Comments on: Firestarter http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: d856104f2f47 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-4507 d856104f2f47 Sat, 10 May 2008 15:20:27 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-4507 <strong>d856104f2f47...</strong> d856104f2f477ebb3e29... d856104f2f47…

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]]> By: Aaron Andrews http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3685 Aaron Andrews Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:30:58 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3685 Don't be an Uncle Tom to the (linguistic) man. Fight the power and use whatever words you want. Don’t be an Uncle Tom to the (linguistic) man. Fight the power and use whatever words you want.

]]> By: Hopeful Cynic http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3667 Hopeful Cynic Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:28:32 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3667 Aaron - avoiding nonwords like 'manipulatable' would improve your chances. Otherwise, I agree! Aaron - avoiding nonwords like ‘manipulatable’ would improve your chances. Otherwise, I agree!

]]> By: Aaron Andrews http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3666 Aaron Andrews Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:35:13 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3666 I'm going to Korea to teach English to unsuspecting and easily-manipulatable youngsters very soon. So why are you writing a blog for The Walrus about it and I'm not? Your description, "a coked-up rock star with an eight-foot neon boner that shoots lightning" paints a pictures in my imagination that I never considered possible. Nicely done! I’m going to Korea to teach English to unsuspecting and easily-manipulatable youngsters very soon. So why are you writing a blog for The Walrus about it and I’m not? Your description, “a coked-up rock star with an eight-foot neon boner that shoots lightning” paints a pictures in my imagination that I never considered possible. Nicely done!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3639 Anonymous Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:52:14 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/03/14/firestarter/#comment-3639 Good on you for travelling like a rock star - Jeju is a great part of Korea to be in - and now for the opposite side of the coin! I was in Korea for a year myself and it was the best of times, the worst of times. Having been born in Canada and grown up there my entire life it was an experience for me to have to 'audition' my english only because of my asian face then be told in amazement 'your pronounciation is very good!'. It was bewildering that master's educated korean language teachers would insist to a korean girl adopted as a young baby that surely they could tell she was a foreigner if they heard her speak, because physiologically, she was a different race, which affected her linguistics. It was an experience that made me realize how much Canada is home. I met some amazing people, and had a lot of good times despite multiple hardships, because quite frankly, I don't think people treat you particularly well when you're a female asian foreigner. Locals don't really understand why you don't speak korean fluently and act a bit funny, while the foreign-looking ex-pat community can't understand why youre not having as good a time. Taxi drivers always tried to take me for a ride, or people wouldn't pay for lessons, and house sharing gone bad. I can only hope you say a little prayer of thanks to any god you might believe in for the random privilege of being born as you are. PS I do miss the food ridiculously, like, a LOT Good on you for travelling like a rock star - Jeju is a great part of Korea to be in - and now for the opposite side of the coin! I was in Korea for a year myself and it was the best of times, the worst of times. Having been born in Canada and grown up there my entire life it was an experience for me to have to ‘audition’ my english only because of my asian face then be told in amazement ‘your pronounciation is very good!’. It was bewildering that master’s educated korean language teachers would insist to a korean girl adopted as a young baby that surely they could tell she was a foreigner if they heard her speak, because physiologically, she was a different race, which affected her linguistics. It was an experience that made me realize how much Canada is home.

I met some amazing people, and had a lot of good times despite multiple hardships, because quite frankly, I don’t think people treat you particularly well when you’re a female asian foreigner. Locals don’t really understand why you don’t speak korean fluently and act a bit funny, while the foreign-looking ex-pat community can’t understand why youre not having as good a time. Taxi drivers always tried to take me for a ride, or people wouldn’t pay for lessons, and house sharing gone bad. I can only hope you say a little prayer of thanks to any god you might believe in for the random privilege of being born as you are.

PS I do miss the food ridiculously, like, a LOT

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