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.
Quote from: Chinguetti on September 20, 2019, 10:45:02 amWhen 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. That's much too heart-warming for this website.
These types aren't men looking for wives, they're boys looking for mothers.
Isn't that just Korean wives in general? A good chunk of the foreigners married to Korean wives I know are henpecked because God forbid, they want to spend a Sat. night watching Liverpool-Man U at the bar with the boys instead of tedious dinner yet again with the inlaws or play some XBox instead of having to watch some dumb Korean food eating show together or even worse, that show with the good looking young foreigners who speak fluent Korean and being constantly compared to them.That or them constantly yelling at the kid to study until 10pm while the kid wants to play and dad eventually has to play enforcer even though deep down he thinks the kid is right but if he speaks up it's a night on the sofa with a bad back and the latest threat of divorce. Can't understand why someone would rather be playing Red Dead Redemption or pool at the bar.Is it the husbands? Quite possibly, but I think we know enough batsh*t crazy Korean mothers to know that there's two sides to this.
yeah all far points herehas anyone experienced this one? i ask my wife/other koreans why she/they don't hang out with their friends more. "oh, he/she's married now". wtf does that even mean?