I wonder if they do it because they know they don't need to put any effort into their actual teaching. They've probably taught the same material day in day out for the past 20 years so they're way past the point of having to put any effort in. Also teachers don't seem to be strictly evaluated here like they are in the UK (just my own point of reference) so again they can just get away with it.
Finally, I got an answer. For the longest time, I couldn't understand why all my classes are fitted with more than a dozens fluorescent lights, why my CTs insist on turning every one of them on regardless of incoming sunlight and why everything in Korea is generally lit up to 6500k. I wasn't getting straight answers and I initially assumed that was some kind of collectivist mindset that everything bright is "good". Turns out, it's the parents and their belief in BS.My CTs make sure that every light is searing through my corneas to prevent any wrath from parents. Apparently, anything dimmer than an upscale department store makeup isle, will certainly lead to permanent eye damage, according to the parents. I'm not sure from which quack they got this information, but it's right up there with fan-death and only blonde-haired and blue-eyed people being native English speakers. It's a myth that dim lighting causes eye damage. It does cause eye-strain, which tires your vision quicker, but no damage at all. Furthermore, the absence of brightness is NOT dimness, it's a range measured in Kelvin, for God's sake. I think we can blame binary thinking again. The reason this bothers me is that, at the front of the class, I'm standing under the full-fury of the insanely bright lights. I also took it upon myself, as a teacher, to make a few students (the future of this country) understand the environmental cost of wasting electricity. Now, I'm not such a bastard that I'm going to put my CT, who is terrified of the parents, in the line of fire by... turning off a light (was hard to write that). I'll let her have her way, but I'll keep teaching my students to be responsible with their electricity usage. It's also pretty laughable that parents are concerned about their kids being subjected to a single Kelvin under 6500k, while happily allowing them to hold a smartphone 3cm from their noses, for half the time their eyes are open.
Quote from: Aristocrat on September 19, 2019, 12:36:26 pmFinally, I got an answer. For the longest time, I couldn't understand why all my classes are fitted with more than a dozens fluorescent lights, why my CTs insist on turning every one of them on regardless of incoming sunlight and why everything in Korea is generally lit up to 6500k. I wasn't getting straight answers and I initially assumed that was some kind of collectivist mindset that everything bright is "good". Turns out, it's the parents and their belief in BS.My CTs make sure that every light is searing through my corneas to prevent any wrath from parents. Apparently, anything dimmer than an upscale department store makeup isle, will certainly lead to permanent eye damage, according to the parents. I'm not sure from which quack they got this information, but it's right up there with fan-death and only blonde-haired and blue-eyed people being native English speakers. It's a myth that dim lighting causes eye damage. It does cause eye-strain, which tires your vision quicker, but no damage at all. Furthermore, the absence of brightness is NOT dimness, it's a range measured in Kelvin, for God's sake. I think we can blame binary thinking again. The reason this bothers me is that, at the front of the class, I'm standing under the full-fury of the insanely bright lights. I also took it upon myself, as a teacher, to make a few students (the future of this country) understand the environmental cost of wasting electricity. Now, I'm not such a bastard that I'm going to put my CT, who is terrified of the parents, in the line of fire by... turning off a light (was hard to write that). I'll let her have her way, but I'll keep teaching my students to be responsible with their electricity usage. It's also pretty laughable that parents are concerned about their kids being subjected to a single Kelvin under 6500k, while happily allowing them to hold a smartphone 3cm from their noses, for half the time their eyes are open. ironically, i've heard that focusing constantly on something near to you (i.e. from studying too much) causes eye damage. i guess that's not something the parents want to hear/believe though
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 19, 2019, 07:55:19 amBut in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row. He came in first period yesterday when I had no class, looking sorry for himself. 'I can't teach today with you as I'm hungover'. Thing is, he volunteered us to do an open class next Thursday together. So yesterday, I said, 'maybe on Wednesday next week I'll go out and get wasted so I can't teach in the open class meaning you have to lead the class'. Cue some laughing. Maybe I was only half joking. I came in today, and his car is parked in the car park again. Three days in a row on the lash. Not really a venting thing. Been here too long to be pissed off by these things and generally my classes are planned so that I don't need anyone ot help me. Just the unprofessionalism of it all. Am always amazed by the lack of dignity that goes with it too.
But in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row.
