tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post3372817782583973567..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: Reflections on the revolution in South KoreaPeter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-3136257503905003622012-04-14T06:00:58.664-04:002012-04-14T06:00:58.664-04:00Just out of curiosity, Peter. Do you think this t...Just out of curiosity, Peter. Do you think this trend in S. Korea as well as Europe of increasing miscegenation will ineluctably happen to the rest world as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-36119523706789743982012-04-13T15:25:14.431-04:002012-04-13T15:25:14.431-04:00Ultimately South Korea suffers from the same probl...Ultimately South Korea suffers from the same problem as Western Europe. Namely being under the American imperial fold. It discourages independence and genuine nationalism, and instead cultivates local elites that defect to global interests - economically, politically, ideologically, culturally, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-59634865047300456872012-04-13T11:21:53.560-04:002012-04-13T11:21:53.560-04:00Peter,
My feelings have gone sour with the academ...Peter, <br />My feelings have gone sour with the academic system and I try to set my own business now. But for a while I believed in it. I was into the classical research/postdoc pattern and when it ended, I had to face real life, that is, unfairness of it. Logically, i tried to go into the US education system. But at the time, you should have seen the disaster that resulted form the baylout crisis. When you had one teaching position available in one school, the lines at the jobfairs were unbelievable. Laid off engineers, technicians, teachers (what's the likelyhood that a laidoff teacher is going to be re-hired when brand new ones are also pouring in the lines?), and lots of 'retirees' with a miserable retirement pensions, or no pension at all after they had to pay their debts...I do not exagerate when I say the demand vs offer was in a 40:1 ratio. Obviously and logically, the few jobs went to the young new teachers.<br />It's funny but at the end, i knew perfectly well i would not be hired in these jobfairs, but i still went because my wife would not undestand if i didn't go. I made sour jokes in the lines...<br />Still, I was with the luckyest since I got a proposal for a substitute job at $75 a day. That gave me a chance to explore and appreciate the american public school system. Like the french system, it produces the most illiterate student with the best grades in the world.<br />OK, I follow a couple of french blogs and things are getting worse. Young men, but not so young anymore, in their late 20's or early 30's, graduates, who never got a job in the academic or the industry, also never got involved in a relationship. That's the result, I believe, not just of their own behavior, as everything is made to make them believe that to culpabilise them, but more a result of the demographics that are so well explained in your own blog.<br />In France, they receive the wealfare 'RSA', that's enough for food, beer, Internet and TV. Some of these unfortunate people blog that they have more and more trouble to motivate themselve to do anything. Why would you even brush your teeth if you know that nobody cares or even knows of your bad breath?<br />These situations, extremely toxic for men, are better tolerated for women, but where can you say that beside in a private blog?. Because on top of all of that, you have the now famous french CENSURE, probably the best in the world to repress anybody who'd dare to question on any social relevant issue. Well, in fairness, the US mainstream media PC/censure is not far behind. Some people tackle badly the system however. Nigel Farage in the UK and In France, you have Alain Soral. Soral is extremely corrosive in his analysis. He exposes raw these social problems. There are no equivalent of these guys in the US except maybe Ron Paul.Ben10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-31896259705161785992012-04-12T14:10:01.840-04:002012-04-12T14:10:01.840-04:00Kiwiguy,
Jill Bevan-Brown is right, up to a point...Kiwiguy,<br /><br />Jill Bevan-Brown is right, up to a point. Different social contexts require different sets of mental skills. The problem, though, is that an advanced industrial society requires a particular set of skills, such as mathematics.<br /><br />Anon and UncleTom,<br /><br />In South Korea, the top three source countries for mail-order brides are China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, in that order.<br /><br />This order seems to be reversed, however, when we look at the children born to mail-order brides.<br /><br />I too am suspicious of the claim that these children are language-deficient. Here in Quebec City I know children who are fluent in French even though their parents speak that language with much difficulty. Normally, children pick up languages easily.<br /><br />Baloo,<br /><br />Good post! All of East Asia has very low fertility. The situation is similar to that of southern Europe. The closest countries with above-replacement fertility are the Philippines and Cambodia.