Stop yelling, stop running around like an idiot and clean up your bloody mess. This isn't revolutionary.
Quote from: CO2 on November 26, 2019, 12:48:58 pmStop yelling, stop running around like an idiot and clean up your bloody mess. This isn't revolutionary. I was talking about this with the 1st-grade headteacher last week when we were in Boseong with the students. We were staying in a lovely Hanok house with all the students, and mainly we, the teachers, were cooking and the students were eating. Only two students helped out with the washing up after or any tidying. The rest of the students sat around eating, chatting or using their phones. I love my students very much, but like your comment, it gives you a view of what they have from their home life. I know they're high school students and as such don't have a lot of free time, but still. The one student who always helped, their parents came to the provincial contest with heaters, hot chocolate, and blankets for the students because we played two games three hours apart, and a day before a typhoon so it was pissing down. Obviously, this student has lovely selfless parents, and that's rubbed off on them.
I don't get paid to be your nanny.
Quote from: Chinguetti on November 27, 2019, 08:30:39 am I don't get paid to be your nanny.I always remind the students of this if they're being dicks. "I'm not your mom." I don't love you and it's not my job to take care of you. I will respect you if it's mutual and I'm here to teach you English. That's it. Put that in the garbage. *shoves garbage into desk* Like, wtf are you doing?
My biggest problem are kids who act like they don't know that what they're doing is wrong. No matter how much you try to convince me, shrugging your shoulders and saying "I didn't know (that stuffing garbage in the desk/punching my friend in the chest/saying WHATTHEPUCKYOU) is wrong" just makes you look more stupid.Own up to it and I'll give way much more respect. You can't convince me that you don't know what a friggin garbage can is. Not at the age of Grade 3 and higher.
Confucius himself said "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake," so I'm not sure not apologizing or admitting to a mistake could genuinely be called a product of Confucianism.
Quote from: Mister Tim on November 27, 2019, 10:51:40 amConfucius himself said "A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake," so I'm not sure not apologizing or admitting to a mistake could genuinely be called a product of Confucianism. K-onfucianism is different.
Why don't people cover their mouths when they cough here? I mean...it's like the most basic of manners: don't cough in someone's face. Must happen to me at least once a week on the subway
And again... why do so many people not wash their hands?
Quote from: oglop on November 29, 2019, 06:28:07 amWhy don't people cover their mouths when they cough here? I mean...it's like the most basic of manners: don't cough in someone's face. Must happen to me at least once a week on the subway Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on November 29, 2019, 07:45:12 amAnd again... why do so many people not wash their hands?"The whole thing smacks of effort, man."
Why don't people cover their mouths when they cough here?
Quote from: oglop on November 29, 2019, 06:28:07 amWhy don't people cover their mouths when they cough here?Just one of those weird cultural differences. I do scold my students when I see them do this, especially when its about two feet from my face. Usually followed by a look of utter confusion. It's similar to the adjeosshi spitting in street syndrome, I guess. They'd rather make their germs someone else's problem than keep it local (ingest the loogie, cough into their own hands, etc).