Comments on: Breaking the Korean Mind Block of US Beef Protests

By: The final cut

The final cut — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:19:19 +0000

[...] is an editorial in the Chosun Ilbo that only further validates my belief of how Korean children’s ability to critically think is hampered by their own educational system [...]

By: McCain Supports US-Korea FTA

McCain Supports US-Korea FTA — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:32:54 +0000

[...] on how things go in Korea with Cows Gone Wild it may not matter what Senator McCain thinks about the US-Korea [...]

By: “One In A Million Chance”

“One In A Million Chance” — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:51:30 +0000

[...] is just another example of the Korean mind block I have posted about [...]

By: Brian in Jeollanam-do: Any updates on last year's bus accident?

Brian in Jeollanam-do: Any updates on last year's bus accident? — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:02:38 +0000

[...] people really ought to be holding vigils for their friends and peers dying now? (ROK Drop wrote a good post on Mad Cow Disease today, but I didn’t have occassion to link to it. The Metropolitician had a good [...]

By: shattered

shattered — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:37:31 +0000

" She is just lazy, totally self-centered, and rude."

Sounds like a lot of Koreans I know. SELF CENTERED and RUDE. This might be because Koreans have defective and inferior DNA, at least that is what the chosun ilbo has pointed out.

By: Spreading Anti-Americanism in Korean Classrooms

Spreading Anti-Americanism in Korean Classrooms — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:26:04 +0000

[...] is an editorial in the Chosun Ilbo that only further validates my belief of how Korean children’s ability to critically think is hampered by their own educational [...]

By: Alfred

Alfred — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:15 +0000

Fan Death and Global Warming.

Be careful when you make accusations of Korean mindcontrol. The accusation just might just bounce back on Americans.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:53:58 +0000

They can send her home, and she has actually been threatened with that. She is on a zero tolerance probation after her host family told the agency they wanted her gone now – at 4 months in on a 6 month contract – because of her attitude.

I don't think she has too much of a problem with being in the US. She is just lazy, totally self-centered, and rude.

I also don't think she is typical of Korean teen students, unless they have changed a whole hell of a lot since 2000, the last time I was teaching them in Korea.

She is just like a typical very lazy American student. Meaning, she is below the norm of even American students – who are by and large MUCH lazier than Korean students in Korea (that I knew of before coming back to the US).

She is also rude. Ruder than American students. And that takes some work.

One story she told students in my class was about how she hated her teacher (a Korean, of course) back in Korea and said that the teacher had thrown away a gift she had given her right in front of her mother on the last day of school. She said she couldn't dream of why the teacher had done that.

I could easily imagine why — though I'd never be so confrontational with a student or their parents….

By: Boston_Rob

Boston_Rob — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:01:31 +0000

they also believe in "fan death" http://www.fandeath.net/ then again, i think global warming is also a farce, as are these dangers in mad cow disease w/ american beef!

By: Chopsticks

Chopsticks — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:43:32 +0000

USinKorea:

That exchange student definitely sounds like she doesn't want to be in the US. I'm not familiar with exchange programs, but if a student is performing poorly and is resistant to the culture he/she is studying in, are there ways to return the student back to Korea? Or is there a business factor involved and exchange programs see profit before education?