[KS] Apologies

[Lee JooBai]

Dear List,

Foremost, I would like to apologize for the
gross discourtesies and errors that I have
committed.

Though many of the histrionics and rough words
were inteneded in the spirit of developing the
arguments, I find that I have overstepped too
many lines and humbly beg for your pardon.

And in the light of the great sacrifices that
our soldiers have made today and in the past,
I find much much to regret and reflect on for
my errors.

All my indiscretions seem doubly reprehensible in light
of all of your kind and generous insights.

My last post was unforgivable and I hope you would
accept my sincere apology and this corrected post.

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Hello,

Please do not take my assessment of the fate too seriously.
I was just echoing the difficulties some of the students
voiced.  And I hoped that the image might serve to help us in
focusing on a matter of some concern to the list.

Professor Ross King writes of certain exceptions.

 >    I can still count on two hands the number of non-heritage
 > learners of Korean from North America that I have personally
 > met who command Korean at a level higher than 2+ and learned
 > their Korean at university in North America (in other words,
 > not counting missionaries, Peace Corps grads, and soldiers & spies).
 > This is a serious indictment of the current state of language
 > teaching in our field.

 > Cheers,

Immediately, all of them strike me as men with a sense of mission.
We have the men of God, men of love, men of peace, and
men of truth?

But is there something special about their experiences or
constitution that makes for their less difficult acquaintance
with Korean?

For those facing the deadline, wishing you the best of returns.

And hoping that you are all enjoying the blush of color
and the warmth of April.


Regards,

Lee JooBai








>From: "Lee JooBai" <jblee6952 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>Subject: Re: [KS] failed Koreanists littering the streets
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:18:35 +0000
>
>Hello,
>
>Please do not take my assessment of the fate too seriously.
>I was just echoing the difficulties some of the students
>voiced, and I am always suspicious that many were partly
>lazy.
>
>Professor Ross King writes of certain exceptions.
>
>>I can still count on two hands the number of non-heritage learners of 
>>Korean from North America that I have personally met who command Korean at 
>>a level higher than 2+ and learned their Korean at university in North 
>>America (in other words, not counting missionaries, Peace Corps grads, and 
>>soldiers & spies). This is a serious indictment of the current state of 
>>language teaching in our field.
>>
>>Cheers,
>
>Immediately, all of them strike me as men with a sense of mission.
>We have the men of god, men of peace, men of war, and
>men of ...?
>
>Well, I suppose not all first impressions lead to useful
>generalization.
>
>But is there something special about their experiences or
>constitution that makes for their less difficult acquaintance
>with Korean?
>
>For those facing the deadline, wishing you the best of returns.
>
>And hoping that you are all enjoying the blush of color
>and the warmth of April.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Lee JooBai
>
>jblee6952 at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
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