tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post2008077756337346915..comments2023-04-14T06:07:19.995-06:00Comments on Idaho to Russia to Korea: Cute stationary will be the death of meAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12527857562579743889noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-23266022150617346612012-03-31T12:26:34.949-06:002012-03-31T12:26:34.949-06:00Hi! I just came across this site today and I wante...Hi! I just came across this site today and I wanted to comment how this is really true: my best friend is Korean and when she visits it every summer, she always brings back the *cutest* pencils and scented pens for me. I'm totally in love with them too!alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798115299350565606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-21957821891647903932010-11-24T10:40:10.936-07:002010-11-24T10:40:10.936-07:00Lisa, thank you for reminding me that this was som...Lisa, thank you for reminding me that this was something that was popular among my teenage students in Moscow as well, but there was a huge different - that being the level of obsession. Some teenage girls in Moscow and in the States are excited about pens that smell like grape or cool pencil cases, but here, I think ALL students are obsessed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527857562579743889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-86247008148611382302010-11-24T04:16:48.957-07:002010-11-24T04:16:48.957-07:00When I was in school we were all obsessed about pe...When I was in school we were all obsessed about pen boxes! If you didn't have a cool one you were not considered to be a human being :)<br /><br />It looked something like this:<br />http://teddymarket.ru/images/goods_pics/big/6760.jpg<br /><br />And the "level of coolness" was graded by the picture outside.<br /><br />Also each of us had a great collection of pens of all colors to write every heading with different one :) I remember there were even ones with sparkles and the coolest ones were silver and gold ;D<br /><br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-69317895093051554812010-11-23T13:18:28.312-07:002010-11-23T13:18:28.312-07:00My little sister has always been this way too. I a...My little sister has always been this way too. I always found it very odd. She is actually a huge japanese fan (it's her best subject in college) and has really taken an interest in the culture. I know there is a different between japanese and korean, but I just find it interesting that my little sister had these same tendencies all growing up and later latched on to that type of culture.Kelly Stadiumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602104020310386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-27206523157735305182010-11-23T06:24:00.604-07:002010-11-23T06:24:00.604-07:00Not sure how old your students are, but I wonder i...Not sure how old your students are, but I wonder if obsessing about a pencil is anything like obsessing about the car with the cool wheels and a sub-woofer in the back that a boy in the U.S. might find important. The pencil is certainly safer, cheaper and will get him further in his academics.candi durusuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963741861093717434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3817732563145377093.post-47150188889532464202010-11-22T22:05:45.774-07:002010-11-22T22:05:45.774-07:00I remember loving my "cute stationery" a...I remember loving my "cute stationery" as a child - even as a teenager - heck - even as young adult! I don't think it was because of the pressures of academia though. I did a lot more letter writing back then. Once email became the mode of long distance communication, my letter writing ebbed and pretty much became extinct!<br />Maybe that's what we need here in the states - more cute stationery for kids. Do you think more "cute stationery" will improve the test scores?!!! I doubt it! Ah, but that's another soap box of mine ;)Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666875130512348683noreply@blogger.com