Horrible day at the office (Eng/Kor)
Please forgive this whining ...but.... Today I was teaching my 3rd year junior high students and one of my more smartass students started waving a post card. Now this kid is a pain in the ass most of the time. I figured it was one of the pop star divas they have plastered all over their desks. As usual I .. -by jade
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A Walk On The Wild Side (Eng/Kor)
The Taewha river flows thru Ulsan. Although there are a few polluted tributaries that still run with lifeless black water, the main river has become remarkably clean. Most days it is possible to stand in the middle of any bridge and look down into clear water and see fish and turtles. The turtles .. -by korean hiker
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Boycott Helios in Iteawon (Eng/Kor)
memo "Read this horrifying story and spread the word... ADMIN: please translate this into Korean and tell as many Koreans as possible. ************************************************************************* WARNING VICIOUS ATTACK on FORIEGNERS AT HELIOS Last night I witnessed the unthinkable. .. -by Protest
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To all you complainers out there....(Eng/Kor)
One thing I have notices about the truth: There are 3 sides to every story, yours, mine, and the truth. Ever look at the color grey? Do you see black in it, or do you see white? Do you see a tinge of blue, or perhaps some yellow? When it is raining, do you complain that you forgot your umbrella, or do you real.. -by Joanne Aronson
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slagging korea (Eng/Kor)
I often wonder why people slag Korea so vehemently. I really like it over there. The weather is not too bad. There is really no street crime to speak of. The food is not half bad. The people, although sometimes abrasive and annoying, are ok. Harmless. There's only one terrible thing about Korea: TEACHI.. -by bill
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this may be true (Eng/Kor)
this was found on the net and was also published in the 'stars and stripes' military newspaper. To everyone (Korean and American alike): I was the driver of the vehicle immediately before the one that struck those two poor girls. I can tell you that the people involved in the accidedent were very sorr.. -by bong pal
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This is the primary reason hakwons suck. (Eng/Kor)
It's because of the typical Korean lack of organization, poor implementations of ill-fated, high-and-mighty ideas, general lack of foresight and vision and the absence of any information-sharing standards between management and staff, parents and teachers, students and parents. Koreans can't organize a picnic.. -by POed
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My big picutre....... (Eng/Kor)
I've been reading alot of the posts on this board, having just discovered it the other day. Initially I started because I was in a futile rage at having been wrist-slapped again at my hogwon. It's hard, sometimes, to work with people who don't speak your language. After reading some of the posts though, esp.. -by Jocelynn
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There is too much hate in this forum! (Eng/Kor)
Got this from another site. Enjoy. Having lived and worked in Korea for one year, and having been lucky enough to have had an experience that was 95% positive (but not quite 99), I returned home six months ago and recently developed a longing to rediscover some Korean culture. I miss the food, the people, .. -by Cockasian
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Concerned For Those That Hate Korea (Eng/Kor)
I'm Korean-American (US Citizen)... I use to look at this site while back when I thought about teaching English in Korea for the summer and haven't been on this site for about 2 years... I see it's still the same'ole complaints about the same damn thing and some of you are the same people from two years ago..... -by santaria
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Interesting comments about divorce in Korea by K-female
I'm online chatting with a Korean female friend. We used to date, but stopped because we had no *spark*, but remained friends. We often chat online about different people we date, etc. Yesterday we started chatting about the whole ES issue, and she went off on a tangent about divorce in Korea. She said tha.. -by timothy collins
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Narrow-Minded Koreans
You show how truly narrow-minded you are when you insult me by claiming that one would never say bad things about the country they came from. Presidents Kim Dae Jung, Roh, Kim Young Sam, and many of the Korean journalists at The Korea Herald, The Korea Times, and The Joonang Ilbo English language newspapers cr.. -by Korean-American
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Read this...(Eng/Kor)
If you are having money problems at your business, that is the owner's problem, not the teachers. You need to learn how to manage a business better. I will agree that there are TWO sides to every story. Many bad teachers in Korea, both Korean and foreign. Hogwons hire Koreans to teach English and MANY can't .. -by Ben
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Forgotten phonics and fraudulent faculty (Eng/Kor)
Yes, I agree with a lot of what you say- Let me give you 2 reasons why students don't learn English in Korea regardless of how much the parents pay. 1) Phonics and why Korean parents ignore it. I have a friend that is a teacher in Yeoksamdong and he pushed and pushed the hokwon to make a special phonics c.. -by sashateacher
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Korean unification
Wanting it doesn't make it so View Observer, 2005/05/31 18:24 After watching the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, and the reintegration of Eastern Europe into the EU, it is understandable that Koreans became envious and wanted to enjoy the same fate. Certainly the division of .. -by Dr Hwang
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Korean Americans and Korean Canadians can't speak English? Give...(Eng/Kor)
Korean Americans and Korean Canadians can't speak English? Give me a break.... I'm Korean American and I've been teaching in Korea for 4 years. I've heard stories about institutes that treat K-A/C differently and that look exclusively for white faces. For school that do that, you're making a big mistake. .. -by John
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English-speaking kids and unqualified, native-speaker English teacher (Eng/Kor)
Nowadays, Korean people are going crazy about speaking English like a native speaker. Korean mothers, particularly, are going even crazier about making their children speak English like a native speaker even before they learn to speak their native Korean language right. I often get calls from so-called phone-E.. -by Roger Soh
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본토발음에 목을 매는 분들에게 (Kor/Eng)
To the Koreans who are going to die to imitate the native pronunciations... I lived in the States about 10 years and now work in the ESL industry. I absolutely agree with those Koreans’ opinions here on this board pointing out the problems of Koreans who are trying to die to learn the native's pronunc.. -by Roger Soh
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Written vs. Spoken English
Although I agree with a large percent of your post, I respectfully disagree with the following statement: You Wrote: "If you have solid written English background and can express your thought in good written English, you can also speak good English without having to worry about speaking like a native speake.. -by Bubba
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외국인수급 우리나라가 망칩니다 (Kor/Eng).
