High school is still the same, and it sucks

[jimmy olsen]

The school I was talking about is Korean and I think the academic atmosphere is probably not that different from HK.

Somehow I doubt your school and my school are alike.  Obviously I don't know anything about your school.  But like I said, my school is not a good representative sample of HK.

Aside from being in denail about it being a good system, what you describe sounds virtually identical to the Korean system.

[Valmy]

Well, I manage to kind of put food on the table, with a lot of help from the wife.   Won't call my job middling though.  It is a dead end 

You do alright Mono.  You clearly travel and enjoy life now....and counting down those days until retirement.

[Valmy]

The school I was talking about is Korean and I think the academic atmosphere is probably not that different from HK.

How did the Koreans develop their reputation for video gaming excellence with these brutal school hours?

[Capetan Mihali]

How can you tell?

Academic Stockholm Syndrome

Nice turn of phrase, Tim.   But really I was just piling on re: you not knowing any Korean after 4 years there.

[Ed Anger]

1989 was the best year. I was a senior and had a severe case of Dontgiveafuckatallitis. I had my credits, all I had to do was show up and act all groovy. None of that stupid required tests to graduate or forced community service bullshit like the saps have to do now.

Just me, my AMC Pacer and whatever girl I was banging. Good times.

Heh, back when we could still do those things in the back seat of a sub-compact, her legs up and out the window. 

Plus I had my sweet K-Mart money and could splurge a bit on the honeys. 3 something an hour. WOOT WOOT

[Admiral Yi]

Denail is not just a river in Egipped.

[Jacob]

 

[Monoriu]

How can you tell?

From the way that Mono describes it, it's pretty clearly quite similar. Though unlike Mono who has Academic Stockholm Syndrome, Koreans tend to believe that it's a terrible oppresive system.

HKers believe it is a terrible system too.  There is a reason why so many parents send their kids overseas.  Competition for the international schools (which do not follow the HK curriculum) is insane.  I happen to think the system has merits.  It is a great system for someone who likes to lock himself up in a room

[CountDeMoney]

Plus I had my sweet K-Mart money and could splurge a bit on the honeys. 3 something an hour. WOOT WOOT

Caldor for me.  Lulz, Domestics. 

[Ed Anger]

Plus I had my sweet K-Mart money and could splurge a bit on the honeys. 3 something an hour. WOOT WOOT

Caldor for me.  Lulz, Domestics.

I was in the electronics/TV section. With those bastard wood cabinet TV's. MAH BACK

[merithyn]

Mine was a 1980 Honda Civic hatchback (blue) and the AMC 6, back when six theaters in one building was MASSIVE!

[Ed Anger]

At least yours wasn't a fishbowl on wheels.

Those Pacers had a bad rust problem on the floorboards.

[CountDeMoney]

My first car--before I could save up the cash for the '76 Plymouth Volare Road Runner--was my mother's hand-me-down '81 Chevette.  Oh. Dear. God.

[jimmy olsen]

How can you tell?

Academic Stockholm Syndrome

Nice turn of phrase, Tim.   But really I was just piling on re: you not knowing any Korean after 4 years there.

That's an exaggeration

[Capetan Mihali]

"Hello," "Please," "Thank you," "Where's the bathroom?", "Goodbye," "Delicious!", "1, 2, 3", "How much?" -- these are phrases you'd want to learn from a guidebook if you were visiting a country for a week.