not just decode words. Albeit the phonet.. -by maestra
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Re..Asian People Like to Spread Disease
They are ignorant, and they hide behind the P.C. excuse of "it's a different culture" whenever someone points out the public health dangers of spitting their shit all over the place.
We must try to understand the Kimberly in out midst as he/she is only 30 years removed from an ancient way of life that was marked by almost total ignorance of everything except for a way of life that was little changed from the one lived by their ancestors of 2,000 years ago. In short, mo.. -by Mrs. Polly Wanna Your Money
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Epidemiology
Dear Kimberlies,
Kimchi has been proven by Inha University and Tokyo University researchers to cause Stomach Cancer due to the high amount of red pepper and brine in the shit, and dog meat is widely available at the approximately 20,000 dog meat eateries in nation and the hundreds of open-air markets. If you do not believe me, then ask Cheong Wah Dae for confimation of my claims and the authoress of the report on Kimchi's connexion(s) to Stomach Cancer. I know the lady.. -by Mrs. Polly Wanna Your Money
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Mrs. Kim's "Whiners" Post
Hi there,
You spend so much money in my Club DeBut on I'taewon's Hooker Hill. Now, I ask you in front of 20 people to buy 3 Lady Drinks for my ill-mannered assistants: Mrs. Kim, So Hyun, and the new one whose name escapes my greedy little K-Mind at this point in my shallow, profit-driven life.
Oh, by the way, Mrs. Kim, you sure showed us that you learn fast! Really, you're last post on the topic of Whiners revealed that you improved from Upper-Intermediate to Advanc.. -by Miss Polly's Lady's Drinks
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Lindsay Lohan Pal: Yup, She's Gonna Play a Porn Star
Lindsay Lohan may have recently been canned from a movie, but that doesn't mean she's not getting other work.
Last month, Lohan was reported to have signed on to upcoming indie flick Inferno to play Linda Lovelace, the late porn star most famous for the 1972 hard-core movie Deep Throat. Well, her photographer pal Tyler Shields confirmed to us this weekend that the actress has indeed landed the gig. Shields says he's talked to the movie's director, Matthew Wilder, about.. -by Dr. PHil
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Two Jokes from North Korea.
I imagine that the jokes below are not from the comedy show although I guess it is possible. Probably the jokes are private jokes circulated among North Koreans opposed to the regime.
FACTBOX - North Koreans have a sense of humour too...
Reuters Life!
- A comedy show on North Korean TV has the distinction of being one of the longest-running in the world, although there's very little that's actually funny in it.
Following are some jokes from North Korean defectors .. -by Digger
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Man claims to have had no food or drink for 70 years
a very interesting article from telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7645857/Man-claims-to-have-had-no-food-or-drink-for-70-years.html
By Dean Nelson in New Delhi
Published: 11:02PM BST 28 Apr 2010
Prahlad Jani is being held in isolation in a hospital in Ahmedabad, Gurjarat, where he is being closely monitored by India's defence research organization, who believe he may have a genuine quality which could help save lives.
He has now s.. -by chi
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Is Korean Oh Eun-sun first woman to climb 14 top peaks?
Korea's Oh Eun-sun says she is the first woman to have climbed the world's 14 highest mountains, but one of her peaks is being disputed. Why?
There are 14 mountains on Earth above 8,000m (26,247 ft) high
All are in the Himalayan and Karakorum mountain ranges
The first to climb all 14 was Italian Reinhold Messner, in 1986
A total of 19 men, and now one woman, have done it
There is no one "official" record of who has, or has not, climbed the 14 peaks over 8,000m .. -by wondering
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I'm sure he will shine more if he joins a big club.
Liverpool FC are reportedly preparing to swoop for Bolton Wanderers midfielder Chung-Yong Lee.
The Daily Star claims Reds boss Rafa Benitez is ready to splash out £8 million to take the promising South Korea international to Anfield.
Lee would arrive as a direct replacement for Albert Riera.
Last week Lee's management company moved to play down rumours in his homeland of an imminent switch to Merseyside.
http://www.clicklancashire.com/sport/bolton-wande.. -by crossing my fingers
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Legend of the Winter
She appeared to be floating...
-The New York Times
While each of those skaters had moments of brilliance, Kim - who skated to Gershwin’s “Concerto in F” - was the only one to have an entire four minutes of it.
Wearing a royal blue dressed that fluttered in the wind, she sped atop the ice, seamlessly incorporating triple jumps into her complex routine, as if it were as natural as breathing. Her complicated footwork left gigantic, loopy scribbles all over the .. -by Another Kim
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Immigrations Gets Easier for Professionals
Drastically simplified immigration, exit and naturalization processes for foreigners start Monday to help outstanding foreign workers settle in Korea.
Companies seeking to invite foreign researchers or language instructors can make visa applications online around the clock all year round if they register with the government website (www.visa.go.kr) without having to visit the Immigration Office.
Under the new policy, foreign professionals who have been staying in th.. -by J Bean
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Zinn misled generations of students
Especially Korean students....
About 15 books of Zinn has been translated by 386 nationalists/communists and being used as the
essay textbooks by left-wing Hakwon teachers in Korea now.
