Teaching in a Korean Public Middle School: Part II

[hyuki91]

wow this is sooooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!! they all seem super exited!!

[MissAyeGo]

Thank you for uploading this, Simon! I'm applying to teach in Asia at the moment, and this is a really excellent lesson idea! :)

[Raifaislittlemonster]

My class room look like a toilet compared to this one LOL

[JanuaryBlack1996]

This method of being active, playing games, and using the words repeatativly is a good way to learn a language. I take Spanish and my teacher does this kind of stuff and I learn and obtain a lot more than if I had just sat doing book work all the time.

[karola92goln]

there should be more english teacher like you! i would listen to your class nonstop o.o

[PepsiMewMew]

I love that. The animated armpit and foot miming barely get's a blink but you threaten a homeroom massacre and it’s stand-up gold!

[BejzhUkrej]

Seems like a fun class! Good job! BTW, what's the title of the background song, it's really catchy! :D

[LadyKittyofSSP]

He looks like a fun teacher! XD

[AyleSeventeen]

these kids are middle schoolers? O__O hahahha..they look like a lot of the students in my highschool ><

[deCaramelCoffee]

i wish i can sit in a classroom that looks like that everyday.

[GrowingYellowDaisy]

Hahaha, I see Lee Min Ho and G-Dragon :D

[Hassiat]

LOL kanye west and barack obama .. BUSH ?! LOL

[9WonderfulAngels]

I'm looking into this line of work. Teaching English in another country like Korea. Thank you. By the way, as I watched this video, I realized everyone in the camera was wearing glasses compared to here when I'm almost always the only one ..lol.

[HikariYami]

Still can't get used to Simon's non-red hair haha. And I'm a college student and sound effects definitely keep me awake LOL.

[bubba2494]

Simon is a pro at teaching kids :P

[MichelleLikeCookies]

omg xD i was like the students in the class "so amazed" xD

[KayachanGD]

I would recognize my gorgeous babe G-Dragon from a mile away! =D

[iVickaayx3]

Omg Simon come teach me

[NonKoreanKpopFan]

He teaches better than any of my teachers, and I'm in freakin PRIVATE SCHOOL!!!! Isn't this what I'm supposed to pay for?

[Makysha]

@NonKoreanKpopFan They already made a presentation on how teaching on private schools is way more lame and therefore teaching might be so, as well. In korea, that is xP

[inusuki511]

You put an extreme amount of effort into your presentations I admire that so much. I'm sure it took you forever to make the slide show and all the card boxes and cars and people sheets and to laminate things. You are such an awesome teacher.

[CeliaaPurple]

public school!? that's better than my private school ><!

[KyuubiShawol]

'they love death threats'

[spisflix]

Thumbs up for G dragon on the cards!

[PEACEout2thePEOPLE]

This is really random, but a lot of them wear glasses...

So do I, though. But yeah...

I want to play this kind of game~ (LEE MIN HO!)

[MelGemmaRichardson]

how do they even understand you?

[mugimugi37]

@MelGemmaRichardson Most of the time the students know some English beforehand, that of a 3 or 4 year old. However most are not confident in their English so maybe that's why it seems like they have no clue what's going on.

[nevichax5]

This reminds me one of my former English teachers ^^ ah~ I miss her...

[ErikinaDaisy]

How do they understand so much!?

[Linzer007]

That's really cool!



[nspire25]

That's a high tech school... are all schools that high tech?

[mewlexii]

Have you noticed that all the korean (i think all) students in the video wore glasses? Good teeth health but bad eye care?

[immortal12angel]

@mewlexii Maybe it's from staying indoors and studying too much? I heard students in South Korea study for long hours. The more you get outdoors, the better off your vision will be because you'll be less likely to develop myopia.

[jwjan]

@mewlexii yeah possibly there's bad eye care issues... but lots of koreans wear glasses mainly because fewer people wear contact lenses.

[aSianLuvv]

i spotted gdragon on the screen right away. instincts.

[theobamathellama]

haha :they love death threts"

[MiaTakahashi]

Really good ideas for games. Where do you get these ideas from? X3

[animefan1025]

What program do you use to make your powerpoints?

I'd really like to know since they're so eye-catching and I might like to use it in the future.

[xxhemmy01xx]

THIS GAME SO SO CLEVER SIMON!!!

[princessjoycess17]

i wanna see martina teach too!!!

[MelGemmaRichardson]

i wanna see how martina teaches!

