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Brimmy posted:Didn't you come on a public contract and skip out to an afterschool contract after only 6 months? Nope, hagwon owners closed after 4 months, but the job was pretty lovely and I was looking for a new place to work anyways, and the afterschool fell into my lap and the timing lined up perfectly.
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Can someone add me to Kakao, name is Latisi EDIT: Thanks. I'm in Stay Safe fucked around with this message at 15:16 on May 22, 2013 |
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May 22, 2013 07:30
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You guys ever have the Korean teachers turn one of your classes into an hour of "revising" the kids school homework, and you realize you're essentially just doing it for them. And then it's like, really, their parents are just paying to have a native speaker do their kids English homework for them? Then you think about the kids who cant afford that, and you kind of worry about the ethics of the whole thing? Then you listen to some public school teachers talk about how absolutely retarded their kids are, when you just taught a near fluent 12 year old whose moms a pharmacist and it all kinda comes together?
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May 22, 2013 15:10
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Eh, as in most countries, the rich stay rich, the system is rigged and the education systems is always tipped in the favor of the ones who have the money to succeed. It's not unique to Korea, it's just that not many people see it as a problem, but rather something to aspire to. The American dream is alive and well in Korea. Basically what I'm saying is vote Ron Paul 2016 and buy buttcoins.
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May 22, 2013 15:17
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BrainDance posted:You guys ever have the Korean teachers turn one of your classes into an hour of "revising" the kids school homework, and you realize you're essentially just doing it for them. And then it's like, really, their parents are just paying to have a native speaker do their kids English homework for them? I was told not to do simple worksheets with kindergartners because it was too hard. One month later when they started their second year of school I was told to work through a whole workbook with them and was met with flustered aggravation when I revealed the stunning fact that they couldn't do poo poo because they had never done simple worksheets so how could they do more advanced ones. Even more baffling is the fact that they were also angry that I was writing the answers on the board as we read through the worksheets and they would copy. They expected them to write the answers by themselves. She then "showed me how to do it" by doing the exact same thing I was doing already. This was the head teacher with 20 years of experience. I was also told to have my highest level class practice for the NEAT test. So I had them write and use new vocabulary daily. I was then told to stop this because they couldn't study for it. Which is the entire point of the NEAT test. I no longer expect competence in any sort of fashion in Korea. From anyone. It really does seem to run almost exclusively on "Perception is Reality" Gildiss fucked around with this message at 15:25 on May 22, 2013 |
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May 22, 2013 15:23
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Just did some voice acting work for 6 hours straight and other than wanting to die from lack of sleep it was a nice enough experience. I think if I got some sleep first it would have been better. Look forward to plenty of jokes in the background during Daniel Henney's winter comedy action romance thriller whatever SPY. Also here's some more stuff I did recently and thanks to the lurkers that showed up last time. Was fun meeting you. Who ever knew that not working would be so busy!?  
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May 22, 2013 17:14
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Cool, I'll just have gotten back to Seoul and its near lots of my old haunts, so I'll try and make it.
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May 22, 2013 18:15
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My friend gave me his old phone. It's SK and my existing service is also SK. Can I just take this to a shop and say yo, this is my phone now, switch my poo poo over?
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May 22, 2013 18:52
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Whelp, I have to retract my offer of job placement. Job offer was rescinded due to some issues with my current employer, looks like I have to go back to my boss and try to talk her into letting me stay. What a disappointment, but such is life. I'll still stick around and am still willing to offer advice and what not. Sorry dudes.
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May 22, 2013 23:54
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My coworkers are always astonished by how ineffective/inefficient/nonsensical Korea is in business terms. And I love to watch their reactions and explain. Half way through 1 week of 2 of doing this so far.
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May 23, 2013 00:12
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So is 3 years the new 1 year?
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May 23, 2013 00:19
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I've been thinking lately. You know how you can see those trampoline rooms occasionally where they charge kids to jump around for X minutes? If you were to open a little 9 hole put-put course in one of those and get the word out I bet you could make a killing. Those trampoline rooms make enough to only charge each kid like 1000 won for 15 minutes. I bet you could charge 5 or so per head. Find a cheap basement somewhere and do the right kind of marketing... Not something I'd ever actually do, but a tempting thought.
