Random and infrequent updates from the good Korea.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

We speak English?

So I teach English. My school purports to be all down with that. We even have an English only policy....which is absolutely worthless. The Koreans barely speak enough to be bilingual and since they don't follow the rule at work it's hard to force the kids to. I won't get into all the weird shit that makes no sense about this organizational system, but this is a school for English that has signs in Korean and a website with no English option. Ughhhh...so now we come to Golden Bell, a quiz type contest seen mostly on TV. They've decided to make one in English. So all of our campuses got together, spent forty grand and had the semifinals. And it was the dullest fucking thing ever. And the irony? Barely any of it was in English. Plus like many things schools put on, the thing was rigged and the interludes included impromptue dance offs for the kids. All in an effort to hide the fact these kids don't speak English. I love this place, but for all the English learning craziness, the English here sucks. It's more show than substance, like a lot of the shit around me. If you look busy, you are busy. If you're simply efficient and orderly you look like a slacker. So, An Nyoung Hi Kay Seyo bitches. Boyakasha!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Eat some turkey you fat fucks!

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Wednesday, November 09, 2005