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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2010/02/02/zinn_misled_generations_of_students/
WHILE THE Globe and others wax ecstatic about the late Howard Zinn, a little more accuracy is called for.
I interviewed professor Zinn upon his.. -by Pro Bono
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Don't ask a Korean
If you want to know if Koreans are racist, don't ask a Korean or take it's word for it.
Ask a biracial Korea, born and raised in Korea, about how racist the majority of Koreans are.
I remember when the Bubble Sisters (or whatever their name was) painted their ugly faces in 2001 to look Africans. When they were told it was racist they said, "There's is no racism in Korea."
That's the typical bullshit you'll hear from a Korean. That and the. "You have to understan.. -by Openyoureyes koreans
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Blind koreans
Almost every foreigner that I know leaves Korea with nothing good to say about Korea or Koreans. Most foreigners leave Korea hating Korea.
Look at how you "pure blooded" yellow Nazis treat biracial Koreans in Korea and that sums up most, but not all Koreans.
There's a lot of negativity on foreigners part because YOU KOREANS cause it.
It was never this bad in Japan, because Japan is just better although Japan is a little similiar to Korea .
As Koreans say, "I.. -by Openyoureyes koreans
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Re..Role of Written Language in Speaking
Role of Written Language in Speaking
The Facilitative role of Written Language in Speaking:
Using Writing to Improve L2 Speaking by: T. Tagasaki
“Since writing and speaking have many features in common, by deliberately controlling a number of variables, writing teachers can make writing closer to speaking. The important thing is that the task itself should not be very difficult when the aim of writing is to improve speaking. In this sense, free-writing techniqu.. -by maestraviajes
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Re..Listen here!!
Kimchi is Korea's traditional food. It is just Korean's food!! All countries have their own food and style.
Ex. Chinese eat MONKEY'S HEAD, freanch eat swan's LIVER.cambodian eat fried TARANTULA, indonesian eat raw BUGS, japanese eat TUNA'S EYES. etc
All these things are their common foods. Kimchi is also just food. Literally, Foreigners have not lived in Korea. So Maybe the smell wouldn't be practiced to them. Therefore. Try to be a little more flexible!!!!!
But, DO.. -by Maggie
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Re..kimchi and dog
I think you should use google more if you want to find an answer for your stupid question.
Whatever, people can get stomach cancer from other salty or spicy food.
Kimchi is one of them .. yes it is true. but.. if you want to blame Kimch, according to your logic, you have to blame other saline food.
Plus, it is true that some of old Koreans eat dog but most Korean don't eat them. And I can't understand why people like you blame this. French eat snail and Chi.. -by maestraviajes
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Re..kimchi,dog and bad impressions to KOREANS.
Hi, my name is Annie. I live in Korea.
I think you are misunderstanding about the culture of Korea.
1. Kimchi cures cancer: this was proved by many scientists. If you cannot understand, search about Kimchi on the internet.
2. Most of Koreans don't eat dog (me also). They say that it's very disgusting to eat it.
3. I don't know what to say here. You said that Korean managers and students are worst and unethical, right?
Then, let me give you some questions. Then, do.. -by Annie
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Re..BENEFIT OF KIMCHI AND RE. DOG EATING
I want to disagree them.
Kimchi is typical of spicy and hot food in Korea, and their honor is reach to the UNESCO. so they have various benefits. I want to say of these benefits about Kimchi for short words.
- An experiment has established the effect of kimchi on cancer, and preventing SARS.
- vegetables like cabbage which is used as the main ingredient of Kimchi prevents intestines cancer and garlic which is always used as side ingredients of them prev.. -by maestraviajes
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Re..kimchi -anti-cancer effect
Anti-cancer effect of kimchi
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As the standard of living becomes higher and people are more aware of health, people throughout the world fear the diseases of adult people. Cancer is at the top of the list. Kimchi, once again, proved its scientific value by showing it has an anti-cancer property.
Vegetables like Chinese cabbage prevents the large intestine cancer, and garlic which is in.. -by Jeong-Yoon
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Re..kimchi causes cancer and dog meat disgusting
Concerning Kimchi says Kimchi causes cancer and make Koreans abnormal cause we eat Kimchi and dog meat. Eating Kimchi and dog meat is one aspect of Korea's culture and there no reason to be blamed
Truly, many people in Korea don't eat dog meat. I also don't eat dog meat.
I know it can be seen unusaul to others cause they haven't been eat it and even they might not be able to imagine it.
However it can't be enough reason for blaming the whole Koreans and the cou.. -by maestraviajes
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KOREANS ARE RACIST AND WORST
Q.A. KOREANS RACIST AND WORST!
QUESTIONS:
Is it true that according to opinions of most native speakers, koreans are:
1. racist
2. Korean students and managers to be the worst.
3. The Koreans have this superiority complex which seems to hinder any honest effort to build a good rapport with them.
4. The Korean managers will tell you what you want or need to hear, and then deny or fail to follow through with their promises.They would rather replace you with.. -by maestraviajes
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Re..Ms. Kim and Ellen
Wow, I didn't expect so many replies to my essay on a simple topic on "whiners" that had nothing to do with the mistreatment of foreigners in Korea...
