EPTApparently no one told Obama about Starcraft leagues....
And although some may deem this not blog material, what ever I thought it was funny as hell.
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Trowabarton756
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Apparently no one told Obama about Starcraft leagues.... And although some may deem this not blog material, what ever I thought it was funny as hell. + Show Spoiler + | ||
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rockon1215
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Folca
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+ Show Spoiler + not kidding | ||
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illu
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Kennigit
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unit
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Zhek
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lokiM
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krndandaman
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il0seonpurpose
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Ideas
United States8098 Posts
On July 14 2010 15:14 il0seonpurpose wrote: I think the point he was trying to get across was that Korean education is a lot more demanding and competitive. But yes that was still funny, he needs to go to Korea during the G20 meeting and go look at some PC cafes obama at an OSL final IMO | ||
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Lightswarm
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FyRe_DragOn
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exeexe
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Dont beleive that shit... just dont.... | ||
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rredtooth
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pc bangs don't exist. | ||
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Lexpar
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LosingID8
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n.DieJokes
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Polar_Nada
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Cow
Canada1104 Posts
On July 14 2010 16:02 n.DieJokes wrote: I wish I was learning a language seriously in first grade, thats when its easiest Agreed. One of my biggest regrets is resisting my parents trying to make me learn a second language at a really young age ): | ||
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Disregard
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On July 14 2010 16:45 Cow wrote: Agreed. One of my biggest regrets is resisting my parents trying to make me learn a second language at a really young age ): One of my biggest regrets in education, but the only language available I think was Spanish. Damn you America! | ||
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Orome
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Ftrunkz
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Coolzx
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HeavOnEarth
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nttea
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Shiragaku
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shindigs
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ArvickHero
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SoleSteeler
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 When they get a bit older, then yes some do play video games... But high school is very challenging for Korean students; they need to work very hard. I think his quote isn't completely accurate, but it's not inaccurate either. He has a point. | ||
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Quesadilla
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HeadhunteR
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AlienAlias
United States324 Posts
On July 14 2010 14:38 Folca wrote: Korean Education blows. Obama wanted to base America's education on Korea's, freaking hilarious + Show Spoiler + not kidding Korea has the highest high school pass rate out of any country, I believe. Not to mention most people are under the impression that all east asians have to work really hard, rather than getting easy As from grade inflation. I'm not in Korea, so I don't really know how it is, but it's really understandable to want to base our education off their's. | ||
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Astrogation
United States477 Posts
On July 14 2010 17:10 Disregard wrote: One of my biggest regrets in education, but the only language available I think was Spanish. Damn you America! FFFFFFUUUU I would have killed to have Chinese when I was in HS | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Learning a second language really gets harder as you go along. I started learning English as a second language when I was 3, already spoke it at a first grade level by 6. Now I've been learning Spanish for 8 years and I can barely communicate with all those Chileans on iCCup. MB just retarded teaching system. At any rate, I would lol if the South Korean President came back from the US and said, "These people donate all the time. The Americans aren't spending a whole bunch of time eating hamburgers." EDIT: POST 400 WOO HOO | ||
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Coolzx
United States138 Posts
On July 14 2010 22:22 HeadhunteR wrote: Even in my country there are english classes for everyone since 1st grade.. a law was passed that even public schools must teach english.. Learning 2 languages is just something USA americans are not used to... Yeah only in America, In every if not most country student are required to learn a secondary language, its not just Korea -_- | ||
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Tenryu
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kzn
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On July 14 2010 16:45 Cow wrote: Agreed. One of my biggest regrets is resisting my parents trying to make me learn a second language at a really young age ): Honestly almost no matter what age you are, you're not going to learn effectively from a class. You might learn enough to get by, but it wont be close to fluency or being able to follow, say, a cast. And no matter how old you are, if you end up stuck in a country where you dont speak the language you'll pick it up pretty fast, unless its unnecessary. But its not fun, believe me. | ||
