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heifeng -

But if you tell Koreans your age you need to add 1 year for the in the womb time and then round up
to the next year if your b-day is less then 6 months away...thus easily adding 2 years....



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Lu -



Quote:

I respect people for their ideas and thoughts not for their age.

I think that's a different kind of respect. If my grandmother takes her coat of, I hang it up for
her. If an old man gets on the bus, I stand up to give him my seat. If the 7-11 guy gives me my
change, I say Thank you. Jiben limao, no matter what those people's ideas. Korea takes this some
steps further. Perhaps respect is not entirely the right word.










simonlaing -

There are tons of Koreans in Nanjing.
In Nanjing Normal University which has some ranking for its chinese department there weree over
800 students and that was a couple of years ago. These were the highly motivated ones that seemed
to glare and tsk me if I asked too many questions.

It was a bit better at Nanjing U as there were more other types of foreigners so castigating us
for the questions didn't seem to work.

One interesting thing that there were a bunch of British students from Sheffield University who
came for their year abroad, But After they figured out they would get inflated grades at the end
even if they didn't work hard many let go. One or two switched to The regular classes and tried to
be become friends with koreans to talk CHinese everyday rather than Speak english with most of the
sheffield people and in the sheffield class.

On the social side, I have found some pretty cool Koreans to chat with, but on the whole they seem
cliquish and if there is a big enough population in the school will stick with themselves a bit.

I posted recently about Nanjing Uni's if you're interested:
http://www. /showthread.php?t=17300

I advise you to look around some Universitiies in Shanghai, though it will be tough to find one
without a significant Korean population. To do that I think you have to go to the south and then
you get more Vietnamese and Thai students who can party hearty also.

Good luck,
Have fun,
SimoN










rezaf -

i think respect is the right word here .


Quote:

I think that's a different kind of respect. If my grandmother takes her coat of, I hang it up for
her. If an old man gets on the bus, I stand up to give him my seat.

this is called compassion



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If the 7-11 guy gives me my change, I say Thank you.

this is called gratitude

It's true that they slow down the class but I think it is my fault from the beginning Iam too much
dependent on the class . finding a chinese girlfriend will solve everything










woliveri -

Last week my teacher and I went to a classroom for a study exchange (English/Chinese) and after we
were there for a time, a group of Korean students came in so my teacher asked me to sit closer to
her so we wouldn't disturb the other students who came in to study. Well, a few minutes later
these students were laughing and talking at the top of their lungs. I could hardly hear my teacher
who was sitting just next to me. So, respect for older generation?? Maybe when they are one-on-one
but when they are traveling in groups there's none of it.

I think they are giving their country a poor name and will loose respect from others over time.










Marco -

Even though I know some nice Korean classmates, I don’t really like my most of them, they cheat
themselves through the exams, when caught they cause so much trouble that most of the teachers
don’t even go to the trouble of taking away their exam papers, class times had to change because
they don’t want to get up early in the morning. In China, according to the law, it is forbidden
to smoke in the school buildings, ( actually on the premises of the school), but because the
Koreans can’t go without their cigarette, other students are asked not to complain about them,
the teaching material that should be covered in one semester has been cut short with 4 chapters.
Other foreigners are being labeled as 外国人 and teachers were asked to tell the 外国人not
to asked to much questions because they only want to listen to teacher.
Yeah my experience with Koreans is not pleasant at all.










Qcash3 -

Hmm, it seems that everyone here has had varied experience with Koreans in their schools. I study
at 清华大学 and as just about every uni in Beijing there are tons of Koreans, in fact my
girlfriend is Korean. My language classes were primarily based of Korean students, but most of
them were actually very hard working. Apart from the fact that it seems alot of them had
pronunciation problems, they were excellent at reading and writing characters. Of course there
were a few who did not ever come to class, but this was true of students from all over the world.
The Korean students that I met who had actually entered the university were fanatically hard
working, it was actually a bit frightening. At the end of the day, there are alot more Koreans in
Beijing than most other student populations so you will run into alot of different kinds of
people. However I don't think that it's fair to generalize.










cdn_in_bj -



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At the end of the day, there are alot more Koreans in Beijing than most other student populations
so you will run into alot of different kinds of people.

That is for sure. When I took my written driving test, I was surprised at the number of Koreans
that were there. Out of 20 or so people in my test session, only 3 or 4 were not Korean.

And how did I know that they were Korean, and not overseas Chinese? Because each one of them bowed
to the examining officers after getting back their test scores.










Qcash3 -



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And how did I know that they were Korean, and not overseas Chinese? Because each one of them bowed
to the examining officers after getting back their test scores.

Thats for sure, I find the respect aspect of Korean culture very interesting. My girlfriend for a
little while tried to insist I call her older sister because she is 6 months my senior....












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