<br /><br />S. Brady,<br /><br />At some point, there will be a conscious effort to push fertility rates back up to the replacement level. We're seeing this already in Israel and, more recently, in Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia.<br /><br />Both North and South Korea have also recently adopted pro-natalist policies, as has Japan.<br /><br />But I'm pessimistic with regard to South Korea. There is simply too much pressure from the business community to "go global." The business elite gets its way not only by buying politicians but also by buying ideological dominance via the media and academia.<br /><br />Ben,<br /><br />Why don't you teach French in a private school or as a tutor? Translation also pays well.Peter Frostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-75379251947832968102012-04-12T11:13:07.325-04:002012-04-12T11:13:07.325-04:00Brady, don't worry as the salaries in the US w...Brady, don't worry as the salaries in the US will soon become competitive with those in China.<br />Are we going toward a society of castes in America?<br />A french economic analyst said the numbers for unemployement are manipulated in the US because they don't use the general population. If they were, the unemployement rate should reach 18%.<br />I tend to believe it since like many, i am jobless, but not counted in the statistics since I havn't received any money for a long time.<br />My most recent jobs was a substitute with no benefits, no retirement, nothing. The sreets and shops center are crowded with healthy white males, in their 40's during the time when you expect to see none, walking and jogging after too much time spent on blogging. You can see it as well in elementary school with the huge number of dads coming to pick up their kids after school at 3PM. <br />So I believe the 18% figure. <br />Internet and the population 'diversity' in the US are probably the safest guard to maintain the status quo without going to flames like in Greece or Spain.Ben10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-43087076958736007252012-04-12T05:33:22.979-04:002012-04-12T05:33:22.979-04:00Mr Frost has the correct perspective on this situa...Mr Frost has the correct perspective on this situation. Outbreeding with other racial groups will diminish the prevalence of key mental characteristics that have made South Korea an industrial powerhouse. For instance a German Shepherd is susceptible to a number of diseases due its being inbred. If bred with another breed, it may be healthier (e.g due to have a more diverse antibody repertoire) but it will no longer be as effective at it's intended function. Alon Ziv wrote a book about the benefits of interracial breeding 'Breeding between the lines' and he ignored this important point. A population of interbred Koreans will not have the same degree of executive function or intellectual ability that made South Korea an industrial powerhouse in the first place. <br /><br />We in the West should be worried, as we have, or are gradually losing the industrial capacity to build new technologies. We are/ will be depending on countries like Japan and South Korea to create technologically sophisticated products. If such countries lose the human capital that enable them do this in the first place, what other countries can we rely on?S. Bradynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-80578667432546162492012-04-10T20:22:45.677-04:002012-04-10T20:22:45.677-04:00Very nice post. I was aware Japan had a underpopu...Very nice post. I was aware Japan had a underpopulation problem, but Korea surprises me. I've linked to this and commented on it here:<br /><a href="http://ex-army.blogspot.com/2012/04/overpopulation-and-underpopulation.html" rel="nofollow">Overpopulation and Underpopulation</a>Baloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245765878554696634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-47696959853627503392012-04-09T20:31:32.358-04:002012-04-09T20:31:32.358-04:00I keep hoping that large scale western expatriatio...I keep hoping that large scale western expatriation to an East Asian country will Eurasianize it, but I just don't think the numbers will be high enough -- most immigrants to rich Asian countries will be from poor Asian countries.<br /><br />I think the previous commenter is correct that children learn language from their peers, not from their parents, but I haven't seen any research regarding how that applies to written language. Anecdotally, neither of my parents taught me how to write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-61999661143299716122012-04-09T08:59:21.128-04:002012-04-09T08:59:21.128-04:00Anon: race in Asia typically is synonymous with &...Anon: race in Asia typically is synonymous with "ethnicity" so a Korean will say a Japanese person is a different race. So when they say "biracial" they are talking about Korean farmers marrying Southeast Asian mail order brides, probably from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam (and also Mainland China).