I don't quite follow...How/why are you whistling?Are you whistling a harmless tune or are you whistling to get the attention of other teachers/students?I whistle softly on my way to and from school sometimes, but I never whistle to get someone's attention or while walking the halls, especially if classes are being held (no sound proofing).Are you saying that you whistle during your class?I don't quite follow that, but surely you can see how/why that is completely inappropriate and a distraction to your students, not to mention modeling "harmful" behavior.
Quote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 10:40:58 AMQuote from: kobayashi on April 06, 2017, 10:17:52 AMQuote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 09:47:38 AMit's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...translation: the kindergarten teacher wants an extra free period, and the dancing english monkey must provide! i would strongly encourage you to contact your MOE/POE about this. they are just gonna try pull the same shit with your replacement unless the MOE/POE puts them in their place.I don't know the difference between the MOE / POE, however, the only guy who speaks English at mine stopped taking / blocked my calls and emails once I started asking about renewing / getting transferred. :\However, the new teacher - if there is one (I still don't know if my job got cut or not, every week I get given a new reason why I wasn't able to renew / get transferred) shouldn't have time to do it anyway. They'll need that spare time to prepare for the afterschool class. It usually takes me Monday - Wednesday to prepare for my normal classes (I get a lot of free time on Wednesday's, on Thursday, I get about 2.5 hours of free time, however, the school only has 3 computers to use between all the staff members, so I can only use an hour of that time for prep. Friday, which is when they want the kindergarten class, has lunchtime - until end of the day available to prep).I'll probably leave it in my note to tell the MOE / POE if they get asked, if there is a replacement. A lot of schools in my area lost students this year, so I'm not sure if they are cutting a NET, just want a fresh new body that doesn't know how the Korean school system works - to try get more out of them, or if I generally didn't do a good enough job - however, I worked hard and wasn't anything if I wasn't doing well enough. :\MOE = Metropolitan Office of Education - these are what the offices of education are called in the major metropolitan cities (Daegu, Busan, Daejeon, etc.)POE = Provincial Office of Education. Same as above except for the provinces.they are the same thing, the name is just different depending on whether you live in a major metropolitan city or province.It was wholly unprofessional for that guy to stop taking your calls. I would actually contact EPIK about it.
Quote from: kobayashi on April 06, 2017, 10:17:52 AMQuote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 09:47:38 AMit's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...translation: the kindergarten teacher wants an extra free period, and the dancing english monkey must provide! i would strongly encourage you to contact your MOE/POE about this. they are just gonna try pull the same shit with your replacement unless the MOE/POE puts them in their place.I don't know the difference between the MOE / POE, however, the only guy who speaks English at mine stopped taking / blocked my calls and emails once I started asking about renewing / getting transferred. :\However, the new teacher - if there is one (I still don't know if my job got cut or not, every week I get given a new reason why I wasn't able to renew / get transferred) shouldn't have time to do it anyway. They'll need that spare time to prepare for the afterschool class. It usually takes me Monday - Wednesday to prepare for my normal classes (I get a lot of free time on Wednesday's, on Thursday, I get about 2.5 hours of free time, however, the school only has 3 computers to use between all the staff members, so I can only use an hour of that time for prep. Friday, which is when they want the kindergarten class, has lunchtime - until end of the day available to prep).I'll probably leave it in my note to tell the MOE / POE if they get asked, if there is a replacement. A lot of schools in my area lost students this year, so I'm not sure if they are cutting a NET, just want a fresh new body that doesn't know how the Korean school system works - to try get more out of them, or if I generally didn't do a good enough job - however, I worked hard and wasn't anything if I wasn't doing well enough. :\
Quote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 09:47:38 AMit's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...translation: the kindergarten teacher wants an extra free period, and the dancing english monkey must provide! i would strongly encourage you to contact your MOE/POE about this. they are just gonna try pull the same shit with your replacement unless the MOE/POE puts them in their place.
it's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...