As a student learning English in Korea, I wanted to practice my writing skills and thought this forum was a good place to post my work and get feedback. I apologize for not stating my purpose clearly in my original post. It would've saved some headache on your part.
Nevertheless, I appreciated your input on the topic... -by Ms. Kim
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Re..Ms. Kim and Ellen
Korean students are paying high fee for Filipino tutors but the problem is that the Korean manager
running the Korean academy paying them very low opposite to what the figure they're signing. That is why
they mandated a rule not to reveal their true salary to their Korean students. Most of them are just receiving $1.6 per hour.
Filipinos can't complain but to accept their offers saying, " It is better than nothing"! Because of the high rates of unemploym.. -by maestraviajes
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Happy New Year!
New Years Day
Many people think new years day is boring and sometimes nothing for it. However, new years day is really important every single .. -by Jiwan Han
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The Meaning of a Whiner
Even though you don’t want to meet whiners, you meet them by accident or sometimes purposely.
To me, a whiner is annoying and mean, because sometimes a whiner pretends to cry to get attention or get what they want.
There can be lots of interesting, but annoying situations with a whiner.
Obviously, lots of events with a whiner are not fun, but irritating.
The term ‘Whiner’ refers to a person, usually a child, who complains or cries continually.
I think wh.. -by Ms. Kim
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Tips for Teaching in Korea
I just wanted to put out a few tips for people who may be interested in teaching in South Korea.
1. Hogwons (small private schools) are extremely unstable here. Many close without notice, leaving teachers stranded or simply "run out of money," and become unable to pay salaries.
2. Living Conditions are VERY different from western culture. Apartments do not include a separate bedroom, they are studio style and very small. Disregard what your recruiter may tell you, .. -by Michael
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role of Written Language in Speaking
Reaction:
The Facilitative role of Written Language in Speaking: Using Writing to Improve L2 Speaking by: T. Tagasaki
“Since writing and speaking have many features in common, by deliberately controlling a number of variables, writing teachers can make writing closer to speaking. The important thing is that the task itself should not be very difficult when the aim of writing is to improve speaking. In this sense, free-writing techniques and the comm.. -by maestraviajes
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ENGLISH ...ANXIETY
ENGLISH ...ANXIETY
It has passed 2 months since I arrived here. But my English skill stays the same where it used to be. I’m very nervous about that. I thought 2 months is enough to make my speaking fluent. But I was wrong… as a matter of fact, not at all. Some say I have enough time until I go back to Korea. So I can improve much while rest of the period. But I’m not sure. If my a.. -by gherrera
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A clothesline and key
A clothesline and key
I transferred to the hostel yesterday. Before transferring, I expected that hostel would be clean and the facilities inside the room would be great.
However, when I entered the room, I was disappointed, because there were cobweb and lots of dust inside the closet. I wiped and wiped the closet, still, dust remained. I think that the housekeeper doesn’t clean it obviously.
Besides the lights a.. -by gherrera
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THE THIRD DAY IN PHILIPPINES
2009. 6. 27. THE THIRD DAY IN PHILIPPINES
Yesterday, I don't know why, but I was very tired.
So I couldn't write a diary about yesterday, but instead I ‘m going to write something that I did, like:
I had my first class, Oral Communication.
I met our classmates, who are freshman in E.E like me.
I met our teacher also.
All our classmates were very kind and friendly to me. But on the other hand, the teacher in that class, looked like strict and picky perso.. -by Ye Ji
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English Education Should Be Changed (Eng/Kor)
As a person who wants to be an English teacher someday, I want to say about English Education in Korea. As you know, this is globalization ages and English is used as an official language in the world now. So far, actually, Korea government insisted students to study English from elementary to high school. To make people be able to have conversation with foreigners; they made the curriculum for that. But compared to the period that we've learned English for many years, al.. -by gherrera
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What a Lovely English !!
What a Lovely English !!
My dad always said to me, “you have to study hard about English"; but I didn’t. I didn’t know why I have to study about English. He said, "It will help you and if you can speak in English you can easily get a job". I just studied because I don’t want to hear his scolding. I also knew if I study hard English, it will help me, but there is a problem… That is… I don’t.. -by gherrera
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2 year associate degree potentially seeking esl teaching job in korea
Hi,
I'm a Korean student born and raised in the u.s., and I am about to finish my 2-year associate's degree in december. Originally I planned to transfer straight to a 4-year school in order to graduate a semester early, but now I am considering taking a semester off and teaching English in Korea. At my part-time job, my manager (who is Korean), told me that her son has been in Korea for about a year now and has been teaching english part-time whilehaving a second part.. -by chris
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Re..math wizards
Filipinos win 27 medals in world math contestBy JONATHAN M. HICAPJuly 11, 2009, 6:14pmFilipino high school students showed their might when they won 27 medals in the 10th Invitational
World Youth Mathematics Inter-cities Competition (IWYMIC) in Durban, South Africa, last July 5 to 10.
Filipino math wizards who bagged individual bronze medals were Geraldine Baniqued of St. Paul College-Pasig; John Russell Virata of Gideon Academy; Zheng Rong Wu of Zamboanga Chong Hua H.. -by gherrera
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Re..Ok, I have thought about this
Dear European/Canadian/Australian...whatever your nationality.