[meeltje2951]

Simon, please be my teacher hehe

[gyurifany09]

Simon seonsaengnim!!! Dayummmm such a good teacher!! Please be my professor LOLzz

[TheShahz97]

I want Simon to be my teacher !

[iammeakame]

omg... its the classroom from the future

[xd0rki]

What school do you teach at? I was thinking about moving to korea for middle skool ^____^ but like i've got a lot of questions so i hope you can answer them =)

[xxfiloxx]

Looks like a prestige school.

[sickhawkz1]

wow.. all of them have glasses

[XiTuPet]

I like how all the boys have the same hairstyle lmaoo

[AMANDAtheAWESOMEone]

^_^ The kids in the main continuous shot are wearing glasses. :D

It is so cute. I wear glasses.

[mcbrayer77]

why do all the students have glasses on 0_o

[AMANDAtheAWESOMEone]

@mcbrayer77 Hehe. I noticed too.

[eda5936]

IF...you break my cards...

YOU WILL DIE...

god simon, you crack me up

[MrsYoonicorn]

Omfg I wanna be an English teacher in a foreign country now! Lolol I'd use all of your tips and be like, the most faboo teacher on the block

[IrmCik]

i wish i had a teacher like u in middle school i'm already in college classes r never this fun too bad :D

[SoshiLoveable]

My class would be either doing something else or talking to friends instead of being quiet when it is game time :)

[KawaiiIchigoDesu]

i =m not sure y but i really love watching these teaching vids

[NinkaPanda]

OMG SIMON!!!!! I LOVE YOUR CLOTHES!! Where do you buy your sweaters? You're so fabulous. 

[thesilentblur]

"They love death threats" lol xD

[koreangirl891]

when he said rule number 5 i thought he was going to say have fun

[blingblingshineshine]

i saw Edward Cullen LOL!

Martina must've insisted on him,haha :D

[staraplle88]

ID KILL MY ENGLISH TEACHER SO YOU CAN REPLACE HIM!!!!!! but apparently i have to be in korea:(... hmm ill go to a public school and THEN kill my english teacher and recommend you:D pretty much ill continue killing my english teachers until either you or martina shows up:D MISSION GO!!!!!

[duuffos]

GD woot wooot!

[Girlee95]

@duuffos hahaha I SAW GD TOO ;D

[sannetussch22]

@duuffos And TOP ^_^

[blingblingshineshine]

@sannetussch22 WHERE??!!!I DIDN'T SEE HIM SHOWMEEE!!!!!!!

[sannetussch22]

@blingblingshineshine :) Maybe it's difficult for you to see because there is a cross trough it but at 6:49 you see right page the thirst pic at the top ^_^ That is TOP just read what is under the pic I am sure you can read it

[UltraHanisah]

I wish Simon and Martina would be teacher s at my school. You guys are fun people

[thelegendxp]

Just a shoutout:

You are an absolutely amazing teacher! We seriously need more teachers like you in Korea! As a matter of fact, everywhere! The students must be very grateful to have such talented teacher :)

[ksh1991eb19]

I recognize myself when i was in Korea ... It was pretty nice compared to south american reality where i am now

[ksh1991eb19]

I recognize myself when i was in Korea ... It was pretty nice compared to south american reality where i am

[GrimJawSkull26]

I spotted Lee Min Ho on one of the cards @ 6:50.

[rawr6127]

-

"You Will Die" -Students Burst Out Laughing-

LOL, Not Takig You Seriously, Cute Kids.

[jaerinax]

simon's kinda a tough teacher.

[Angryjanitor3]

Do they know English well enough at that age to understand the instructions you're giving?

[emmaa2313]

obama. lml.

[MrRCPeter]

I don't like American schools!!!

[LaSmuffyDeWulf]

DO. NOT. BEND. MY. CARDS!!

[ElectronicRonya]

yeaaa lee min ho! :DDD

[ig852456]

I spot goo joon pyo!

[coloryoursound]

OMG! that's a PUBLIC SCHOOL????????

& I thought my school was nice(private) >.<

[alkoreah]

cool

please keep uploading classes like this

[souldragon9]

why don't we have lessons like this in europe ?! we never play games :'( it's always : take your book on page .... and that for 8 hours straight !

[carxshii]

thats a PUBLIC middle school?? seriously?? its nicer than my high school.. wait no actually its nicer than my university classroom haha

[carxshii]

thats a PUBLIC middle school?? seriously?? so thats funded by the government.. waaahh its nicer than my highschool..