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May 24, 2013 05:02
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I am still shocked that minigolf isn't a thing here. It seems like a thing Koreans would love.
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May 24, 2013 05:10
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Oh god help me I think I accidentally bought the titty channels and the bill went to my boss. I think he's being cool about it though...
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May 24, 2013 05:24
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Grand Fromage posted:I am still shocked that minigolf isn't a thing here. It seems like a thing Koreans would love. It's not. There used to be a minigolf course on top of Yongsan iPark, and it didn't last very long. Koreans just don't see the point. Maybe money could be made if you could set up a small course on a sidewalk in Children's Grand Park or somewhere, but I wouldn't like to be the one to try to break through. I just mentioned this to a Korean-American coworker and she said "Koreans are satisfied with screen golf." terivinix fucked around with this message at 05:51 on May 24, 2013 |
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May 24, 2013 05:49
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It'll take off once a Korean gets into the World Cup Putt Putt finals.
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May 24, 2013 05:50
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It probably wasn't being marketed correctly. If it were advertized to children (and to fathers as "you can either go to a lovely kid's movie or practice your putting") I don't understand how it wouldn't be successful.BrainDance posted:Oh god help me I think I accidentally bought the titty channels and the bill went to my boss. Haha "accidentally."
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May 24, 2013 06:21
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Toussaint Louverture posted:It probably wasn't being marketed correctly. If it were advertized to children (and to fathers as "you can either go to a lovely kid's movie or practice your putting") I don't understand how it wouldn't be successful.
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May 24, 2013 06:24
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DontAskKant posted:Father's doing something with their kids? I see your problem. *kindergarten student picks up a coat hanger and shakes it menacingly in his hand while saying Mommy.*
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May 24, 2013 06:29
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Toussaint Louverture posted:Haha "accidentally." Accidentally paid. The titties were intentional, I just thought it was a part of my cable setup and the password was just to keep kids out or something.
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May 24, 2013 06:37
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You can measure years in Korea based on the number of times you hear other foreigners talk about how big minigolf would be in this country.
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May 24, 2013 07:07
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DontAskKant posted:Father's doing something with their kids? I see your problem. I see fathers out with their kids all the time here. Moreso than even back in the states. Check your stereotype bro. 
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May 24, 2013 07:54
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I always thought two huge untapped cash cows here are Cinnabon and Dairy Queen. I feel like people would go nuts for Blizzards and those loving amazing cinnamon rolls. Dairy Queen would have to be marketed a little differently, like a Smoothie King or something. Then again, so many of my students tell me that anything sweeter than a red bean paste is too sweet. Red bean paste isn't even that sweet, it's the poor man's chocolate and it's disgusting.
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May 24, 2013 07:58
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Cameron posted:I always thought two huge untapped cash cows here are Cinnabon and Dairy Queen. I feel like people would go nuts for Blizzards and those loving amazing cinnamon rolls. Dairy Queen would have to be marketed a little differently, like a Smoothie King or something. Koreans eat sweet food all the time. People just don't cop to it. I've choked down garlic bread sweeter than a snickers. Cinnabon is in Bundang.
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May 24, 2013 08:12
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Dairy queen is pretty big in China and yes they have red bean flavors and other gross poo poo, are you sure there's no DQ's in Seoul?
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May 24, 2013 08:14
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I have made cinnamon rolls for friends and they are universally adored. Cinnabon would work, in my data set.
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May 24, 2013 08:15
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I love how so many people (including Koreans) say Koreans don't like sweet food as they eat their sugary pringles and walk by the forth Ben&Jerries or Dunkin on the block.
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I found a reference dating back to December 2007 that there might've been one Dairy Queen in Seoul, in the Techno Mart in Gwangjin-gu. "On the 10th floor there is a CGV movie theater with a total of 2,000 seats. Also, a Dairy Queen! The only one I've seen in Korea; was nice to be able to get a peanut-buster parfait!  " Could be long gone. Toussaint Louverture posted:I love how so many people (including Koreans) say Koreans don't like sweet food as they eat their sugary pringles and walk by the forth Ben&Jerries or Dunkin on the block. Not to mention the irritatingly sweet breads they make. Garlic bread isn't supposed to be sugary!