I would be remissed if I denied that in the latter half of the twentieth century American sphere of influence didn't dominate the world. For good and bad that was the way it was. Here is something to think about (that is if you can hear it way up your high horse).
Compare the last half of the twentieth century with the first half or the previous centuries, when European countries' sphere of infl.. -by fat yank
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Leagal Assistance in Seoul
MODS STICKY PLEASE
Korean Legal Aid Corporation
http://www.klac.or.kr/english/cyber/01.php
For the KLAC you'll need a Korean friend because they don't have interpreters and it's hit or miss if anyone speaks E - for me they didn't. BUT they DO help people, for free - very busy in fact.
they also have a number "132" one can dial from anywhere in korea
I went to the one in gangnam; there are 3 other offices, it might be different there but I can defin.. -by moosehead
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/117_46532.html
Bills Seek Tighter Screening of Foreign Teachers
By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
A lawmaker proposed bills to strengthen the screening of foreign English teachers in Korea, Tuesday.
Rep. Choi Young-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party submitted the bills obliging foreign English teachers to prese.. -by Mr Kim
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Please help with research
Hello Everyone,
By name is Bill and I am hoping that you can help me with a research project I am working on for my Master's degree. I am looking for ESL teachers with experience teaching in Korea and Korean students studying English abroad to fill out a simple questionnaire.
I don't have much to offer as an incentive, except my thanks and willingness to share the data after the research is complete. Thank you in advance.
The questionnaire and more informatio.. -by Bill
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How much does this job pay?
YBM Adult Phone English
In our incessant endeavor to provide our customers with what they want, YBM will now offer Adult Phone English classes in our English Language Schools. We believe this will be a win-win enterprise for both our instructors and our students. Benefits for instructors include, but are not limited to, the following:
Enjoy a relaxed dress code. Loosen your tie. Loosen your belt. Wear Spandex, rubber, leather, lace, or nothing but a smile if yo.. -by Andre Lee
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Re.. Who is ths pervert?
"Happy for the mankind?" You must be a Korean edumacateed at SNU.
I hope South Korea gets nuked.
I hate South Koreans for the same reasons Koreans hate Japan! That's right, just for the sake of hating. You deserve it Koreans.
Korea should have been allowed to remain a Japanese colony.
Koreans have Hitler bars, I'm going to open a Takeshima Is Japan's bar.
Or maybe I'll open a Korean comfort woman bar.
Try being more like the Japanese Korea. Try acting li.. -by Japanisbetterthankorea
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The Global Hunt for Mr. Swirl
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyemonday/2009/mrswirl/#
Featuring unique and exclusive access to investigators, victims, family and friends, this is the international story of one of the most remarkable police investigations of recent years, and the Canadian who became its target.
In 2004 officers at Interpol began investigating a series of shocking images that were posted on the Internet - more than 200 pictures of a man abusing young Asian boys.
.. -by Justice
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Yes! You can. (Eng/Kor)
Congratulations! Mr. President.
It is my great personal honour to post this wonderful address of the 44th president US, Barack Obama.
Good luck!
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
I thank President Bush for his service to our nation...
... as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four A.. -by Rick
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'spousal rape' is on the news in Korea
Here is another useful news for Korean women:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2899971
Busan court convicts 1st Korean man of spousal rape
A local court yesterday found a man guilty of raping his wife for the first time in Korean judicial history.
The Busan District Court convicted a 42-year-old man, identified only by the initial L, of forcibly having sex with his wife, a 25-year-old Filipina, by threatening her with a knife in July 2008. The.. -by Ji's fan
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An interestring News from LAT
Tioga High students push to recall school board
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-groveland5-2009jan05,0,2268617.story?page=1
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District board members got rid of a popular math teacher after a strange plagiarism complaint.
By Richard C. Paddock
January 5, 2009
Reporting from Groveland, Calif. -- When the school board in this rural community voted to get rid of popular math teacher Ryan Dutton in September, the s.. -by ppB
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Economy Blunts Korea’s Appetite for Plastic Surgery
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/worldbusiness/02plastic.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=world
SEOUL — A grim frugality has settled over this export powerhouse that once burst with optimism — and silicone.
Cosmetic surgery took off here after South Korea’s spectacular recovery from its currency crisis a decade ago. Rising living standards allowed ever-growing numbers of men and women to get the wider eyes, whiter skin and higher nose bridges that.. -by Steven
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What is your New Year's Resolutions?
Here are Top 10 New Year's Resolutions from Pittsburg:
http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/holidays/tp/resolutions.htm
New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes. Did your New Year resolutions make our top ten list?
1. Spend More Time with Family & Friends
Recent polls conducted by.. -by magpie
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Hiring of Foreigners on Hold
Here is a news from Chosun Daily News:
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200812/200812310004.html
The government has decided to halt hiring of foreign workers to replace them with Koreans amid the deepening economic crisis.
The Labor Ministry on Tuesday suspended issuance of work permits for foreign workers. The measure was taken because the foreign worker quota of 72,000 set for March 2008 to February 2009 has already been filled in all industr.. -by Kevin
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artificial sun on earth??
