Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: children in japan: difficulty with school system, culture, and language Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:53:37 +0900 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <40BF0331.6010605@hotmail.com> References: <7a685be3.0405311506.45039c4f@posting.google.com> <2i25jbFi9cjjU1@uni-berlin.de> <2i3tuhFifgc8U1@uni-berlin.de> <9varb0h1ju72qdliqeb3dlgecpbhd66oo3@4ax.com> <1gesmss.1vsk7vd1drioubN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <2i8e39FkbvnnU1@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de IXMRtRVj7jzAkHSdPwbkgQ+84kwCXtd1bg6Ai8/WnP98s7IaO/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <2i8e39FkbvnnU1@uni-berlin.de> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14125 Ryan Ginstrom wrote: > Michael Cash wrote: > >>use "half" in any sort of negative, derogatory, or teasing way. When >>the other kids want to do something like that (and we all remember >>what nasty little bastards elementary school kids can be) the >>preferred appellation is "gaigin". > > Here in Okinawa, the hazing term of choice for "half" kids is "gunjin no > ko." Sounds more exotic than "Asian" at any rate. Is that also why you called the International School the American school? Or is that its actual name? Or an American school on a base or something? -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"