[CHERRIOGRANDE]

i would like to have as a teacherr lol .

[ForeverCellist]

Holy cow! That's so much fancier than my middle school! O__O

[iEGeek]

Hey look, it's Kanye, and is that Robert Pattinson?

I wonder if they have Twi-hards there.

[MITSUKIISDEAD]

Just a suggestion you take the Korean Cultural Education videos like this and make a playlist?

[HyuugaYouka]

These high school videos are AWESOME.

They love death threats? xDDD

[Gyozomroka]

@HyuugaYouka they do, actually. Korean students make lots of jokes about "do you want to die!?" A Korean friend explained to me that it sounds much less harsh in Korean, especially because they often use "die" as a compliment as in "your looks could kill" type of way.

[SoshiLoveable]

@Gyozomroka snsd Yuri did this "you die" on IY. i had no idea it was common

[xoxoMADinLovexoxo]

kanye west, beyonce ?

i see them in there i think :D

[XxDeAdLyCuPcAkExX]

They have real nice class rooms in Korea. My classroom is this horrible blue and this awfully bright yellow. Each classroom. Its horrible with the florescent lighting. Oh by the way, do they have any foreign students? I've been wondering if any of the public schools have american foreign students. I think it'd be really cool if they did.

[NoVictory39]

Amazing class control :) congratulations :D they're having fun and practicing

[akiheavenly6]

Don't rip my cards. JUGULLE?! XD

Good class, Simon.

[knightglory]

what is your program I would like it for my mac

[eisfield]

You are a really good teacher. :) when I had english classes all we did was read texts and boring stuff like that.. we never did games.

[SoshiLoveable]

@eisfield i read english books during my science class cos my science teachers bore me to death with the way they bring up everything -.- 

[alexisannquirk]

@eisfield Because well...we know english xD If we learned korean, we would learn korean games ^-^

[eisfield]

@alexisannquirk yeah but english is not my mother language so even in the beginning we didn't do games of the basics :(

[KingSunpy]

I see G.D :)

[123muahaha]

isn't this guess who?

[greenenergy17]

Wow, that was an amazing lesson. This will be a lesson that I hope to teach in my future Korean classroom.

[redeljann]

IF! You Break my Card! You Will Die. lol

[jeitFRIGHT]

don't touch! XD

[ammicky1]

Why weren't any of my english classes look like that? =_=

[xxxAmethystGirlxxx]

Thats a cool game idea. LOL I saw GD/G-Dargon, TOP, Rain, and Lee Minho have to say I like them alot. If my teacher used this in our class I would have listened.

[NonchalantLorelei]

I wanna be in your class, English class would then be the highlight of my day.

[fyfahh]

wahhhhh i would loveee to have an english teacherrr like you x) and wahhhh these pupils are so lucky -_- their classroom(?) is like so pretttayyy,

[sarahkpopaddict]

korean students are so quiet and nice to the teacher :D

[AZNGoSu]

LOL @ the picture of kanye west

[bondingo]

You're a fantastic teacher! You were so prepared and really engaging. I hope someday I can teach like you do!

[Ravenclawnerd]

Korean students are so polite, Americans are so rude, always talking above the teacher! And I'm still a student!

[tokee1234567]

@Ravenclawnerd they only talk over the teacher when the teacher's incompetent, not confident in teaching and don't look like he can handle the job...

[Ravenclawnerd]

@tokee1234567 some kids still talk while the teacher is talking, whether they are confident or not. It's annoying

[tokee1234567]

@Ravenclawnerd yea.. I think it can never be fixed though... usually if the kids themselves are serious, they're quiet.. but you know children.. even in college ppl keep chatting during class. it's annoying but I think there's nothing to be done

[strawberrynkiwi]

this is my favorite video. please do more videos about teaching in korea... this is something i want to do in the near future. are you guys teaching in a public or private school?

[Jun9095]

MC MONG!! >D

i would love you as my teacher...for korean. xDD

[TheLessThenThreeTV]

People in america are to lazy to learn a different langauge! Im just glad that at least a few people here are willing

[AnnyeongBaby]

Awww cute class! (saying that, they're probably older than me....)

But tee hee, as soon as the board popped up, I spotted Lee Minho, im half impressed by my fangirl power and half ashamed by it xD

I love this game though~ great idea!

[tisoy0000]

Cool teacher :)

[loaugust]

Interesting lesson.

[misake90]

mm? y dun d gal jux ask its a s/he. den she wun hv 2 cancel either d guys/gals. hmm...guess dey hvent figure tat out yet...