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3981697/Scientists-plan-to-ignite-tiny-man-made-star.html
Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star
It is science’s star experiment: an attempt to create an artificial sun on earth — and provide an answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
Last Updated: 4:50PM GMT 27 Dec 2008
While it has seemed an impossible goal for nearly 100 years, .. -by john smith
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S. Korea to allow more foreigners to teach English
Here is a good news for Indians or Philipinos:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2008/12/28/0302000000AEN20081228002200320.HTML
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Justice said Sunday it will allow qualified foreigners from countries where English is a national language to teach the language in public elementary and middle schools as early as next year.
Currently, South Korea permits only foreigners with more than a two-year college degree from .. -by HY Lee
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Samuel Huntington has passed away
The author of "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" Samuel Huntington died last week. Here is the story from the Harvard website:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2009/02.05/99-huntington.html
Samuel Huntington, 81, political scientist, scholar
'One of the most influential political scientists of the last 50 years'
By Corydon Ireland
Harvard News Office
Samuel P. Huntington - a longtime Harvard University professor, an influential.. -by Steven
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Re.. the same to you, dude
and I wanna share this feeling with you, comrades out here
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Home
Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm
Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know
And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My w.. -by Another Michael
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In response to American soldiers doing volunteer work in Korea
In response to Sashateachers complaint about the lack of news coverage regarding American soldiers volunteer work in Korea.
What are you retarded? I lived in the US for 4 years as a contractor from Canada and I can say without resevation that American news media, FOX and CNN specifically (where the majority of Americans get their news from) is a complete joke and insult to real reporting.
Sashateacher - you're complaining about Korean news, give me a break, wake .. -by Waternut
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!^^
I just wanted to take the time out and wish all of you a blessed and merry Christmas.
I know that it may be hard for some of you to get in to the Christmas spirit this year being far from home. I pray that you find peace in your hearts.
God Bless^^
Tom Sawyer -by Tom Sawyer
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Re.. Don't overreact!
Did I explicitly state that Ji-Sung Park is a saviour of Manchester United? When I read an article featuring Ji on the Man. Utd. website, I thought it would be a good idea to post the article here, where many fans (such as me) would be delighted to see. Not anywhere on the post did I mention Ji-Sung Park as a saviour of Man. Utd. Honestly, there is probably not a single person in South Korea who would agree with your statement. In fact, you can ask anyone, even people you.. -by Ji's fan
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Re..They say the smaller, the shrewder.
It's funny how many Koreans think he's the savior of United.
He's a runner and that's about all. And yes I like him as a person, but that's about it.
Most South Koreans are so ignorant of the world outside of their pure blood nation it's not funny. The way hes is portrayed in the Korean papers is good for a laugh.
Sorry South Korea, it's time to face reality...as if that's possible.
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■ [Ji's fan] They say the smalle.. -by Takeshima
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Re..Hongdae and Sinchon areas of Seoul
Why can't you believe it?
I was shoved from behind by a Korean dude because he thought I was a soldier. When I told him I was not even American, he THEN said he was sorry for shoving me from behind.
My crime was looking white and dancing next to a Korean lady who was a friend of a friend...
Yeah, Koreans are such friendly and peaceful people!
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■ [Steven] Hongdae and Sinchon areas of Seoul (2008-12-14 02:45)
No way!.. -by Takeshima
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They say the smaller, the shrewder.
United website focuses on Ji...
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B6DDFCB6E%2D3471%2D4E45%2D9385%2DF04D05F4A70D%7D&redirectorid=news_story&newsid=6624005
Focus on... Ji-sung Park
It says a lot about Ji-sung Park’s growing importance for United that when Sir Alex Ferguson revealed his side for last season’s Champions League final, the Korean’s omission was perhaps the biggest surprise.
The winger had been one of the Reds’ stand-out players i.. -by Ji's fan
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Hongdae and Sinchon areas of Seoul
No way!
I cannot agree with this:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1018.html
this website reads like this
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U.S. citizens and their families, especially young adults, are advised to exercise prudence and caution when visiting the Hongdae and Sinchon areas of Seoul. These areas, where many night clubs are located, have occasionally been the sites of bar or street fights and harassment involving Westerners.
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-by Steven
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Hardcore!
Hardcore!
A South Korean actress named Ok So-ri admitted to an affair with a singer and now her husband is demanding that she be jailed.
The crazy thing is that there's a law in the country's book that could make hubby's wish a reality!
She could go to jail for up to two years!!
The actress has called for the law to be over turned but on Wednesday, prosecutors filed motions in support of her jilted husband.
Reuters reports that South Korea enacted its adul.. -by Make Sense
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What Would Obama Say?
AT the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, N.H., Jon Favreau sipped Diet Coke and munched on carrot sticks and crackers to pass the time. His boss, Senator Barack Obama, wandered in and out of the room.
Finally, results from the New Hampshire Democratic primary started coming in, surprising everyone. Hillary Clinton was pulling past Senator Obama, who had won the Iowa caucuses only five days earlier.
Mr. Favreau, the campaign’s 26-year-old head speechwriter, found himself .. -by HY Lee
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Condom Sales Rise During Economic Depression??
excerpted from an internet news:
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Convenience store GS25 said that nationwide condom sales in 3,300 branches between last Aug. and Nov. 16 increased by 19.3 percent compared to last year. The figure for sales between January and July has tripled compared to last year’s 5.2 percent.
