Quote from: oglop on June 03, 2019, 03:33:12 pmPlease understand them, they are only children I will hunt you down and give you a stern finger-wagging.
Please understand them, they are only children
Out of all the kids I've taught, there's this one kid. I daresay, he's probably the worst little douchebag I've ever taught.- 3yrs of concerted efforts and motivation from myself, my CT and the HR teacher and he's yet to bother even learning the ABCs.- I've been told he makes no effort in any of the other classes and just sits back with a smug smile on his face.- He constantly disturbs the other students, during class, and literally cries to his mom to phone the school and complain whenever he gets reprimanded.- Has zero mental issues, according to the HR teacher. Funnily enough, there is a kid with a mental disorder in the same class and that kid blows this little sh*t out the water in English and, apparently, every other subject. - He enjoys breaking things, never knocks when entering and sometimes kicks the door open, litters and just drops whatever he finishes using on the floor.- He usually blames his friends whenever he gets caught and will be the first to interrupt the class and snitch on another student for sleeping, doodling or not paying attention.- He's overweight, hates sports and just wants to play mobile games and eat ramen.- Today, he was part of the cleaning crew for my classroom. 3 other kids got on with the job of sweeping, wiping down the desks and cleaning the board. The only time his broom touched the floor was when he laughed and knocked the dirt out of the dustpan of the other student. I punished him by telling him to clean the rest of the class alone. He whined, slouched, complained, then ran away crying. The HR teacher said he claimed I was "picking on him". Thankfully, the HR teacher is well aware of this little sh*t and we both forced him to clean the class... he sulked and moan throughout the ordeal and still put maximum effort in doing the most half-arsed job imaginable. Little asshole reminds me of the Korean version of Dudley (Harry Potter). Luckily, I only teach his class once a week and there are enough awesome little kids in the same class that he's in the minority and doesn't have the guts to really disrupt things when he's alone.
Quote from: CO2 on June 03, 2019, 03:36:11 pmQuote from: oglop on June 03, 2019, 03:33:12 pmPlease understand them, they are only children I will hunt you down and give you a stern finger-wagging. Part of your very particular set of skills, skills you have acquired over a very long career of teaching ESL here in Korea, I take it?
In other words, he has garbage parents.
i find it insane that korean taxi drivers have such a strong union, and keep protesting other companies being allowed to operate in korea. i know this is anecdotal, but it also sums up my experience of taxi drivers too. this happened today when my wife was in a taxikorean taxi driver:- refused to use the gps- took a long route (10-15 mins longer than it should have taken)- kept asking her inappropriate questions (she kept texting me telling me she was a bit scared of him)- refused to turn the music down (she was with our cat, which was getting stressed out by the loud music)- got angry when my wife kept trying to get him to drop her off, err, where she actually wanted to go)on the way back she got a tada taxi:- driver was very professional and friendly- took the quickest route (took normal time, i.e. 15 mins less than wit the other taxi)- asked if she was comfortable / was okay with the music volume (and station)- turned off the gps notifications (the "turn left, go straight" voice)- apologised when he went over a speed bump quickly- cheaper than the korean taximy wife was amazed and said she will try her best to use tada whenever possible from now oni mean, no shit that people want to use taxi alternatives. taxi drivers can honestly **** off
Quote from: oglop on June 09, 2019, 12:27:56 ami find it insane that korean taxi drivers have such a strong union, and keep protesting other companies being allowed to operate in korea. i know this is anecdotal, but it also sums up my experience of taxi drivers too. this happened today when my wife was in a taxikorean taxi driver:- refused to use the gps- took a long route (10-15 mins longer than it should have taken)- kept asking her inappropriate questions (she kept texting me telling me she was a bit scared of him)- refused to turn the music down (she was with our cat, which was getting stressed out by the loud music)- got angry when my wife kept trying to get him to drop her off, err, where she actually wanted to go)on the way back she got a tada taxi:- driver was very professional and friendly- took the quickest route (took normal time, i.e. 15 mins less than wit the other taxi)- asked if she was comfortable / was okay with the music volume (and station)- turned off the gps notifications (the "turn left, go straight" voice)- apologised when he went over a speed bump quickly- cheaper than the korean taximy wife was amazed and said she will try her best to use tada whenever possible from now oni mean, no shit that people want to use taxi alternatives. taxi drivers can honestly **** offOh yeah, my favourite bunch. Either last year, or early this year, one idiot taxi driver protested the new ride-sharing service by setting himself alight; the very pinnacle of a crybaby temper tantrum. I watched an Asian Boss documentary where they interviewed some passengers and taxi drivers, who were protesting (in Seoul). The passengers claimed:- They'd sometimes have to wait for over an hour for a taxi as drivers didn't want to pick them up at night.- Drivers complained or refused to pick them up if their destination was to close.- Drivers drove recklessly - Some female passengers claimed there was sexual harassment Taxi drivers complained:- They'd lose their jobs (as a result of not doing their jobs properly in the first place and creating a demand in the market)- The other ride services didn't undergo the rigorous safety training the taxi drivers did (LOL, taxi drivers break every driving law there is)- The other ride services were just young people trying to make extra booze money (..........)Nobodies stopping taxi drivers from becoming tada drivers, they're acting exactly like 5-year olds looking for a mother to bitch to. You couldn't have put it more succinctly "taxi drivers can **** off."
we were studying about poems in one class. they had to give me some adjectives to describe korea. one student said 'small", which was good, so i wrote it on the board. about half the class then went in uproar shouting "KOREA IS NOT SMALL! KOREA IS NOOOOOT SMALLLLL!", which was...weird. i asked them to name me a smaller country, and they couldn't, so...it's so weird. i mean, this is a grade 5 class, and they are the upper level, so they are quite intelligent. where do they get this weird nationalistic nonsense from such a young age?
Quote from: oglop on May 29, 2019, 09:02:17 amwe were studying about poems in one class. they had to give me some adjectives to describe korea. one student said 'small", which was good, so i wrote it on the board. about half the class then went in uproar shouting "KOREA IS NOT SMALL! KOREA IS NOOOOOT SMALLLLL!", which was...weird. i asked them to name me a smaller country, and they couldn't, so...it's so weird. i mean, this is a grade 5 class, and they are the upper level, so they are quite intelligent. where do they get this weird nationalistic nonsense from such a young age? they get this nationalistic nonsense from their textbook and classes. they're taught all this shite in their social studies and history classes. stuff like how korean is the most scientific language, and how to hate the japanese. the terms 'uri minjok' (our race) and 'uri nara' (our country) appear all over those books.then you have this type of thing, just look at those pictures drawn by school kids in korea. can't imagine having that much hate in my heart for another country i've never even been to as a child: http://orientals.web.fc2.com/paniren.html
Where do they get it? They get it from the same place as many of you get YOUR sense of superiority.
Where do they get it? They get it from the same place as many of you get YOUR sense of superiority.I'm going to go out on a limb, but I'm going to guess most 5th graders aren't going to have the most advanced sense of geography and might react similarly. Think back to your time in 5th grade (yes, yes, I know in your mind everyone was perfectly behaved and devoid of nationalism. Please. Well at least for those of us who went to school during the 90s). If someone had bashed America, I don't think we would have reacted too well either. I mean when I was in 3rd or 4th grade that was during Desert Storm and patriotism was running high. Same with 9/11.