tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post8739627940488277012..comments2024-03-27T00:12:53.588-07:00Comments on Travel Blog: The Korean Man's StoryEva Karrin McKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02488422481431711607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-8615144158413604122007-06-29T01:43:00.000-07:002007-06-29T01:43:00.000-07:00eva, i love that you are bringing up these topics ...eva, i love that you are bringing up these topics in class. you are proving yourself to be a very strong teacher. <BR/><BR/>erinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-32758108671278031972007-06-27T10:10:00.000-07:002007-06-27T10:10:00.000-07:00LOL! I thought it might be a spell-check mishap. ...LOL! I thought it might be a spell-check mishap. Those can be pretty funny. I knew a guy named Myron Hammond who got his name turned into Moron Humanoid.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584075071891748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-3375684276823511742007-06-27T06:08:00.000-07:002007-06-27T06:08:00.000-07:00Helena, haha... yeah, did a quick spell check and ...Helena, haha... yeah, did a quick spell check and it suggested a different word altogether .<BR/><BR/>stillborn- It's just the importance of blood lines. bearing a boy still comes with a lot of pride. But adoption is increasingly acceptable.Eva Karrin McKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488422481431711607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-62275076872075600782007-06-26T16:10:00.000-07:002007-06-26T16:10:00.000-07:00That is such a sad story .. but thank you for shar...That is such a sad story .. but thank you for sharing it with us.<BR/><BR/>EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198148471125765326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-34123792767958265252007-06-25T12:22:00.000-07:002007-06-25T12:22:00.000-07:00I have a friend who is Chinese, born in America, b...I have a friend who is Chinese, born in America, but raised by traditional Chinese parents in Philly. I was trying to explain to him my dilemmas with adoption, my conflicts, my emotions, my sadness, my profound feelings of loss and grief and he wasn't quite getting it, as is a typical reaction from anyone, but he was even less on par with most of the people I discuss it with. He explained to me the differences between most other cultures and Asian culture, about emotion and sadness, about the distance between family members, about how his father has never said he loves him, about how he's only hugged his mother once.<BR/><BR/>Can you explain a little more about why adoption in general is frowned upon in Korea?Still Bornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18269601317444343756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-24376378497562917082007-06-25T09:46:00.000-07:002007-06-25T09:46:00.000-07:00Wow, what a strange, sad story.(I think it's "Conf...Wow, what a strange, sad story.<BR/><BR/>(I think it's "Confucianist")Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584075071891748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35574270.post-76297754176876175662007-06-25T08:13:00.000-07:002007-06-25T08:13:00.000-07:00If you really want some hot button issues to discu...If you really want some hot button issues to discuss here in South Korea, try using some from the Marmot's hole website (http://www.rjkoehler.com/).<BR/><BR/>Here are two that are somewhat disturbing: Kids know nothing about Korean War and Norimitsu Onishi has written an interesting portrait of a North Korean refugee in Inchon and of the reality of being caught between two societies and ideologies.<BR/><BR/>However, it isn't only here in South Korea where the white-washing of history is going on. Japan, Germany, and even China (Tiananmen square) are doing their best to forget the past and the young Western minds (especially the U.S., but even the U.K. and Canada) are to self-absorbed to bother to care about history repeating itself (but they are counting the minutes until Paris is released from jail tomorrow).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com