The same goes for convenience store 7-Eleven. Condom sales between August and November rose by 17.5 percent compared to last year. This figure also far exceeds the 6.4 percent of J.. -by ppB
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My (some of my) struggles in Korea
I was in Yeongju. I went there in 2007-2008 and was facing the same shady Korean politics as usual where they get rid of you before the contract is done to make you pay the airfare to get back to your home country. I learned my lesson and will never go ther again. They do not care about the workers there. You are just some fool trying to make money and you end up spending a fortune and being treated like garbage. If you have any color in your skin beware!
There were .. -by Bb
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Korea Looks to Emulate Japan's Nobel Prize-winning Scientists
Japan had the honor of seeing four of its citizens win this year's Nobel prizes in Physics and Chemistry. As a result, 13 Japanese people have won the Nobel Prize in science. In contrast, no Korean has ever won a Nobel Prize in science. Why are we lagging behind Japan by a score of 13 to 0?
◆ From a pencil and paper, artisan’s spirit
Japanese Nobel prizes stem from a pencil and a piece of paper. The Yomiuri Shimbun wrote on Wednesday that from all fields within .. -by dan chainsawman
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What Is a Housewife's Labor Worth?
The Korean Women's Development Institute last Wednesday began a program to evaluate the value of full-time housewives' labor realistically by launching a banner campaign to calculate the annual salaries for full-time housewives on its website (www.kwdi.re.kr). The program evaluates the daily value of housewives' labor in 37 categories, such as meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, shopping, and taking care of children or parents or in-laws, and calculates it as monthly pay.. -by tom_pattz
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Yeah
The notion of Caucasian derives simply from those people who live West of the Causus mountain range in Russia. Europe is in effect part of Asia, but racially certainly not.
I wish we could al be one, but that seems impossible with rife nationalism, biggotry, superiority complexes, insecurity, and ...*why the hell do people take themselves/their race, their lineage, so seriously?*
That's how comedy dies...
The Earth has existed for a speckle of the universe' age, if.. -by Arcadia
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Another matter I want to clear up.(Eng/Kor)
Firstly, I love most Korean people but...
I find it deeply offensive when Korean people try to classify people according to race.
If such people knew anything about what makes a person unique, you would never do this.
National identity has NOTHING to do with who or what you are.
My Father is Nordic (Scandinavian) genetically. My Mom is celtic. They are very different.
My Father has more in common genetically with a typical man from Sweden (a completely different .. -by Arcadia
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Blood
Why is Korea so centred on the importance of blood. And this whole blood-personality thing.
Where did that Spring from? Insecure Japanese trying to hide something. I took in interest in haematology a while back and I want to reitterate that it's BS. Who's blood would you like if you were in an accident? A person's outside your erace whio is compatible or a drunken, diseased adjosshi just back from a night at the hookers?
I hope your answer is the same as mine. The peo.. -by Arcadia
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This just in: Kevin Gesler found dead
The news just broke: Kevin Gesler was found hanged from back porch with his cock trapped inside a bottle of coors lite. Apparently he didn't use enough KY Jelly. He died after passing out trying to get the bottle off his little poker. What a horrible way to die! Auto-erotic-asphixiation is a shame to the remaining family members, not that they didn't feel enough shame as it was by having him as the "bread-winner". Kevin had been despondant ever since his wife cut him off .. -by Iron Mike
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Actually, it's an idea for child-biter dogs. I am open-minded about wh..
..I just can't stand that there is no soap and not always toilet paper, people stick their sticks into their mouth and back into a common dish, people cough without covering their mouths, etc. but, you still take your shoes off before entering most places. I can understand if that is respecting someone's home, but it doesn't make sense at a public place. I don't get all the sitting on the floor stuff either. People in Lichtenstein eat at chairs, sitting at tables, and .. -by Phil
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So what to do?
So have you any suggestions? We (husband, wife plus 2 kids) have only been here 6 weeks and our little academy has fired two members of staff, supposedly for not teaching 'correctly' (as defined by a man who speaks very little English himself), had a teacher resignation because of non-payment of salary and we have had nearly W1,000,000 held back. When we queried, boss man says he doesn't understand me, hiding behind the language barrier, and he also said (and this is a g.. -by Ashleigh
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A friend in Yeongju, if you are stuck.
Hi Janice,
I know the institute you are talking about. I am very sorry to hear this about them. I worked there for one year and I feel they did not treat me well, ultimately. However, not in this way. Can I give you a phone number to contact, if you are stranded in Yeongju. Believe me - there are GOOD people in Yeongju, so much so that despite my experience, I will be returning. Kim Moksanim is my church minister and he will treat you well. His number is 54 633 0691. Tel.. -by Kathleen
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No, you are wrong
No.
I am right.
You are wrong.
Do you know what Burger King, Mcdonald's and Lotteria have in common?
They mass produce food for profit.
People buy their food, in spite of the low nutritional value.
If kimchi was going to make money, they would make it/sell it.
Kimchi exports in 2007 are down 50%.
It's true.