[koshercrab]

How many classes do you teach per day? Does your wife teach too?

[xRealxKagomex]

omg i saw g dragon on the picturesss keke

[billytalent03forever]

why do they all have glasses? lol

okay, for a more serious question: 1. Where in Korea is this? 2. Is it actually a public school? It's very high tech! 3. how many years have you been teaching in korea? 4. do you like working in korea? 5. do the students staff, and other teachersrespect you?

[cuercusset]

@billytalent03forever 1. that's Bucheon, located at the outskirt of Seoul. 2. I'm not sure but school facilities are more or less the same regardless of being private or public. 3. I heard that this year is Simon and Martina's third year in korea. hope it helps :)

[tokee1234567]

@billytalent03forever 2. they teach at the public school

[ToiletsfullofPoop]

._.

I want your powerpoint skills.

[donteatmyflesh]

Wow how high tech!

[musical1]

these are awesome lessons!! i am hired to start in July...getting so excited after watching!!! ^_^

thanks~~~

[heyjeshx]

i have such a crush on u simon

[jkwonjkwon]

AMAZING~!

[bubbles02010]

u're an awesome teacher!

[eternalrose1990]

does anyone know the song used in the background of the video? it's quite catchy =)

[therenschchild1]

thats some advanced classroom

[lonelyviolin87]

I guess it because they aren't bad as my school....i mean The texas Memorial middle school is really bad...students don't care who they talk to if its an adult or vistiors...they use profanity, and fight among themselves... its bad...

[unplugged123]

wut kind of board are you using there?

[teacupko]

its a tv

[jetswing]

hahaha death threats!

[HaniBlive]

I wish my highschool classrooms looked like that

[samsters1489]

This looked like fun haha I wish my teachers would do something like that in college lol

[WackEJackie]

Wow, you seem like a fun teacher and very hard working :)

I wish I could be taught by you!

[DarkLinxP]

wow even though im a college student right now this looks super fun!!

its cool how you seem to really take a lot of time and effort into making these fun games for these students...it wouldve been great if i had a teacher who did this for me back when i was in middle school! keep up the good work!

[pasdpseudo]

this is awesome

[kiruxhanyou]

LOL seems fun.

but do you not know korean well?

i mean, do you live there?

[jdk772002]

Good lesson, and awesome that you took the time to make it available to other teachers. I'll be moving to Korea to teach in May. I was wondering how many hours a week/month you actually spend teaching.

[sjyoo14]

the first boy who asked looked like junho of 2pm.. whats his name? how old is he? hahahaha :))))))

[KakuKachoO]

LOL G Dragon was eliminated

[Hadra568]

Your students call you by your first name?

[bengalifob]

they should teach core French like you teach them English.

[alyssasamonte]

lol they all have glasses!

[1314iloveyou]

i would have never fallen asleep in eng class if i had you as my teacher

lol this was much more interesting than reading plain ol' Shakespeare in class every day

[gaibei9]

I want to applaud you guys on coming up with such a captivating lesson! The students seemed attentive, and it even caught my attention throughout the whole video. Take care and best of luck to you guys in Korea!

[ilyunho]

i would love to be in that class if i was in korea in middle school. you keep things interesting :)

shout out from toronto :D

[Hoyhhh]

If my school was that nice I bet I would like studying XD

[flippinxgymnast]

WHOAH THE SCHOOL IS AMAZING!!!!! my school has a smartboard and i thought that was advance lol

[supmanlol1]

wth.. thats public middle school in korea? holy ..=O...

[sjyoo14]

i know riight.. i thought it was a private...

[DraggingMorons]

What? that is public school?

It is WAAAY advanced than the normal schools.

[smexxyone]

I was just about to say. Do all standard public schools in Korea have this kind of technology? Seems highly unlikely to me.

[roboticxcupcake]

@smexxyone That's what I thought, originally. I assumed that it was a school for the gifted, but simonandmartina said that it was a "normal public school" in a recent comment.

He said that his classroom was "just recently" renovated which explains why it's so advanced.

[eyeprefernot2]

actually, believe it or not, most korean public schools do have this technology. at least, my school does and so do my friends' schools.

[cutepenguinz]

lol t.o.p was on it! and was that minzy i saw?

[XsoxroX]

I am not even a teacher and this looked fun !

[ZanyaZalkran]

Do you play Simon Says? XD

[Arrekushizu1127]

Dude, I wish I had you as a teacher!