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Misconception Rheno, Korea, China and Japan - Teachers Discussion
Rheno, misconception....I don't write ESL books. God forbid! As you say there's been nothing new since 1900, ha ha. I write books and notes about plants and natural living, sometimes foods with an Italian friend. You must have learned a lot in Thailand. I envy that. If I go to spend year in Thailand (retired with a beach) where would be the best place to park myself?
I came to China because I could not stomach another contract in Korea and wanted to look around. The schools in Korea are all the same in the short run. The conformity is deadening. Arrival in China was a February shock but I can say after 4 months that I have settled in and am really enjoying the hot weather and a new social life now that I can get out on the town. China has a lot of niches, a lot of thing to see and do (interest in archaeology and art history). When I first arrived I saw a lot of similarities with Korea. That age old Confucianism, follow-the-leader and feudal/peasant thinking.... so sick of it. No wonder the Americans brushed off Royalty. Now I understand but it took decades. China now is very much a Post-Mao culture and there is a lot of looking ahead and looking back. Many of my students seem depressed. Maybe I am wrong? I learn a lot from Chinese TV. It should be seen in the West. I can understand a lot by reading between the lines.
Rheno in Japan? I am curious about teaching in Japan but I also see it as an even more a closed society than parts of Korea. I think it can be v. lonely there. I don't speak much Japanese and got comfortable in Korean, so I stayed. My short times in Japanese bars were great. Some really friendly guys there. I think young Japanese have a lot of confidence, feel secure in who they are. They are generous and me in return. Outside Japan the Japanese are hard to get to meet and know.
P.S. Anybody interested in SE Asian (and Polynesian) historial, art and anthropological and lingusitic studies join austric@yahoogroups.com or see the big archives at austronesian@yahoogroups.com. SE Asia is the real mother culture, not China, not Egypt and not the Middle East. Agriculture goes back into the ice age at least 27,000 BC.
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