I can see why you are so defensive about kimchi-kimchi is one of two defining aspects of the oxymoronice term, "Korean culture".
.. -by Benjamin
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one more thing...I posted this as a reply to an old post
One more thing. I heard how Austria, when part of the Holy Roman Empire under the last of those familiies (Was it the Hapsburg's?), not long before WW1, ran the nation under the Catholic social order, but allowed the Jews, Muslims and other Christians to worship freely. They got along. They soon wanted to be a democracy, however, like the other European nations, so they sent their leader packing. Soon after, they started getting on each others' nerves.
I think America w.. -by Phil
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curious
Very few solutions seem to be presented in this forum. I understand you buy food there and drink more than one beer at a bar. How do you make the best of being in S. Korea? How do you make allies that can work for you without maybe standing out in the process (as I understand they don't tend to do)?
I was looking for a job, I admit it, but not to make lots of money, score with women in S. Korea or other places in Asia, nor score with kids (I had been working with peopl.. -by Phil
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Korean Nazi
Kimchi HAS NOT gained worldwide attention. If you go on the streets in Europe, the US or any other civilized country and ask the average person about kimchi, most wouldn't know anything about it. A few newspaper articles about kimchi proves nothing. These articles may jack up Korean's egos, but that is not reality. Most of the world doesn't even know Samsung and Hyundai are Korean, and guess what Koreans, they DON'T CARE. Take a look around you. Give me a break. The only .. -by Yellow Nazi
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Falsely imprisoned
In this complex world there are very few tools quite like the internet in scope and power. We, as an internet community, with the the knowledge to navigate, decipher and move information hold incredible power when united. If you've bookmarked Ali's page, please move this information through any channels you think may help. If you've happened upon this page randomly, please take a moment to read and consider your own reach, and how though we're strangers, we've been li.. -by http://free-ali.blog
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When your employer refuses to pay your salary/severance, etc.:
Here is a useful excerpt from other website:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=1260962&highlight=#1260962
A Korean friend of mine suggests that you contact your local MINISTRY OF LABOR if you need help getting your wages, severance, etc. Remember that it is important to act quickly if your visa is expiring and the employer is simply playing a waiting game, expecting that you will have to leave before the case can be adjudicated.
In every city, there .. -by Jason
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Excuse me? which ppl did u talk to regarding foreign countries hating ..
I'm a Korean guy and i lived abroad all my life. Do u know the popularity Koreans have among the other Asian nations? maybe u've just talked to some dull immature hot headed ppl or sumtin.
Plz, dun even start with the whole chinese laughing bout korea. Half of my friends in my entire life are Chinese. They show alot of respect and wish to Be like koreans. In fact, majority of chinese ppl want to be either japanese or korean. i'm sure if ur telling the truth about living .. -by Korean Dude
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But it's true
I just stumbled upon this comment and I had to reply simply to ask why are you whining about someone whining? The truth remains the truth and when statements are backed up by facts you have no arguement to stand on. If you ask me which I don't care if you didn't it sounds as if you can only whine about America, and anyone that points out facts by stomping around in a hissy fit. Shouldn't a walk down any sidewalk clear up any disbelief that you may have in Korea's issue.. -by David Burton
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Celine Dion's Shriek-of-a-Singing Voice
You are slowly becoming an interesting project of mine, Mr. Tao.
First, you are endowed well enough and brave enough to withstand the anti-Korean E.S.L. guy,from, many believe, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who promised to take down this site back in Fall, 2002 (we think that his real initials are T.W.G. or, like, W.G.B., and that he went to the incredibly over-rated Nova Scotia College of Art and Design - an institution that seems to believe that it is in the same lea.. -by Wondering
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Cho Seung Hui
That was not a very nice thing to type about Mass Murderer Cho Seung Hui.
Shame on thee, and, whilst I'm at it, shame on your country and all of its people for producing such a potty-mouthed person.
Do you not think that Cho was belittled by the 200,000 strong Korean-American population and their caucasian friends because he was apparently autistic? Clearly, he was just as much of a victim as were his mainly caucasian Targets-of-Revenge at Virginia Polytechnical and.. -by Wondering
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Are All English Teachers "Losers?"
Do you think that ALL English teachers are losers? If so, how do you know for sure that the more than 10,000 teaching visa holders in this country are, as you put it, losers? What is your evidence, and if you have some, then please let us know the name of the source.
Are all Koreans who live in U.S.A., Canada, New Zealand or any other foreign nation losers from South Korea or are only white and black people who live in another nation - such as Korea - losers? Please el.. -by Princess Leia
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Stop obsessing about Korea; and go away if you don't like it here
Yeah, stop obsessing about Korea, people. Don't like it - LEAVE NOW. Look at your own countries' problems. Americans have two wars going on. Canadians are all potheads. Aussies are illiterate and backward. We don't need YOU. GO HOME. Simple. Nobody thinks ESL teachers are anything special. We know what you are and why you came here. Don't think we don't know. Don't flatter yourself that you are anything other than losers. Take out the fact that you're unhappy on your OWN .. -by Americansarewimps
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Jewish Americans
The writer is probably a Jewish American or Jewish Canadian; they love bashing Korea and looking down on Koreans. They look down on all people actually, not just Koreans but when they come to Korea they seem to have a hard-on for them, probably because Koreans aren't 'tamed' like the Americans, Brits, Canadians and Aussies are. They don't bend to the Jew-Zionist and the Jews feel angry. They try hard to use the racism angle which they have done with much success in Anglo .. -by Americansarewimps
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Baguio's great but check it out carefully
The beautiful mountain city of Baguio in the Philippines lures thousands of ESL students every year. It's inexpensive to live there and tuition costs are also low compared to Europe and North America. However, because the pay for teachers is so low, between $2 and $4 an hour, it's hard to attract native speakers. Many schools get by with older retired men married to Filipinas who happen to live there and need something to occupy them.