We Koreans are screwing up the demand-and-supply of ESL teachers. I'm running my school (hakwon) and doing recruiting business as well. I'd like talk about my thought I'm feeling while doing my businesses. You know only native speakers are prospering in these down times; they receive over 2.0 mil won sa.. -by 이재록
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Hey you! (Eng/Kor)
Why don't you go home if you are not happy here. No body is begging you to stay here. You don't know anything about it. The avarage salary Koreans earn is 1,360,000 in 2001. That's without housing, airfare and etc! The director has to pay for the rent of the school, house, airfare, advertising fee, other st.. -by Sunkun
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Korean English Institute employers are a joke. (Eng/Kor)
Korean English Institute employers are a joke. They could never survive, if there were schools owned and operated by foreigners. There should be a law preventing Korean business owners from owning English institutes. They simply leave parents with the illusion that they are teaching their children Engl.. -by Michael Richards
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The `Daechidong education city' phenomenon and associated hype (Eng/Kor)
Having read some of the posts on this board I feel I must add my 2 cents worth regarding the cons that Korean parents believe. Seeing as how Korean parents are spending more on education than ever before we should really take some time to examine how hype is wasting peoples precious time and money. The con.. -by batfink returns
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Pay rates lets compare / ESL teacher status is dreadful (Eng/Kor)
Korean factory worker/ 2 year skill certificate= 1,800,000 starting (1st year) with sickness bennefits and increasing salary over years. Korean pharmacist/ 3 year degree = 2,400,000 per month in Seoul. Even the girls selling lipstick in department stores get better pay than a foreign teacher. Now my poin.. -by me
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why are you people so angry
1. Yes, Koreans are and can seem quite rude, out of order and too honest at times but hey, that's how humans are. Europeans and european descendents talk about being civil, under this perfect justice system... etc. but that's not who you really are~~~ Does the Native Indians ring any bells??? Does the Co.. -by Samantha
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current status of Korean Media...
Yeah! Surely Korean media goes wrong nowadays. Shinshon maaaan! I bet most of Koreans including gyopos agree with this truth. Press Policies Under International Eye by Kim Seong-yun (gourmet@chosun.com) The International Press Institute, an association of newspaper publishers, on Thursday sent a r.. -by Gyopo
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한국 원장들, 모두 무지 하지 않습니다 (Kor/Eng).
I would say that not all the Korean bosses are stupid. You're right. I think it's true that current situations cannot be fixed without fundamental revolution in Koreans’ thinking. But I'd like to point out that your saying is no more than a basic concept written on a textbook. No other country’s .. -by 이재록
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Is 'Unqualified' the wrong word? (Eng/Kor)
To those who have made a point at pointing the finger. HEAR this. I am a TESL certified non-degree owning teacher, teaching in Korea, with 3 years of University experience, who took a year off to pursue the adventure and excitement of living in foreign country, and I am fraudulent? I will have those who.. -by unqualified
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Superficial To The Max (Eng/Kor)
South Korea is much worse than Canada and the U.S. with respect to the problems you brought up in your very superficial post, and some well known South Koreans will admit it such as the free lance writer who pens the Seoul Searcher column for The Korea Herald English language newspaper. In fact, this guy is ex.. -by Fall Guy's Friend
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KH article - Korea tries to imitate Hollywood!
Thought this article was interesting. The KH writer (Seoul Searcher) blasts the Korean penchant for imitation rather than creation. I also wonder what those who are hatching this "Hallyuwood" plot are thinking when they invite Japan/China to get involved. If it looks like it will work, those 2 nations will .. -by all hail free speech
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Response to Kim's 'Isn't that strange' (Eng/Kor)
I didn't write that all Koreans on the internet lack intelligence. I wrote that those who, like you, are trying to flame this issue with wild generalisations and ignorant assumptions do (lack intelligence). As you have seen, unintelligent Americans, Canadians etc, etc, ad infinitum can be just as unintellig.. -by babtangee
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Advice...
I talked to a few people re your friends dilemma and surprisingly, one thing that came out was that to a great extent, it depends on which imm' office your friend goes to, to be harassed/interrogated. The second thing is that there's a fishy pattern involving imm' that your friend needs to look at SERIOUSLY. .. -by S.T.P.
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USFK out of Korea! (Eng/Kor)
All this talk about the deaths of those two girls has got me thinking. Why is the US in Korea? Does the United States get an economic or strategic military advantage by stationing troops here? Korea runs a huge trade surplus with the United States. Hyundai alone makes more money selling cars to Americans t.. -by Brian O'Brien
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