Quote from: kyndo on March 27, 2017, 04:07:23 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on March 27, 2017, 02:54:23 pmI'm not sure I'd call a language having multiple words for the same thing a "huge failing," but different strokes, I guess.It's not so much that one meaning has multiple words (which adds a lot of tasteful flavour to a language, especially when it comes to poetry and literature), but that one meaning has multiple words which are shared by related but very different meanings.Imagine a hypothetical language where the word for 'blue' and 'green' was the same. Moreover, imagine that there were also two words for 'blue', but that the second word was shared by the meaning 'purple'.I feel that that's just sloppy coding.And by 'hypothetical language', I mean Japanese (for the first part, at least). Haha I was gonna say...
Quote from: Mister Tim on March 27, 2017, 02:54:23 pmI'm not sure I'd call a language having multiple words for the same thing a "huge failing," but different strokes, I guess.It's not so much that one meaning has multiple words (which adds a lot of tasteful flavour to a language, especially when it comes to poetry and literature), but that one meaning has multiple words which are shared by related but very different meanings.Imagine a hypothetical language where the word for 'blue' and 'green' was the same. Moreover, imagine that there were also two words for 'blue', but that the second word was shared by the meaning 'purple'.I feel that that's just sloppy coding.And by 'hypothetical language', I mean Japanese (for the first part, at least).
I'm not sure I'd call a language having multiple words for the same thing a "huge failing," but different strokes, I guess.
Quote from: mbg121 on March 27, 2017, 02:58:37 pmThe soup at lunch today smelled like dirty sea water and wet dog.I feel this. Today I thought a kindergartener pissed in the cafeteria, because the miso paste soup smelled so foul.
The soup at lunch today smelled like dirty sea water and wet dog.
Quote from: scpru on March 27, 2017, 03:48:35 pmQuote from: mbg121 on March 27, 2017, 02:58:37 pmThe soup at lunch today smelled like dirty sea water and wet dog.I feel this. Today I thought a kindergartener pissed in the cafeteria, because the miso paste soup smelled so foul.Reading this while eating my homemade chicken biryani, with basmati rice .Life's too short to eat crap.
I just finished my ham and cheese sandwich:Homecured hamhomebaked breadhomemade tomato relishLearn cheesemaking is my next goal.
Quote from: sligo on March 28, 2017, 11:44:11 amI just finished my ham and cheese sandwich:Homecured hamhomebaked breadhomemade tomato relishLearn cheesemaking is my next goal.I just went down to visit 최참판댁 near Hadong and there's a small shop along the approaching road called 상남치즈 which sells a variety of hand-made goat cheeses. They are as good any I've had in or out of Korea, although aside from Imsil Cheese I can't say I know of any other domestic cheeses here. The guy was trained in Switzerland and couldn't have been nicer. Perhaps he offers courses (or apprenticeships). http://sncheese.com/https://sncheese.modoo.at/Map: http://naver.me/FujvlPWI
"Your next class is a class that none of the Korean teachers can handle, even the strictest Korean teacher can't handle them. So I won't be coming to this class with you anymore, none of the other Korean teachers want to be with you for this class either. Goodluck." Teacher then leaves the class, and says for the rest of my time here, won't be helping me with this 1 class >.<Also, done 2 hours of work only to get some bizarre saving error, that wiped all my work that I had done. >.<
Quote from: Kayos on March 28, 2017, 12:02:40 pm"Your next class is a class that none of the Korean teachers can handle, even the strictest Korean teacher can't handle them. So I won't be coming to this class with you anymore, none of the other Korean teachers want to be with you for this class either. Goodluck." Teacher then leaves the class, and says for the rest of my time here, won't be helping me with this 1 class >.<Also, done 2 hours of work only to get some bizarre saving error, that wiped all my work that I had done. >.<You could be a hardass about it and point out that, unless it's an after school class, you're contractually obligated to have a teacher in the room with you. You could also take it up with your POE, if someone working there is the helpful type.
Quote from: donovan on March 28, 2017, 12:20:16 pmQuote from: sligo on March 28, 2017, 11:44:11 amI just finished my ham and cheese sandwich:Homecured hamhomebaked breadhomemade tomato relishLearn cheesemaking is my next goal.I just went down to visit 최참판댁 near Hadong and there's a small shop along the approaching road called 상남치즈 which sells a variety of hand-made goat cheeses. They are as good any I've had in or out of Korea, although aside from Imsil Cheese I can't say I know of any other domestic cheeses here. The guy was trained in Switzerland and couldn't have been nicer. Perhaps he offers courses (or apprenticeships). http://sncheese.com/https://sncheese.modoo.at/Map: http://naver.me/FujvlPWII might just check that out. Cheers dude.
Why is my CT always punching herself?
my experience in korea is that a lot of the time the answer to something is simply: laziness.
도 치 피 치 피 보 족
Quote from: CO2 on March 28, 2017, 08:07:00 pm도 치 피 치 피 보 족요기요!! ㅋㅋhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3a-mmCCoeU
I'm a teacher in China(legally obligated to state that when posting on here )I was talking about working at the same school with one of my co-workers what she would think if I worked at the same school for a new contract and she said it would be nice since they seem to like me enough but I need to improve a lot as a teacher as well.Which is fair enough. I don't think I ever claimed to be a good teacher and whenever a class didn't go well I would feel genuinely upset...I mean, up to a certain point. Honestly, it just kind of felt like the school stopped caring how well I did or how well my classes went based on how much help I was getting or how little people were saying. But, ya know, we live in a world where people don't like talking to each other directly, so I was honestly pretty appreciative of this kind of honest feedback.Though, the one thing she said that made me pause for thought...no, actually, I just blatantly disagreed was the fact that "all of the students are eager to talk with you and learn English" which is just...like...huh? That kind of statement makes me think she's never worked with a student before...especially a middle school student...she pointed out one of her students as an example of someone who's eager to learn English...the good student, the one who was going to try to learn regardless.I've dealt with high school students in the US and I'm dealing with middle school students in this country and a lot of kids really just don't give a shit at all. I remember in the middle school I went to in the US, we had a substitute teacher whose English ability was really low and he had a hard to communicating with the students. Also, it seemed like we were dealing with the fact that he was afraid of losing his job if he complained too much. Anyway, I'm basically that person here because the students are giving me the same respect that that substitute had at my middle school. Give the students no reason to care and not care they will.I don't really want to complain too much about my students and my school because I know these are just challenges I need to overcome, but a statement like that is just so... -_-