Saturday, March 12, 2011  Suramu Danku, and Hyeongnim Status
... or Slam Dunk is the name of a Japanese manga comic series
familiar to most Korean males under 30. It centers around the
Shohoku high school basketball team, and particularly the
exploits of a delinqent named Sakuragi who is rehabilitated as
this team of misfits fights its way toward the national
championship. I mention this because I was informed by my new
co-teacher Mr Kim (he of the case of the switched amplifier)
that it is the source of my new nickname among the freshyear
students.  Study the team image above and see if you can figure
out who the students think I resemble. Tough choice, I know, but
if you picked Mitsuyoshi Anzai, the team coach in the brown
jacket, give yourself two points.  At first, I wasn't sure I
liked being nicknamed for a manga character, but after reading
up a bit on the series, it's actually a compliment.  Anzai is
known as the "white-haired Buddha" because of his mild manner
and strategic brilliance as a coach, and