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Clever Turtles
"Science is interesting; if you don't
agree, you can fuck off."
agree, you can fuck off."
A translation of an interview with the guy in charge of Anti-English Spectrum Cafe, the leading anti-foreign-teacher group in Korea.
A collection of articles on Toshio Maeda (and here) and Takeshi Oshima, two illustrators who specialize in erotic comics.
Madonna is . . . watching "Mulan" too many times?
She said: “I must have been Japanese in a previous life. I’m pretty sure I was a warrioress. I can’t explain it, I just know. I’m good at fighting – fighting with a big sword.”
It's a little known fact that Jose, too, was once a Japanese warrioress. But that was just a summer job in high school.
Obama polling poorly in Japan, making it one of the most generally irrelevant newspaper editorials I've ever read. I mean, he hasn't made ANY statements of policy regarding Asia.
Generally, it just reflects Japan's growing insularity (HA! Example of perfect diction) (so, I have a lexicon fetish. sue me.), which is kind of concerning given it's history of xenophobia. But, hey, Korea's way cooler anyways. Not my problem.
What I found most curious was the following:
College entrance exam time in Korea, again.
Even though I was a teacher for a while, I can't recall every being aware of my students taking the exam. Students who do take the exam usually drop out of conversation courses (since its not on the test) and cram grammar. There is a mass migration after the exam from grammar classes to conversation classes.
One of the formative experiences in my dad's life was serving on a submarine when he was a young man. This was indirectly communicated to me as my family has watched pretty much every submarine movie ever made. (My brother once summarized every submarine movie in thirty seconds. It was hilarious, and I hope he writes it down some time.)
