My friend had a student get carted off in an ambulance with a bloody nose earlier this year. They always hype things up.The coworker next to my desk always listens to stuff with no headphones, but today she got a new speaker to use instead of just the regular computer speakers.
Quote from: HaLo3 on November 07, 2016, 08:12:54 amMy friend had a student get carted off in an ambulance with a bloody nose earlier this year. They always hype things up.The coworker next to my desk always listens to stuff with no headphones, but today she got a new speaker to use instead of just the regular computer speakers.One of my biggest pet hates here. Headphones seem to be undiscovered in this land. It's almost like people have to SHARE their noise with you. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr rggggggghhhhhhhhh
Quote from: AgentMichaelScarn on November 07, 2016, 09:00:12 amQuote from: HaLo3 on November 07, 2016, 08:12:54 amMy friend had a student get carted off in an ambulance with a bloody nose earlier this year. They always hype things up.The coworker next to my desk always listens to stuff with no headphones, but today she got a new speaker to use instead of just the regular computer speakers.One of my biggest pet hates here. Headphones seem to be undiscovered in this land. It's almost like people have to SHARE their noise with you. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr rggggggghhhhhhhhhMy middle schools are the opposite. Everyone uses headphones cause there's no audio otherwise. In my elementary schools the computers have sound on their own, though.
I sure do love it when an entire room full of people laughs at my pronunciation mistakes. It definitely helps get me excited about learning Korean.
Quote from: Mister Tim on November 07, 2016, 11:26:44 amI sure do love it when an entire room full of people laughs at my pronunciation mistakes. It definitely helps get me excited about learning Korean. Hope that changees for you soon
In the cafeteria, I'm eating my own homemade lunch.Principal: What kind of rice is that?Me: Basmati rice. Have you tried it?Principal: No, you should eat Korean rice.Me: ...Principal: Korean rice is better than any other rice, it's good for your health.On the tennis courts, on Saturday. An older gentleman decides to approach me and start a conversation.Guy: HelloMe: HiGuy: Do you know, Korea is 11th biggest economy in the world.Me: ...OkThis type of things happens regularly. I find it amusing that at some point, many Koreans taught themselves that it's somehow a good idea to start a conversation like this.
Current rant: when I provide helpful information, but nobody fact-checks and all my incredibly clever jokes go completely unnoticed.
Not really a rant, but there's a pretty good conversation going on about mac n cheese in the random ramblings thread : Moonbrie, have you had lunch? : I was about to eat these crackers [other cot] gave me : Eat this bun : What's in the bun? : Red bean : I don't really like red bean. I'll eat my crackers. : but red bean is good for our health! : I will eat black bean, yellow bean, white bean, but not red beanThat got a chuckle out of her. But then she continued badgering me to eat an especially questionable looking banana, claiming it was just "ripe" when I tried to point it out. I ate half of it and she looked like she wanted to say something about me not finishing it but held her tongue, thankfully.
I made that same mistake with university aged students. What an uproar. Same format as you mentioned:EAST SEA(Sea of Japn)A female student got particularly firey about it. I'm long past the period of actually trying to have an adult discussion about it. Just turn off the screen and move on.
Quote from: zola on November 07, 2016, 01:34:42 pmI made that same mistake with university aged students. What an uproar. Same format as you mentioned:EAST SEA(Sea of Japn)A female student got particularly firey about it. I'm long past the period of actually trying to have an adult discussion about it. Just turn off the screen and move on. I put a post-it note on the screen over where it said 'Sea of Japan'. I'm definitely experienced enough to know not to try to discuss it, but I was still dismayed.