EPTWanna teach english in Korea?! - Page 5
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Mooga
United States575 Posts
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Rayzorblade
United States1172 Posts
On December 04 2008 15:49 KOFgokuon wrote: rofl rekrul i've missed the raging posts lmao, ditto to this. I'm like, "YES!" to the influx of rekrul posts thereby infusing the blog section with quality posts again. | ||
Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
On December 04 2008 15:46 Mooga wrote: Still, in your post, you described the English teacher as being condescending. Out of curiosity, does he not think highly of himself? oh nevermind i misunderstood what you were saying oh yeah he flew radio controlled helicoptors part time for the army too, he was very proud of that fact too i should have just rolled up my left sleeve as soon he started acting like he was 'better' than me | ||
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clazziquai
6685 Posts
And after teaching they hit on girls nd such? Man I always thought that they came here because they wanted to teach. Never did I know what really happened. Makes me feel angry because kids aren't being taught properly. | ||
lilsusie
3861 Posts
On December 04 2008 16:08 clazziquai wrote: So basically, most of these Americans or (foreigners fluent in English) are coming to Korea to half-ass teach English to students/kids, and earn a shitload money when they don't deserve it? And after teaching they hit on girls nd such? Man I always thought that they came here because they wanted to teach. Never did I know what really happened. Makes me feel angry because kids aren't being taught properly. I'm not sure if this post is serious or not. Excuse me if my sarcasm detector is off. =/ | ||
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Orlandu
China2450 Posts
On December 04 2008 13:52 Elric_ wrote: I am an English teacher in Korea. And yes I have indeed met quite a few who are twats in Korea. The twattish English teacher is almost exclusively from America. He is white of course. He failed horribly with his education so he decided to fuck up other people's education half way across the world. He does not give three shits about Korean culture. All he cares about is nailing as much Asian pussy as possible. He was probably a social reject back in the States but in Korea he has transformed into the most arrogant piece of jock shit one can imagine. Edit: actually fuck the English teacher category. I'm just going to generalise it to the majority of Americans (per se) that I've met in Korea. At first I felt like this was a bit of a misguided thing to say, but when I thought about it some more, I realized that actually it's pretty much right on the dot. The only thing that I disagree with is that it's limited mainly to Americans. While it wouldn't surprise me if the majority were, at least in my own experiences, quite a few of the Europeans in Asia aren't exactly role models either. But, of course it would be limited to mainly white or even possibly some black people in a country such as Korea, because any asian that tries to go there and do the same thing will have a completely different experience, simply because they're asian. I'm sure if they were as exciting to the locals as white or black people often are, then they'd be a bit more interested in "nailing as many girls as they can" as well, since their chances would dramatically increase. Anyway, personally I think the idea of going to a foreign country to spend a lot of time and doing something like teaching without putting your heart into it is a pretty sad thing. I definitely think that anyone who spends a long period of time in a foreign country should be seriously interested in, or at least attempt to be interested in, the culture of that particular country unless there's some really good reason as to why you're in that country and can't get out. Hopefully things will improve in the future though. | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On December 04 2008 15:59 Rekrul wrote: oh nevermind i misunderstood what you were saying oh yeah he flew radio controlled helicoptors part time for the army too, he was very proud of that fact too i should have just rolled up my left sleeve as soon he started acting like he was 'better' than me left handed? | ||
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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closed
Vatican City State491 Posts
On December 04 2008 12:07 Rekrul wrote: ![[image loading]](http://www.heybrian.com/lib/images/travels/south_korea/brian_korean_girl.jpg) You could be just like him! Does this picture have bad perspective or does she have unnaturally big head? I mean her head is like 30% bigger than the guys head. Or maybe the girl is just much taller/bigger than the guy and she is stooping? o_O | ||
LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
i'd probably have to be teaching english though to get by. | ||
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
from what i've heard they have this preexisting bias that even if you were born and raised in america you're going to have some sort of asian accent in your english and you don't speak it properly. | ||
MrHoon
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
On December 04 2008 20:41 LosingID8 wrote: well maybe not ok because usually places want to hire people who don't look asian at all. from what i've heard they have this preexisting bias that even if you were born and raised in america you're going to have some sort of asian accent in your english and you don't speak it properly. Incorrect I tutor kids engrish + help art students with portfolios and I earn 40-50 bux an hour per kid and Im just taking an year break from Pratt Now, besides art students do you think Koreans know Pratt Institute more than USC? Hell no. Everyone knows USC in korea, so chances are you're going to get a job easier than me. | ||
Nyovne
Netherlands19135 Posts
 . But seriously does being white in asia get you a free pass to get laid or wtf. If I trust the stories from my friends who spent time studying abroad (Thailand, India, Korea and Japan) its like lol I'm white and a master student in *whatever*, wanna go out 2night? Sure!Wth, they're not the most attractive guys either. Sounds like holy ground for me as well then muhahahaha tt. | ||
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On December 04 2008 20:45 MrHoon wrote: Incorrect I tutor kids engrish + help art students with portfolios and I earn 40-50 bux an hour per kid and Im just taking an year break from Pratt Now, besides art students do you think Koreans know Pratt Institute more than USC? Hell no. Everyone knows USC in korea, so chances are you're going to get a job easier than me. sick hook me up with a job yo | ||
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3819 Posts
every morning in Idae subway station when I go to work there are Soju/Cass adverts and billboards everywhere, not to mention all the idae students coming to work.. it's a pretty sweet way to start the morning Also, I agree that most of the foreigners I've met here tend to be soulless bastards, but I actually really enjoy my teaching job (But I teach Adults/University Students 1:1), I get to meet people that otherwise I would never have had the opportunity to meet, and generally I have met a lot of good/interesting people through the company, fellow teachers/staff or students. But most of the people I've met who work in public schools seem to all agree that their teaching is useless... the kids dont want to learn... etc... I'm pretty thankful that I landed this job, even if the hours are awful. Some of the people I met as students are now some of my best friends. | ||
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Avius
Iraq1796 Posts
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3819 Posts
On December 04 2008 21:25 Avius wrote: wrong blog, shloober On December 04 2008 13:06 Rekrul wrote: ![[image loading]](http://tallteacher.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/lee-hyori1.jpg) i love soju correct blog, just a little late : ) seriously soju marketing is like the best thing ever to wake up to | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
Then again and no offence to you Americans, but we can get along a lot easier with each other from my experience, you guys are just awkward and fake. I had a few experience in Europe where I was on a beer tour, while the Aussies and Kiwis would easily shoot the shit and get a long genuinely, you'd see a couple of Americans having a conversation, talking about their jobs or family and both pretending to be genuinely interested in each others story ("wow, that's very interesting, I can relate to that, in fact I...") while both also clearly looking like they didn't give a shit, they just wanted to talk about them selves... I recall a conversation between me and another Aussie girl. "So what do you do back home?" "I work in an office doing blah blah blah" "Wow... your job sounds really boring... Good beer here" | ||
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