After a productive meeting on how to encourage the kids to speak more in class our co-teacher said to myself and my co-foreign teacher (also female) " let's keep touching each other"
My favorite CT comment is any statement that starts with "As you know" When the obvious is that.. well... "Um.. I didn't know until you started telling me just now, but apparently I must already know because you started the statement with; as you know."
CT: My brother used to be handsome.
Quote from: bmym80 on March 31, 2011, 02:32:48 PMCT: My brother used to be handsome.Koreans are suprisingly honest about apearances.My coteacher said something negative about her (perfectly lovely) daughter's appearance.Me (jokingly): So you don't think you daughter is pretty.Teacher (completely honest): No, she is not pretty.
Quote from: firebreaker on April 02, 2011, 05:06:36 PMMy favorite CT comment is any statement that starts with "As you know" When the obvious is that.. well... "Um.. I didn't know until you started telling me just now, but apparently I must already know because you started the statement with; as you know."There's a verb ending in Korean that means "as you know." If you learn enough Korean, you hear it all the time.
My VP told me randomly yesterday:"TIme is like an arrow." That was it.