The only qualification to teach at.. -by Darwin
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How is this for a Joke......
Hey,
I had a phone interview with Kims Korea,they advertise frequently on DavesESL.I was interviewed by Scott Park.All native English speakers know Scott is a male name.I could not figure out though why this Scott Park has the intonation tone of a woman.He?/she? sounds like a woman!.Maybe Scott Park is a Transexual.
Try calling Kims Korea and ask for Scott Park.If this is true that Scott Park is a Transexual it would not surprise me.What a joke!.Korean recruiters st.. -by some
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Do not defame God by nominating yourself as the Creator.I am not a Zio..
So it appears the recruitment process has not changed an inch in South Korea.During a teacher recruitment drive for Japan bilingual and Native English Recruiters are employed to process and screen all teacher applicants thus ensuring the calibre of applicants is transparent.They do this by posting/sending recruiters to ES countries,that is an accomplished and realizable fact.
Essentially,all applicants for Japan jobs are scrutinized for their pedagogic skills if they h.. -by none
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It's true Jay
There are some real wackjobs that come here. There's even one guy who thinks that the war in Iraq is a good thing. Can you believe it? "Much worse than civil war" is what the head of the U.N. calls it. Hundreds of thousands (probably more likely in the millions) dead ... hundreds of thousands displaced, neighbors fighting neighbors, extreme poverty, daily suicide bombings ... and the list goes on ... all because of the lies George Bush and his war mongerers told. I can't .. -by Jeremy
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QUEEN WITHOLDS ASSENT!
Under PM Chretien the Canadian Parliament passed legislation to change the Canadian loyalty oath. Currently Canadians must swear allediance to the Queen-of-England. The new oath would drop this.
The legislation has gone to the UK where the Queen has effectively vetoed it ("witheld consent" in the double-speak parlance of the Monarch).
So there it is folks: Canada is itself a "nation-within-a-nation". It is under the British Monarch and Canadian subjects m.. -by free Canada! now!
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kiwiscannotfly poster DEAD
What a way to go...kiwiscannotfly poster was pummelled by a "nice" bunch of Maoris and fed to some dogs at a Canadian dog shelter.
Poor bugger...but it put him out of his misery. He'd spent so many years lamenting the fact that he didn't come from a beautiful country such as Canada or New Zealand..and just hadn't felt the same since his friend Adolf ( Hitler ) snuffed it.
Rest in Peace you God Forsaken racist bastard
C A N A D A WE LOVE YOU!!!!!! .. -by Sherlock
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ESL first timer
I have spent some time on this site and a few others. It appears that more attention is given to our differences other than our similarities. This saddens me and scares me, only becuase I am getting ready for my first ESL experience.
I have a Masters degree and consider myself well-cultured. I have travel to Europe, Asia and speak a few languages.
I look at it like this. I'm going to Korea to help people, not only learn our language, but to have a better under.. -by Jason
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Europe v. USA on Dave's
There is (yet) another discussion in the "Off Topic" section of eslcafe on the old "Which is better Europe of America"? Yet again, it proves that people will believe whatever they want to and one of the "benefits" of the internet is that they can find "facts" and "statistics" to back them up.
The thread started over the thesis that the USA was outperforming Europe economically. This ruffled the feathers of posters who have never been to America but think they k.. -by reader
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Great post
I'm too tired to write but I wanted to say, what a great post.
I'm Canadian, and I've lived and taught English in South Korea for 3 years and I have many great memories.
I actually miss Korea and I want to return.
I realize I might be the exception, but I've made many great friends in Korea.
One more thing: I am not white !
My father is white and my mother is coloured, so that makes me a "mixed race " person.
And yet, I had no problems making friends an.. -by Joseph
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warning signs
I teach an advanced writing class of 14-year-olds, In this class the boys sit at one table and the girls at another. The boys come across as being "gay" but I think there is a lot of sexual confusion at their age and the repressive circumstances (separate schools for boys and girls,etc) I think most males go through a "quasi-gay" stage while "coming of age" in Korea.
There is one student, whose English name is "Joey" who seems particularly girly. His career p.. -by foreign teacher
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Scotland
A recent posting on Dave's eslcafe talks about independence for Scotland. This unrealistic,non-issue explains why the UK (like Europe) is dying. It is sinking under the weight of its own history.
Defenders of the monarchy claim that the Queen of England is a unifying symbol above politics that holds the country together.
In fact this is completely opposite of the truth and I claim rumblings for independence in Scotland and Wales stem from the symbolism of t.. -by equality
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