Comments on: North Koreans Learning English http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/north-koreans-learning-english/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/north-koreans-learning-english/#comment-115931 Wedge Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:30:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/5571/#comment-115931 That should say: "Having lived in Tokyo a while and BEEN ASSAULTED BY Nova billboards and train ads everywhere every fricken day..." That should say: “Having lived in Tokyo a while and BEEN ASSAULTED BY Nova billboards and train ads everywhere every fricken day…”

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/north-koreans-learning-english/#comment-115929 Wedge Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/5571/#comment-115929 On the Nova thing: Having lived in Tokyo a while and seen Nova billboards and train ads everywhere every fricken day, I actually have a slight interest in the story of its demise and the hopeful reduction in Japan's visual pollution. I ran across this lengthy piece in the Herald (which seems to have turned into the English-teacher-rant paper of record): http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2007/10/31/200710310053.asp Anyway, if anyone is actually still reading this, I found the tales of woe of the poor expat teachers to be a wee bit funny. And the writer even equates the Nova implosion with Enron and WorldCom. So my point, after this excessive circumlocution, is that the teachers should've seen this coming. Here's the money quote: "Worsley is well-known in Japan and his coverage of the Nova saga has been well-documented. For instance, he forecasted months ago that Nova would declare bankruptcy on Nov. 1 this year. He only missed that prediction by five days." OK, back to your regularly scheduled programming. On the Nova thing: Having lived in Tokyo a while and seen Nova billboards and train ads everywhere every fricken day, I actually have a slight interest in the story of its demise and the hopeful reduction in Japan’s visual pollution. I ran across this lengthy piece in the Herald (which seems to have turned into the English-teacher-rant paper of record):

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/N.....310053.asp

Anyway, if anyone is actually still reading this, I found the tales of woe of the poor expat teachers to be a wee bit funny. And the writer even equates the Nova implosion with Enron and WorldCom. So my point, after this excessive circumlocution, is that the teachers should’ve seen this coming.

Here’s the money quote: “Worsley is well-known in Japan and his coverage of the Nova saga has been well-documented. For instance, he forecasted months ago that Nova would declare bankruptcy on Nov. 1 this year. He only missed that prediction by five days.”

OK, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

]]> By: jdog2050 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/north-koreans-learning-english/#comment-115913 jdog2050 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:12:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/31/5571/#comment-115913 I'd go; for like 3-6 months. I was watching a documentary where they actually got to interview some NK students in the elite foreign language academy. Their naivety was such a contrast to the grim reality. I’d go; for like 3-6 months. I was watching a documentary where they actually got to interview some NK students in the elite foreign language academy. Their naivety was such a contrast to the grim reality.

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