Interesting things I learned from teaching college aged kids

I am using this post in part to add much needed content to the blog after it slowing to a trickle.  The warm summer months  has that sort of effect on things, it is too nice out in Korea for me to want to spend time blogging but anything for our ESL Honeymoon Adventure!
 I also want to use this post as a reminder of some of the weird and interesting things I learned both about Korea and about the youth of Korea during our year long stay.

Driving

• There are actually two or more types of drivers licenses in Korea, a dry weather license which you get first, then a wet weather/snow driver's license afterward.  Not many people bother getting the second one and drive in wet weather anyway, but it gives them a lot more issues if they get into an accident when its raining.
• Also according to my adult students literally no one pays attention to the rules of the road, it is pretty much just accepted that people aren't going the speed limits and running red lights and stuff.
• Related to this the in vehicle fatal accident rate is almost double that of the USA.

Homosexuality

• Gay people do not exist in Korea according to adult (middle aged), but is pretty accepted and okay among the youth of Korea.
• Due to the older generation not being accepting of homosexuality most gay people have to keep their sexuality discreet.  
• The government is very big into censorship on the internet and any website they deem even vaguely against the interest of Korea gets blocked.  This includes any website thought to be even gay friendly.

The Internet/games

• Most Koreans don't really use the internet to browse or anything other than social networking.  Most of their internet usage is on either games, or social media sites like facebook.
• Despite being the world capital of Starcraft almost all of the Koreans I have met have never played the game and don't like online games.
• The games Koreans DO like are phone games especially ones which scores are shared between social media like Anipong.
• The mobile version of Minecraft is also massively popular, though I've mostly seen it with high school aged kids not so much college aged students.

Dating

• It isn't really considered cheating if you date other people until you actually are married, then it is wrong.
• Sex before marriage isn't thought of as wrong and there is no real concept of "saving yourself" for marriage.
• The average price of a meal you should be spending on the first date is around 50-60 dollars for the woman's meal according to the female students in my class.  This was confirmed that it should be about the right price according the the male students.
• Men are supposed to dress in full suits (not tuxedo but a suit) during a first date here.  Women are supposed to dress in a business casual type dress.

Those are a few things I've learned from my time teaching college kids.  Sadly I finished up my time teaching college aged kids.  Mind you half the things they told me could be fake but I chose to believe them because if you don't believe you'll kill Tinkerbell.