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 19, 2019, 07:55:19 amBut in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row. He came in first period yesterday when I had no class, looking sorry for himself. 'I can't teach today with you as I'm hungover'. Thing is, he volunteered us to do an open class next Thursday together. So yesterday, I said, 'maybe on Wednesday next week I'll go out and get wasted so I can't teach in the open class menaing you have to lead the class'. Cue some laughing. Maybe I was only half joking. I came in today, and his car is parked in the car park again. Three days in a row on the lash. Not really a venting thing. Been here too long to be pissed off by these things and generally my classes are planned so that I don't need anyone ot help me. Just the unprofessionalism of it all. Am always amazed by the lack of dignity that goes with it too.
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 20, 2019, 06:52:49 amQuote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 19, 2019, 07:55:19 amBut in high school, it is still prevalent. I say this mainly among the older 40s and 50s male teachers. There is a group of 4 or 5 bloke teachers at my school who do this. One being my 2nd grade co-teacher. He is perfectly good at teaching. But yesterday, he came in saying he blacked out the night before, and he stank while talking to me. Fine, I had no classes with him yesterday. Then, when I come to school today his car is parked with the other notorious drinker's car who is in charge of the 3rd grade students (lest we forget, they have the uni entrance test in a couple of months). They weren't in school early, so it's obvious to me that they were out getting wasted leaving their cars at school. They rock up at 8:20 today, grinning, and no doubt stinking of booze. Two days in a row. He came in first period yesterday when I had no class, looking sorry for himself. 'I can't teach today with you as I'm hungover'. Thing is, he volunteered us to do an open class next Thursday together. So yesterday, I said, 'maybe on Wednesday next week I'll go out and get wasted so I can't teach in the open class menaing you have to lead the class'. Cue some laughing. Maybe I was only half joking. I came in today, and his car is parked in the car park again. Three days in a row on the lash. Not really a venting thing. Been here too long to be pissed off by these things and generally my classes are planned so that I don't need anyone ot help me. Just the unprofessionalism of it all. Am always amazed by the lack of dignity that goes with it too. Is this an 'on' and 'off' kind of thing for him, or is it all the time?
There are 4 or 5 of them, and it's always once a week at least. It's mainly as I'm in school first that I notice the cars in the morning. I work in high school, I finish late (after 8pm) so I know the feeling of being tired at the end of a day and I also know the Korean thing of 'blowing off steam' after a hard day. But I go home. These guys have wives. Go the fukc home and see your wives. Knowing how bad Koreans are at drinking, wouldn't you just hate being a wife and having to put up with your husband coming home one or two times a week wasted and having to deal with that? I have dinner with a couple of female co-teachers, who are my really good friends, and they complain about their husbands doing just this. It's just selfish, and like I said, a lack of professionalism and dignity. It's not a 'holier than thou' thing, just there is so much wrong with it that can affect a number of people.
Heat is coming down on Trudeau and Arasalan locks a civil discussion about blackface under the guise of "professional courtesy?" That's not moderating, it's plain up censorship. Lame.
Quote from: OnNut81 on September 20, 2019, 08:11:57 amHeat is coming down on Trudeau and Arasalan locks a civil discussion about blackface under the guise of "professional courtesy?" That's not moderating, it's plain up censorship. Lame. Well, do you really expect them to do the right thing around here?
Quote from: Ronnie Omelettes on September 20, 2019, 07:57:14 amThere are 4 or 5 of them, and it's always once a week at least. It's mainly as I'm in school first that I notice the cars in the morning. I work in high school, I finish late (after 8pm) so I know the feeling of being tired at the end of a day and I also know the Korean thing of 'blowing off steam' after a hard day. But I go home. These guys have wives. Go the fukc home and see your wives. Knowing how bad Koreans are at drinking, wouldn't you just hate being a wife and having to put up with your husband coming home one or two times a week wasted and having to deal with that? I have dinner with a couple of female co-teachers, who are my really good friends, and they complain about their husbands doing just this. It's just selfish, and like I said, a lack of professionalism and dignity. It's not a 'holier than thou' thing, just there is so much wrong with it that can affect a number of people. Totally agree with you. I have problem students who have issues with their fathers, and this is a common theme with them.
When you say "hot" but the little coffee shop ahjumma hears "ice", and you don't have the heart to make her fix it because you should have used the Korean word instead anyway.