Quote from: Mister Tim on April 06, 2017, 12:19:09 PMQuote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 12:15:59 PMI will get an official warning if I whistle in class again.One of my principals once asked my CoT to tell me to stop whistling in the halls, because it's "inappropriate in school." My CoT assured me that Koreans think whistling is very rude. None of the other Koreans I've talked to about it since then knew wtf they were talking about, but oh well. I stopped doing it at that school.I'm a whistler, though, so I do it and have done it at all my other schools . I'm reasonably good at it, too, so some of my students think it's neat.I don't even realise I'm doing it. My grandma just.................... does it. My Co-T thought I was slighting her, because she's asked me to stop a couple of times. I have no idea I'm doing it. I'm trying to be more conscious of it now. The best part is, she was kind of laying into me yesterday about it and how the VP knows now, and she said, QUOTE. "You've been dating (EX-GF NAME HERE) a long time and I thought she would have told you about Korean culture and what to do and not to do..........."Cue the waterworks............... "We broke up last week. (EXPLAIN VAGUE DETAILS HERE)"Oh................... She was much nicer to me for the rest of her rant about my whistling and clothing choices. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH
Quote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 12:15:59 PMI will get an official warning if I whistle in class again.One of my principals once asked my CoT to tell me to stop whistling in the halls, because it's "inappropriate in school." My CoT assured me that Koreans think whistling is very rude. None of the other Koreans I've talked to about it since then knew wtf they were talking about, but oh well. I stopped doing it at that school.I'm a whistler, though, so I do it and have done it at all my other schools . I'm reasonably good at it, too, so some of my students think it's neat.
I will get an official warning if I whistle in class again.
Does anyone remember people saying, "Please understand, this is our culture" over minor things back where they came from?
Quote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 01:12:44 PMDoes anyone remember people saying, "Please understand, this is our culture" over minor things back where they came from?I have literally never heard this phrase from a Korean person. I feel like I'm being left out of an inside joke. How many times have you guys heard it? I've heard "cock", when someone tries to say "coke". I've heard that countless times and each time it brings a chuckle out of me. I've actually tried to get a Korean to say it. Not as in "Hey, can you say this for me?", that would be too easy. Instead, I have actively manufactured situations to bring out that statement organically. "WTF! Why do Koreans do this!? It makes no sense!" But alas, nothing. My quest continues
Quote from: HyooMyron on April 06, 2017, 02:09:57 PMQuote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 01:12:44 PMDoes anyone remember people saying, "Please understand, this is our culture" over minor things back where they came from?I have literally never heard this phrase from a Korean person. I feel like I'm being left out of an inside joke. How many times have you guys heard it? I've heard "cock", when someone tries to say "coke". I've heard that countless times and each time it brings a chuckle out of me. I've actually tried to get a Korean to say it. Not as in "Hey, can you say this for me?", that would be too easy. Instead, I have actively manufactured situations to bring out that statement organically. "WTF! Why do Koreans do this!? It makes no sense!" But alas, nothing. My quest continuesI've heard it from one guy in particular about once or twice a month for the last few years. Then the odd person randomly.
Quote from: zola on April 06, 2017, 02:12:56 PMQuote from: HyooMyron on April 06, 2017, 02:09:57 PMQuote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 01:12:44 PMDoes anyone remember people saying, "Please understand, this is our culture" over minor things back where they came from?I have literally never heard this phrase from a Korean person. I feel like I'm being left out of an inside joke. How many times have you guys heard it? I've heard "cock", when someone tries to say "coke". I've heard that countless times and each time it brings a chuckle out of me. I've actually tried to get a Korean to say it. Not as in "Hey, can you say this for me?", that would be too easy. Instead, I have actively manufactured situations to bring out that statement organically. "WTF! Why do Koreans do this!? It makes no sense!" But alas, nothing. My quest continuesI've heard it from one guy in particular about once or twice a month for the last few years. Then the odd person randomly.Closest I've heard is "Please understand." Back home people are less polite and the most similar thing I can think of is, "Well, this is how we do things here." Usually with some 'tude.
ya'll have seriously never heard it? i've even read it in news articles. not that exact thing but close. something like "korea is unique because of blah blah blah," or "this issue is caused by the unique blah blah blah of korea". or when they report on crimes and what the perpetrator gave as an excuse, the perpetrators usually make some reference to some unique or special situation of theirs to excuse their crime.
I've never ever seen or heard the exact phrase "Please understand our/his/their/hers/whatevers unique situation". Its just a meme at this point
Quote from: Pennypie on April 06, 2017, 03:13:21 PM I've never ever seen or heard the exact phrase "Please understand our/his/their/hers/whatevers unique situation". Its just a meme at this pointAll memes are deep-seeded in reality and truth. Edit: Holy shit, it's deep-seated???????? I had no idea. Seed are low and they make strong roots, right? No? WHAT ELSE AM I WRONG ABOUT
I've never heard any reference to America being exceptional. Nor anyone saying, "If you don't love it, leave it" in a famous Merle Haggard song. No "That's the American Way" or any other similar argument used to explain anything from guns to the fact that we don't use a computer to call balls and strikes. If you seriously can't think of similar examples back home, you really need to open your mind more.
Edit: Holy shit, it's deep-seated???????? I had no idea. Seed are low and they make strong roots, right? No? WHAT ELSE AM I WRONG ABOUT