<br /><br /><br />In general:<br /><br />"In short, it is argued that these children fare worse in school because they improperly learn the Korean language at home. This in turn leads to poor social skills and rejection by peers.<br /><br />If the above explanation is correct, these children should do worse in subjects that demand much social interaction and language use. Conversely, they should do better in subjects that require abstract skills, like mathematics, or memorization of names and dates, like social studies. This is, in fact, the pattern we see among children of East Asian immigrants in North America."<br /><br />Uhm...so you think kids in America who are, say, half Asian and half white American have problems speaking English because they might grow up bilingual or with one parent who does not speak the language natively? I have not seen or heard this, and I grew up with a lot of such children, coming from a military family.<br /><br />I wonder is it because the fathers never really spend time with their children because they are working or hanging out with their friends/coworkers after work (which is also common in Japan) so the children don't actually hear their father's native Korean very much in a given weak? <br /><br />Still, it seems to me that children don't speak like their parents, if they did every child from an immigrant family would have an accent. Kids speak like their friends in the neighborhood.UncleTomRuckusInGoodWhiteWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508650487951730570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-17123948310916219942012-04-09T06:27:29.084-04:002012-04-09T06:27:29.084-04:00When they say 'biracial', do they mean hal...When they say 'biracial', do they mean half-Korean no matter where the other parent is from, or do they mean half non-East Asian? It is really hard for me to think about a half-Vietnamese half-Korean person as 'biracial'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-24771907136118886302012-04-08T16:18:55.514-04:002012-04-08T16:18:55.514-04:00Being outstanding in hospitality is just as import...Being outstanding in hospitality is just as important as being outstanding in math? WTF?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-84748235165065682562012-04-08T04:17:19.803-04:002012-04-08T04:17:19.803-04:00Wow what a bunch of broad imprecise and unverifiab...Wow what a bunch of broad imprecise and unverifiable claims Dr Bevan Brown makes. So he wants Teachers to find gifted Moari who are doing an amazing job of hiding there abilities, sounds like "affirmative action".Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622298961270279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-65530857118365370842012-04-08T01:58:42.746-04:002012-04-08T01:58:42.746-04:00***The educational system itself will have to chan...***The educational system itself will have to change:***<br /><br />Just further to my earlier comment, from today's Sunday News:<br /><br />"Schools blind to bright Maori<br /><br />Gifted Maori children are being overlooked in the classroom because teachers are failing to recognise their unique genius, says a researcher.<br /><br />Massey University education associate professor Jill Bevan-Brown said schools tend to focus on academic subjects but giftedness in Maori students is broader.<br /><br />"Not all teachers are aware of Maori concepts of giftedness – and because they are not aware of those concepts they won't see them."<br /><br />A Maori child may also feel uncomfortable or undervalued in the class so they purposely hide their abilities, she said.<br /><br />Ministry of Education figures show Maori students lag behind the rest of the population when it comes to school success.<br /><br />Dr Bevan-Brown said it is time for schools to take a Maori perspective.<br /><br />Often a quiet, well-liked Maori pupil will bring out the best in other children in the class or playground, she said.<br /><br />Although a confident leader, the child doesn't seek recognition and may be overlooked if they fail to shine in maths and English.<br /><br />"Generally we focus on the academic areas. There is a hierarchy of subjects and other areas of giftedness suffer," Bevan-Brown said.<br /><br />"Social giftedness is just as important. Being outstanding in manaakitanga [hospitality] for example, is just as important as being gifted in maths."<br /><br />Around 15% of the population are estimated to be gifted but 15% of the Maori population are not in special programmes, she said...<br /><br />http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/latest-edition/6709291/Schools-blind-to-bright-MaoriKiwiguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-49450369631554848162012-04-08T01:35:30.683-04:002012-04-08T01:35:30.683-04:00***Their favourite subjects are music/painting/phy...***Their favourite subjects are music/painting/physical education (42.6%), while they dislike math (38.1%), social studies (19.2%) and Korean (12.7%) (Kang, 2010).***<br /><br />I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same with polynesian migrants to NZ.Kiwiguynoreply@blogger.com