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ironchef
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Just saying that having a program is only the first step, it wont do much if its poorly run. But I agree, learning language is very rewarding. | ||
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On July 14 2010 22:22 HeadhunteR wrote: Even in my country there are english classes for everyone since 1st grade.. a law was passed that even public schools must teach english.. Learning 2 languages is just something USA americans are not used to... learning a 2nd language for at least 2 years is a requirement for most high schools in america. 2 years is obviously inadequate to learn a language but more and more people are going for AP/IB level foreign languages which is the equivalent of 4 or 5 years. | ||
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lone_hydra
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On July 14 2010 19:58 shindigs wrote: Stereotype that asian people emphasize education the most? All stereotypes are based on some kernal of truth and countless observations. Asians are good at math. Russians like vodka, African Americans like fried chicken, Canadians are nice and say eh a lot. While such stereotypes are not true for everyone, the reason such statements exist and continue to exist is that people have constently and consistenly witnessed these stereotypes in real life. If I tried to stereotype everyone who are Guido/Guidettes from Jersey as being normal non douche bag people, how long do you think it will last? | ||
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Sayer
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Chairman Ray
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nimysa
United States383 Posts
On July 15 2010 23:44 lone_hydra wrote: All stereotypes are based on some kernal of truth and countless observations. Asians are good at math. Russians like vodka, African Americans like fried chicken, Canadians are nice and say eh a lot. While such stereotypes are not true for everyone, the reason such statements exist and continue to exist is that people have constently and consistenly witnessed these stereotypes in real life. If I tried to stereotype everyone who are Guido/Guidettes from Jersey as being normal non douche bag people, how long do you think it will last? How are countless observations supposed to verify "truth" or "fact" when the observations themselves are only observed during a certain time frame and within a constrained location and at the same time are enforced indirectly by the same people that set up the stereotypes in the first place? How about counting other factors that can/cannot be exactly taken into account by reductionism, while the number of counter-Hypothesis's and counter-observations are not wholly taken into taken account and weighed out with what is perceived to be "true"? | ||
white_horse
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to be honest I wish the american education system would have an ounce of koreanness in it. Our students as a whole are losing the idea of hard work and the "no pain no gain" mentality. | ||
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nimysa
United States383 Posts
What I wish kids would learn instead, is to accept the notion of failure, the value of humility and being intellectual, science and the scientific approach, character, the idea of taking risks and accepting its consequences, self-confidence and respecting others, the importance of being independent critical thinkers, going against fear and being impulsive, courage and leadership, cooperation, the importance of community and reaching out, bringing out new ideas and having the guts to carry them, being accepting and open, following their passions and finally challenge common-sense and our understanding of the world. Kids needs these skills more then the value of useless "hard work" (which is hard to objectively define). Putting them under the mechanical and closed system that I would define as the "Asian" system, which teaches them instead to outsmart and game the school system, hinders future progress and sets these kids up for failure in life and in dealing with personal emotional and intellectual issues. In this new age of change they need the skills I mentioned more then ever and you are not going to get that in the Asian system. Take into account how complicated problems are in America, and how much of a gap there is between the different classes and you have an education system that fails to take into account these factors, and only pushing a system that will end up not working and not adapting to the environment the disciplinarian system seeks to change. I mean being an educated and a disciplined thinker is not being able to pass tests, do a lot of busy work and crap. It means understanding the workings of this world as well taking into account the vastness and diversity of it and our sense of being human and what we can do to improve and contribute to society IMO. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
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white_horse
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The american system does not push the students enough, it does not teach them the meaning of hard work, and add to that the stigma of being "smart". Our emphasis on sports and athleticism and being "accepted" is really just screwing the country over in the long run. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On July 14 2010 15:32 exeexe wrote: Uuuhh who do we have here. Its that slippery, deceptive B Obama. You know what, thats some tough propaganda right there, ofcourse the US president is informed about whats going on in South Korea. Obama must have studied Hitler, like Hitler would have said similar things about the people from Austria. I beleived he called the Austrians übermenschen (elite people). Dont beleive that shit... just dont.... uh?... Just because he isn't aware of the relatively obscure video game culture of South Korea (most people you asked on the street wouldn't be aware of the popularity of progaming there) doesn't exactly mean he's trying to trick anyone... How can he be even slightly compared to Hitler? He's admiring their education system and at least he isn't so blind as to believe that the US is perfect in every aspect as many republicans seem to do. | ||
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