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May 24, 2013 09:03
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I'm gonna introduce Suikerbrood to Korea and make millions. See those brown spots? It's all sugar, baby.
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You don't need to cite foreign food made sweet there's 수정과 and 식혜 and lots of various rice desserts and snacks, the hard rice krispie things are painfully sweet. Not to mention the sweet waffles with a huge blob of frosting inside. Maybe Nonsan they spend time with their kids, but that's also fat Korea and doesn't have that many people. My kids barely see their fathers and can't say anything that they've done with their father's recently. These are the good ones too, maybe only the kids with no ability to communicate spend time with their fathers, they just can't tell me.
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I really don't think mini golf will ever take off in korea. I mean, why would it? To fill up that ample recreation time most Koreans have?
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May 24, 2013 10:48
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Dating, I mean just think of the aegyo potential that mini golf has 
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May 24, 2013 13:10
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Apparently there used to be Cinnabon, but they all closed in 2004? Some Internet stuff says there might be one at the American base in Yongsan?
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Eldjarn posted:[places to eat] I'm really late replying to all of these, but thanks for the suggestions! I am vegetarian, though not an especially strict one, and I've realized that it's a giant pain to be strict about things like that while traveling - I end up getting worried about what I'm eating/not eating, the people I'm traveling with get annoyed, and I get weird looks from the locals. As long as I can avoid giant hunks of meat in what I'm eating, I should be fine. Cameron posted:I highly suggest trying Okonomiyaki while you're here, even though it's Japanese food. You can get it made vegetarian, just add cheese instead of meat or something. I think pork fat is used to grease the grill, though, so keep that in mind. There a good place called Fugetsu (후게츠) here in Sinchon. Yes! I had Okonomiyaki while in Japan and loved it. And terivinix, thanks for that website - it's the kind of thing I was looking for.
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Cameron posted:Apparently there used to be Cinnabon, but they all closed in 2004? Some Internet stuff says there might be one at the American base in Yongsan? I can confirm this. Don't have one at Osan though, just Crispy Creme. I think there's going to be a Jamba Juice / Cinnabon fusion knockoff completed soon though.
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So if I want to grab Cinnabon, do I just walk through the gates or what? I'm an American citizen, but I've never gone on base before. What exactly am I supposed to do? Anything special?
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Cameron posted:So if I want to grab Cinnabon, do I just walk through the gates or what? I'm an American citizen, but I've never gone on base before. What exactly am I supposed to do? Anything special? I heard they test you on your citizenship. Rumor is they show you a picture of a kneeling fireman on 9/11 with the words 'never forget'. This is super imposed onto a crying bald eagle. Whether or not you're a real American can be determined by how you react.
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Cameron posted:So if I want to grab Cinnabon, do I just walk through the gates or what? I'm an American citizen, but I've never gone on base before. What exactly am I supposed to do? Anything special? You can't just walk on. You need to be escorted on by a soldier or military contractor or someone else with base access. I believe once a year yongsan opens the base up to people. On the 4th of July maybe? Yeah, but besides that, you need someone to escort you on.
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Cameron posted:So if I want to grab Cinnabon, do I just walk through the gates or what? I'm an American citizen, but I've never gone on base before. What exactly am I supposed to do? Anything special? Basic is you have to be escorted on by someone with base access. Just trawl around the GI bars outside the gate and make a buddy or hit up one of the mil goons (hi nullscan). You will need to surrender your ARC card at the front gate, be within eyesight of your escort at all times, and you technically cannot buy anything from the main store or grocer (box and commissary). The fast food is exactly the same as back home. You'll be bewildered by hearing all conversations in English, and how trashy us GIs dress when out and about. I don't think it's worth it, but I lived on a base so it should be new and exciting for you.
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Are there any goons who are at Yongsan? Honestly I don't care if I just have to wait outside the gates and they bring me the Cinnabon and I pass them 20,000 or 25,000 or however much a 6 pack is (plus something extra for their troubles). My birthday is coming up next month and I'm going to pig out for one day.
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