How realistic are K-dramas?! 😳 🌿

Ask me anything~!!!! 😘

2023. 7. 18.

Hello Everyone~! ❤️

I'm back with another TEUIDA weekly newsletter!!!! Hope you're all having a great day so far and that you're staying motivated in learning Korean and maybe even Japanese?! On TEUIDA 🔥 This week, I wanted to catch up on a few questions I've been getting from you guys so it will be an AMA! ❤️ (Ask Me Anything) !!!!

At first I was worried about doing too many AMAs (incase you guys get bored) but the questions are different every time so I think it'll still be fun hehe 😃 AS ALWAYS THOUGH, I'd love to hear about different topics you'd like me to talk about in the form below! Any feedback is appreciated ❤️ From. Sherly

01. I know dramas are not a true representation of reality; but, I am curious why some characters in k-dramas often have more than one bank book? 💸

Hello~! Thank you for your question. This is such an interesting + detailed question that I really never expected to be asked but after seeing it, I started doing some research about other countries and I learned for the first time that having multiple bank accounts is weird & could affect your credit score?! Well in Korea having multiple bank books just means you have multiple accounts & this is completely NORMAL 🤑

Most people in Korea have multiple bank accounts and usually with different banks as well! It is really normalized to have different accounts for your savings/spendings/ investments/ emergency/ etc. and I even know someone who has a separate bank account for shopping! 👠 I think this is because making cards/accounts is really really easy in Korea and you can literally just get a new card if you feel like getting the benefits of that card. 😃 Just like the US there are different benefits you can get from different cards so yeah! It wouldn't negatively affect your credit to have multiple & all the accounts (even if they are different banks) can all be connected through one banking app! 📱

I personally have like 3 accounts from different banks and they all have different purposes & the bank books are all different colors lol ! I hope that answered your question & if you don't know what I'm talking about I've put an image of the Korean bank book below!!! 📷

02. Is bullying in Korea really that bad as the dramas show us? 😥

Sorry for the heavy topic again guys 🤧 But I thought I would have to answer this given that this isn't the first time I've gotten this question. TRIGGER WARNING: If you might get triggered by mentions of bullying please skip this question 🗣️

To answer your question, yes bullying is as bad as dramas show but no it doesn't happen to everyone. Since I attended an international school in Korea, I didn't really experience physical bullying the way that it is shown (but sky castle do be rly realistic to me). 😃

However, some of my friends who attended Korean school actually say that The Glory brought back some memories for them. I even watched an interview of someone saying that The Glory was actually pretty tame compared to what he's seen. 😭

Of course, laws are getting more tight and the country is learning (which is why shows are coming out to call out bullying like this) so things are getting better. This is also why so many people are being cancelled for being bullies (because it has become normal to actually talk about it now) 😶 But I wouldn't want to just paint a utopian romanticized view of Korea in this newsletter & I want to be honest with you guys. Just as any country has weaknesses/problematic aspects, bullying in Korea is very problematic and must be stopped. I'm hopeful for a better future & for a better Korea! ❤️

View the interview below 👇

03. Is it practical to you bow when you greet someone younger than you? 👧

Great question! My answer is: depends on how much younger. 😃

Would you bow to a child or someone who looks like they're a elementary/middle/high school student? Nope that would be pretty weird haha 😭 BUT anything other than that I feel like you can never really tell if someone is older/younger. SO it would be the safest to just bow anyways! Even most adults who I'm pretty sure *know* that I am much younger, will bow to me initially if we're meeting for the first time. This, of course, depends on the context! If I am meeting my friends parent they would never bow to me BUT if I'm meeting the parent of a student I tutor, they would bow to me. (Even though they know I am much much younger than them). In a work context or professional context, you would bow regardless of age!

As all cultural things, there aren't really written rules or anything for this, you kind of just figure it out as you go! But if you're in doubt, just bow anyways! Because it would be better to be seen as too polite than rude! ❤️

04. K-SLANG

Let's end with a new Korean Slang!!!

Word of the Week ❤️

One of you gave me this good idea to have a word of the week challenge! I love this idea SO the plan is: I'm going to give you a word every week and you guys have to try to make a sentence with that word!!! 🔥 If you don't want yours to be shared let me know:)

Word of the week: 수업

(P.S. some of you said that this is hard cuz the translations you find might not be correct, I am purposely giving you easy words that are easily translated)

Leave your sentences below!!!!

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