"I regret that you were born of a family of ill repute, but your conception being the result of a financial transaction is something for which I cannot be blamed."
LolI'm leaning to the belief that it's an old person thing. I regularly train at the local stadium, which has a 400m track and soccer field. You'll usually find no more than one person walking the track or a few kids playing soccer on the field. In this case, there were a few kids practicing free kicks on the field and I was doing wicket drills on the grass. This old fart walks up to me and starts berating me for "ruining the grass" by running on it. I ignore him and he infuriated, he goes to squeal to the security guard before leaving. The security guard, a young guy, apologises to me and claims the old man is just trying to be a nuisance and I should keep training. My complex has a spot where no cars park. It was late afternoon and I wanted to do a few minutes of jump-rope as part of my routine. I went about my business, making far less noise than the group of ajjoushis (smoking like chimanes, swearing, spitting and dropping coffee cups) sitting on a makeshift bench about 15m from me, inside the complex... there are big no smoking signs right next to them. This old lady, ignores the litter being created the clouds of smoke, cacophony of obscenities and enthusiastic discharges of sputum, but walks up to me and tells me I'm being too loud.
Quote from: StillInKorea on June 24, 2019, 09:38:47 am"I regret that you were born of a family of ill repute, but your conception being the result of a financial transaction is something for which I cannot be blamed." LolI'm leaning to the belief that it's an old person thing. I regularly train at the local stadium, which has a 400m track and soccer field. You'll usually find no more than one person walking the track or a few kids playing soccer on the field. In this case, there were a few kids practicing free kicks on the field and I was doing wicket drills on the grass. This old fart walks up to me and starts berating me for "ruining the grass" by running on it. I ignore him and he infuriated, he goes to squeal to the security guard before leaving. The security guard, a young guy, apologises to me and claims the old man is just trying to be a nuisance and I should keep training. My complex has a spot where no cars park. It was late afternoon and I wanted to do a few minutes of jump-rope as part of my routine. I went about my business, making far less noise than the group of ajjoushis (smoking like chimanes, swearing, spitting and dropping coffee cups) sitting on a makeshift bench about 15m from me, inside the complex... there are big no smoking signs right next to them. This old lady, ignores the litter being created the clouds of smoke, cacophony of obscenities and enthusiastic discharges of sputum, but walks up to me and tells me I'm being too loud.
I'm leaning to the belief that it's an old, racist person thing.
Ever take a taxi and the driver drives while tooting his horn every 10m for no reason other than he has ingrained it into his muscle memory.
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on June 24, 2019, 01:07:49 pmEver take a taxi and the driver drives while tooting his horn every 10m for no reason other than he has ingrained it into his muscle memory. What about the ones who've tweaked the power on their horns so much so that they'd drown out the 'Big Bang'?That, or if you put a duck in front of it, then sounded the horn, you'd have a humane way to remove feathers, but then a duck with an insomnia problem from their little ears ringing. Poor duck.
I've been teaching the 6th grade class in question for 2yrs, and almost every other lesson I've had to reteach and remind them what a noun is.
I'll be happy that I've done my job.
Just felt so defeated today and literally stopped the class, mid-lesson, sat down and did work on my computer while the students sat in silence...
Quote from: Aristocrat on June 25, 2019, 09:40:12 pmJust felt so defeated today and literally stopped the class, mid-lesson, sat down and did work on my computer while the students sat in silence...I definitely feel your pain here and I've come close a few times to doing that. I always thought I went a bit overboard on trying to get into their heads what adjectives, nouns and verbs are but I agree that it is essential for them to know it. But yeah, I still get a sea of blank faces when I ask for examples of each.
Quote from: alexisalex on June 26, 2019, 08:41:39 amQuote from: Aristocrat on June 25, 2019, 09:40:12 pmJust felt so defeated today and literally stopped the class, mid-lesson, sat down and did work on my computer while the students sat in silence...I definitely feel your pain here and I've come close a few times to doing that. I always thought I went a bit overboard on trying to get into their heads what adjectives, nouns and verbs are but I agree that it is essential for them to know it. But yeah, I still get a sea of blank faces when I ask for examples of each. I explain "adjective" as "Brother Dragon four, but in Korean", and wait for it to click. Once they get it, most of the kiddos will always remember that "adjective = brother dragon four".... although not all of them are clear what 형용사 is in Korean either, so that can be a stumbling block...
Circumstance: Today, in a huge cafe. It is the size of 2 villas put together, 3 floors. Maybe 1/3 full at most. (lots of places all over)I am there with 5 other people at a large table playing a board game and having our coffee. I can hear people yelling from the other side of the building and laughing. A guy behind on speakerphone talking on the phone. We are not being loud or anything over the top IMO. After 10 min a lady from 2 tables comes over to tell us to be quiet.... We obviously obliged and tried to keep it down but why is it that she just didn't move to the other side of the building? Why did she not go over to any of the Koreans making noise right beside her? I mean, I guess this is a rhetorical question and also just a rant but wtf....