RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

I think you kind of answered your own question. One of the main things that makes a cupcake a cupcake is the icing. And the icing is gross. It's literally just sugar, colouring, and sometimes some flavour. Even you said you usually scrape off a large portion of a cupcake, because you don't like it. They're just an unnecessary food, that doesn't even taste good. It's like someone made super spongy bread, and just added a ton of sugar, and then a thick layer of sugar on top.

Ahh. I also like cake without icing though. I think the only two frostings i enjoy are cream cheese based or light whipped kinds.

So I still think of cupcakes as cupcakes even if I don't eat the icing. 

Cupcakes without icing are basically tiny muffins.

I hate the fact that I receive these improvement recommendations that are just shy of being helpful. "You need to plan the lessons more perfectly." Do you want me to make lesson plans for all of my classes now or should I boost the book's content with more non-book things? Have the homework prepared before hand - okay, can do, but when is it going to be translated? There isn't enough time in the work day for me to do the tasks and have my coT review and approve it.

I think you kind of answered your own question. One of the main things that makes a cupcake a cupcake is the icing. And the icing is gross. It's literally just sugar, colouring, and sometimes some flavour. Even you said you usually scrape off a large portion of a cupcake, because you don't like it. They're just an unnecessary food, that doesn't even taste good. It's like someone made super spongy bread, and just added a ton of sugar, and then a thick layer of sugar on top.

Ahh. I also like cake without icing though. I think the only two frostings i enjoy are cream cheese based or light whipped kinds.

So I still think of cupcakes as cupcakes even if I don't eat the icing. 

Cupcakes without icing are basically tiny muffins.

Actually, muffins have, during my lifetime, been corrupted to be basically cupcakes.

They used to be bran-filled things that grandfathers ate for roughage.

I hate the fact that I receive these improvement recommendations that are just shy of being helpful. "You need to plan the lessons more perfectly." Do you want me to make lesson plans for all of my classes now or should I boost the book's content with more non-book things? Have the homework prepared before hand - okay, can do, but when is it going to be translated? There isn't enough time in the work day for me to do the tasks and have my coT review and approve it.

You get improvement recommendations?...

My wife is Korean and works in graphic design and gets the same kind of content-less criticism from her higher-ups, usually from people who wouldn't know the first thing about design. There's probably really know wrong with your work (as far as they can tell) but since they've gotta say something, might as well make it highly negative and dismotivating for the underling/ego-boosting for themselves.

I think you kind of answered your own question. One of the main things that makes a cupcake a cupcake is the icing. And the icing is gross. It's literally just sugar, colouring, and sometimes some flavour. Even you said you usually scrape off a large portion of a cupcake, because you don't like it. They're just an unnecessary food, that doesn't even taste good. It's like someone made super spongy bread, and just added a ton of sugar, and then a thick layer of sugar on top.

Ahh. I also like cake without icing though. I think the only two frostings i enjoy are cream cheese based or light whipped kinds.

So I still think of cupcakes as cupcakes even if I don't eat the icing. 

Cupcakes without icing are basically tiny muffins.

Actually, muffins have, during my lifetime, been corrupted to be basically cupcakes.

They used to be actual food that was good.

Corrected that for you.

Thanks.  😊

This is an ultra tepid rant but I'm curious if anyone has advice for this kind of situation:

Around exam season, I'll get questions from my CoT about grammar/asked to scan for errors on the test. There's almost always at least one or two tiny things (missing articles, tense confusion, whatever). I try to point it out in a laid-back way but they are always so hard on themselves when it happens. Like I'm going to judge them for not being perfectly fluent in two languages when I can hardly order coffee in Korean.

Anyway, outside of delivering awkward reassurance, what do y'all do? Just let it go? It's gotten to the point where I'm tempted to just let the errors slide (of course I could never) because it seems to bring out so much self-loathing.

She clearly doesn't care about that and  since then has begun translating everything I say. I have put up with it for 2 days now and I can no longer continue to allow it to happen.

So you're going to kill her? 

yes.

... when I can hardly order coffee in Korean.

ProTip: Italian confuses them, so use Korean-accented Italian. 

