I have to bow and greet my principle and vice principle every day, and any time I see them in the hall, as I hear a lot of other teachers have to do. I end up seeing my principle six or seven times a day just around the school and bow/greet every time. Every single time he just dead-pans straight ahead and doesn't even acknowledge that I exist. One time I walked through a busy area of the school and missed him, totally by accident. He called my co-teacher the next day and complained that I did not bow. I'd bowed to him about six times that day already.Students also wave and shout hello at me in the halls. I wave and say hello back. He called to complain that he has seen me waving and I should be bowing. Waving is not korean.Another time I bowed to him, the vice principle and another teacher who were all stood talking together. He called my co-teacher and complained that I bowed to the three of them collectively and should have bowed to him individually.Today he called my co-teacher to complain that I bowed to him too deeply while he was standing next to parents and I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.BOWING POLITICS
Quote from: DLJL on September 10, 2015, 03:50:26 pmI have to bow and greet my principle and vice principle every day, and any time I see them in the hall, as I hear a lot of other teachers have to do. I end up seeing my principle six or seven times a day just around the school and bow/greet every time. Every single time he just dead-pans straight ahead and doesn't even acknowledge that I exist. One time I walked through a busy area of the school and missed him, totally by accident. He called my co-teacher the next day and complained that I did not bow. I'd bowed to him about six times that day already.Students also wave and shout hello at me in the halls. I wave and say hello back. He called to complain that he has seen me waving and I should be bowing. Waving is not korean.Another time I bowed to him, the vice principle and another teacher who were all stood talking together. He called my co-teacher and complained that I bowed to the three of them collectively and should have bowed to him individually.Today he called my co-teacher to complain that I bowed to him too deeply while he was standing next to parents and I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.BOWING POLITICSPRINCIPAL!!PRINCIPAL!!PRIN-CI-PAL!!!!!!!
I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.
Quote from: DLJL on September 10, 2015, 03:50:26 pmI have to bow and greet my principle and vice principle every day, and any time I see them in the hall, as I hear a lot of other teachers have to do. I end up seeing my principle six or seven times a day just around the school and bow/greet every time. Every single time he just dead-pans straight ahead and doesn't even acknowledge that I exist. One time I walked through a busy area of the school and missed him, totally by accident. He called my co-teacher the next day and complained that I did not bow. I'd bowed to him about six times that day already.Students also wave and shout hello at me in the halls. I wave and say hello back. He called to complain that he has seen me waving and I should be bowing. Waving is not korean.Another time I bowed to him, the vice principle and another teacher who were all stood talking together. He called my co-teacher and complained that I bowed to the three of them collectively and should have bowed to him individually.Today he called my co-teacher to complain that I bowed to him too deeply while he was standing next to parents and I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.BOWING POLITICSChristI couldn't deal with that.
The other one was on an after-school meal.There was a junior trainee teacher, young guy, bit of an arse.After the meal we were driving to a bar. They stopped my at house and told me to get out. "We are going to a bar, real teachers only" said the trainee.................... ...Other was at a different after-school meal at a different school. I was friendly with the art teacher since her desk was next to mine. The PE teacher was teasing her about it in Korean- "Do you love him? haha" etc etcBitch said "No way! His nose is big!" and proceeded to make exaggerated 'big nose' hand gestures.
Quote from: zola on September 11, 2015, 09:41:50 amQuote from: DLJL on September 10, 2015, 03:50:26 pmI have to bow and greet my principle and vice principle every day, and any time I see them in the hall, as I hear a lot of other teachers have to do. I end up seeing my principle six or seven times a day just around the school and bow/greet every time. Every single time he just dead-pans straight ahead and doesn't even acknowledge that I exist. One time I walked through a busy area of the school and missed him, totally by accident. He called my co-teacher the next day and complained that I did not bow. I'd bowed to him about six times that day already.Students also wave and shout hello at me in the halls. I wave and say hello back. He called to complain that he has seen me waving and I should be bowing. Waving is not korean.Another time I bowed to him, the vice principle and another teacher who were all stood talking together. He called my co-teacher and complained that I bowed to the three of them collectively and should have bowed to him individually.Today he called my co-teacher to complain that I bowed to him too deeply while he was standing next to parents and I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.BOWING POLITICSChristI couldn't deal with that.I'd say I don't understand and would ask that he personally show me. If he did I'd say thanks and walk away. If he didn't I would give the deepest bow every time I saw him.Child.
The other one was on an after-school meal.There was a junior trainee teacher, young guy, bit of an arse.After the meal we were driving to a bar. They stopped my at house and told me to get out. "We are going to a bar, real teachers only" said the trainee.................... ...
Why do so many expats walk around looking literally homeless with zero regard to their own personal appearance? I see people unironically wearing oversized, ill-fitting clothes, with unwashed hair and unshaven faces all the time. In public places. Like, how far do you have to fall to not even remotely care about your appearance when other people have to look at you?I know people in Western countries do this, too, but the percentage is much lower. But here, go out anywhere where there are lots of expats, and it looks like half of them just rolled out of bed. Gross.
Quote from: waygo0k on September 10, 2015, 03:57:10 pmPRINCIPAL!!PRINCIPAL!!PRIN-CI-PAL!!!!!!!How should I respond to this post regarding pedantic, petty and irritating individuals? I'll think about it later, first I'll just point out a grammar error.
PRINCIPAL!!PRINCIPAL!!PRIN-CI-PAL!!!!!!!
Why do some expats feel it's within their to judge others judging others (be that clothes or otherwise)
Quote from: waygo0k on September 10, 2015, 03:57:10 pmQuote from: DLJL on September 10, 2015, 03:50:26 pmI have to bow and greet my principle and vice principle every day, and any time I see them in the hall, as I hear a lot of other teachers have to do. I end up seeing my principle six or seven times a day just around the school and bow/greet every time. Every single time he just dead-pans straight ahead and doesn't even acknowledge that I exist. One time I walked through a busy area of the school and missed him, totally by accident. He called my co-teacher the next day and complained that I did not bow. I'd bowed to him about six times that day already.Students also wave and shout hello at me in the halls. I wave and say hello back. He called to complain that he has seen me waving and I should be bowing. Waving is not korean.Another time I bowed to him, the vice principle and another teacher who were all stood talking together. He called my co-teacher and complained that I bowed to the three of them collectively and should have bowed to him individually.Today he called my co-teacher to complain that I bowed to him too deeply while he was standing next to parents and I made it look as if he is a difficult man who demands deep bows from his teachers.BOWING POLITICSPRINCIPAL!!PRINCIPAL!!PRIN-CI-PAL!!!!!!!How should I respond to this post regarding pedantic, petty and irritating individuals? I'll think about it later, first I'll just point out a grammar error.