Yes, I'm aware. I was saying that a lot of new Korean teachers do believe in TEE, until they start getting some classroom experience. So the problem of people trying to use TEE isn't just limited to western teachers, or Korean teachers. There are lots of people who believe in it, at least until they learn what they're doing.

There are also lots of countries where TEE is used exclusively due to mixed nationality classrooms, and the kids there seem to learn English just fine.

Erm... what is TEE?

Yes, I'm aware. I was saying that a lot of new Korean teachers do believe in TEE, until they start getting some classroom experience. So the problem of people trying to use TEE isn't just limited to western teachers, or Korean teachers. There are lots of people who believe in it, at least until they learn what they're doing.

There are also lots of countries where TEE is used exclusively due to mixed nationality classrooms, and the kids there seem to learn English just fine.

Erm... what is TEE?

Teaching English in English

The food delivery service I used to use went out of business. 

Erm... what is TEE?

Teaching English English. Brits love to use it, it means "Real English."

Some Millennials cry about corrupt politicians avoiding taxes and that they need to pay higher tax rates while they illegally tutor and don't pay tax. Then whine when their home country wants a piece too.

Funny how these millennials think.

Feel the bern... :)

Some Millennials cry about corrupt politicians avoiding taxes and that they need to pay higher tax rates while they illegally tutor and don't pay tax. Then whine when their home country wants a piece too.

Funny how these millennials think.

Feel the bern... :)

U madd, bro?

Some Millennials cry about corrupt politicians avoiding taxes and that they need to pay higher tax rates while they illegally tutor and don't pay tax. Then whine when their home country wants a piece too.

Funny how these millennials think.

Feel the bern... :)

U madd, bro?

Yes, I'm ranting and raving!

Some millennials need to practice what they preach.

Big corporations are avoiding taxes blah blah blah...
Then when they do it "I'm just tutoring I don't need to pay taxes"

I love being angry and letting out a good rant once in a blue moon.

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Don't you mean once in a black moon? 

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/29224/20160926/black-moon-2016-what-where-when-see.htm

Some Millennials cry about corrupt politicians avoiding taxes and that they need to pay higher tax rates while they illegally tutor and don't pay tax. Then whine when their home country wants a piece too.

Funny how these millennials think.

Feel the bern... :)

U madd, bro?

Yes, I'm ranting and raving!

Some millennials need to practice what they preach.

Big corporations are avoiding taxes blah blah blah...
Then when they do it "I'm just tutoring I don't need to pay taxes"

I love being angry and letting out a good rant once in a blue moon.

Except you have made the same rant twice in a week on the same forum.  Change the record.

KOREAN HARASSMENT

Are you being harassed by your Korean co-teacher or coworkers? They like to hack on my computer. My gmail account, skype account, dropbox, and icloud is blocked.  I asked my co-teacher to unblock my dropbox account and nothing happened. In fact, all my apple features where blocked the next day. I can see if they were blocking adult or porn sites but gmail? skype? dropbox?

I do have my own laptop but I am afraid that they will hack into it too.  How to solve this harassment?

Let me know if you can access gmail, skype, dropbox, icloud ?


Thanks!

KOREAN HARASSMENT

Are you being harassed by your Korean co-teacher or coworkers? They like to hack on my computer. My gmail account, skype account, dropbox, and icloud is blocked.  I asked my co-teacher to unblock my dropbox account and nothing happened. In fact, all my apple features where blocked the next day. I can see if they were blocking adult or porn sites but gmail? skype? dropbox?

I do have my own laptop but I am afraid that they will hack into it too.  How to solve this harassment?

They aren't hacking in to anything, they're doing it on their network/server end. It doesn't just apply to your computer, it applies to every computer on their network trying to access those sites. It isn't just your school, either: It's pretty common for schools to block outside email services (they're scare of viruses, is the excuse I'm given) and some other time-wasters.

Last I checked, you can get around the blocks with a VPN. I wanted to check something on my SoundCloud recently only to discover my school blocks it, but turning on my VPN got right around it,

If you think that's harassment, consider yourself lucky. 

They do tend to block strange things though. One day my home library's website was blocked, though its digital ebook website isn't (thankfully!!). I've found that some gaming websites are blocked as well (steam, ign). But proxies and VPNs are great