RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

I had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whoo

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

My gosh. Your principal is a saint. Did she send you home with a tupperware container of homemade kimchi as well?~

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

My gosh. Your principal is a saint. Did she send you home with a tupperware container of homemade kimchi as well?~

Haha, that would have been lovely, but she didn't. This morning she called me down and gave me some tea, a boiled egg, a red bean bun, and a piece of sweet potato though.

Honestly I would probably have been out of here if it weren't for her fluttering in like a fairy godmother lol.

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

Mafia/werewolf is a great party game but I never remember the specifics offhand because I haven't played it since high school. I think it'd be great for camp though, so I'd better review the rules hahah

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.

Mafia:
Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that  I could try to dredge it up for you~

40 seconds before the bell rings for my final class of the day:

"Kayos-teacher, what have you prepared for today's lesson, all the students except 3 in this class, are away on a sports trip."
I was prepared for them to do their project presentation, with a small game for when we finished early. I also have lessons planned for the next 2 weeks, but it won't work with 3 people. I don't have anything planned for only 3 students, and can't prepare anything for this class because the bell has just rung.
"Oh... Is it okay for them to just watch a movie then after they do the presentation?"
I just said, as long as you are okay with it, I have no problem with it.

*get to the classroom and 2 of the 3 students are my super low level students that don't even know the alphabet*
I wanted to just watch the movie and move the presentation to next week when the students would be back. Instead, the co-teacher gets the 1 student to do all 3 presentations, and then we watch about 30~ minutes of a movie.

I feel like a sports thing would have been planned, and they have my phone number and email address. If given a heads up, I could have planned something.
I feel like a bad (internet gaming slang for someone who isn't very good at a game) for not being prepared for when only 3 students out of the class will be there.

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.

Mafia:
Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that  I could try to dredge it up for you~

I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.

Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures 

I had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whoo

Why would you cry? I don't get this. I saw one of the female teachers crying her eyes out yday and everyone ignored her. This is the real world. Not having a go but the last time I cried was when I stubbed my toe on the kitchen table and spilled my last can of tomato soup and I lost all faith in humanity.

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.

Mafia:
Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that  I could try to dredge it up for you~

I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.

Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures 

do you know how to play Cards Against Humanity? Apples to Apples is basically the same thing.

i would not attempt apples to apples with elem students though. back in my hagwon days i used to do it occasionally with middle and high school students as something different.

As for Mafia, most of my students know it (and can explain it quickly to the few that don't know). I actually just finished up playing a modified version of it with my 2nd grade middle schoolers that required students to ask each other questions in the "daytime" part of the game to find the mafia members.

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.

Mafia:
Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that  I could try to dredge it up for you~

I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.

Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures 

do you know how to play Cards Against Humanity? Apples to Apples is basically the same thing.

i would not attempt apples to apples with elem students though. back in my hagwon days i used to do it occasionally with middle and high school students as something different.

I actually did Apples to Apples with my students for summer camp (elementary 3 and 4). We did one round together to illustrate and then they played by themselves while I watched and they had a blast. I didn't use the actual cards, though. We spent a period coming up with tons of words and names for different categories like fruits and veggies, cartoon characters, superheroes, countries, etc., and then a bunch of adjectives and made the cards before spending the next period playing with them so the words were at their level. If you try to use the actual cards by Apples to Apples then I agree that it's too difficult to do with elementary students but I think it's easily remedied by making your own cards.

wow, impressive, especially for 3rd and 4th grade. i was more worried about the actual game rules being a bit too difficult for them to understand, even if the rules were explained in korean. i guess kids are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.

I've been here for nearly three years and have Googled it so many times I've lost count, but...

I still don't understand Apples to Apples 

Come to think of it, that Mafia game too!   

a round of Apples to Apples is basically like a multiple choice question, but where each team gets to anonymously submit a possible answer to the choosing team, but the "right" answer isn't objective; It's just the answer the choosing team liked the most, and the team that submitted that answer gets the point for that round. The choosing team is then rotated from round to round. Dunno if that explanation was any better than the internet.

Mafia:
Look, the internet. I think I made a powerpoint on the rules once that  I could try to dredge it up for you~

I suppose I understand the games but it's more trying to get my head around how they would work here and how the nuances of the games could be explained to the students.

Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures 

Luckily Mafia is a fairly widespread game here, so you might be blessed with students who are already familiar with the game in their own language ("우리 말"). It would certainly be a chore to try to explain it to them in English in one fell swoop. It might work better just to play one round with them as practice before starting in earnest.

Korean students are less likely to be familiar with Apples to Apples, but I think the concept is fairly straightforward. Even so, a one-round demo is probably the way to go. I was able to incorporate it into one of my lessons, but I changed it slightly so that students don't submit a prefab answer; They talked within their group and then wrote out their own answers to submit. And the lesson before playing that I introduced a game with a similar format that helped to kind of ease them into the idea. ("Like an old man into a nice warm bath.")

That first "easing" lesson is represented by slides 1-28 on my "Apples to Worst Case Scenario" PPt. The second lesson is from slide 34 to slide 41, with the printable answer sheets on slides 43 or 44. How I played: Each round, first show the students ONLY the question e.g. "What should you do to survive an avalanche?" Give the students/teams a little time to formulate and write an answer. Collect them and then read them out loud yourself (bad handwriting/grammar may make it hard for other students to read it and be understood.) In an actual Apples to Apples game the teams would take turns picking the winning card, but I assign that job to my CoT to prevent favoritism between the teams. After each round I would then show them the actual recommended survival method just for fun.

I had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whoo

Why would you cry? I don't get this. I saw one of the female teachers crying her eyes out yday and everyone ignored her. This is the real world. Not having a go but the last time I cried was when I stubbed my toe on the kitchen table and spilled my last can of tomato soup and I lost all faith in humanity.

For me it was watching "The Notebook" a couple weeks ago.

wow, impressive, especially for 3rd and 4th grade. i was more worried about the actual game rules being a bit too difficult for them to understand, even if the rules were explained in korean. i guess kids are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.

Yeah, the game itself is pretty straightforward but if you try to explain it (even in Korean, I agree) the kids have a harder time understanding it. My students sometimes get a little impatient when I do demos with them because they think they know how to but then I see their little faces do that "Aha" thing when they realise that they actually didn't know lol

Korean students are less likely to be familiar with Apples to Apples, but I think the concept is fairly straightforward. Even so, a one-round demo is probably the way to go. I was able to incorporate it into one of my lessons, but I changed it slightly so that students don't submit a prefab answer; They talked within their group and then wrote out their own answers to submit. And the lesson before playing that I introduced a game with a similar format that helped to kind of ease them into the idea. ("Like an old man into a nice warm bath.")

That first "easing" lesson is represented by slides 1-28 on my "Apples to Worst Case Scenario" PPt. The second lesson is from slide 34 to slide 41, with the printable answer sheets on slides 43 of 44. How I played: Each round, first show the students ONLY the question e.g. "What should you do to survive an avalanche?" Give the students/teams a little time to formulate and write an answer. Collect them and then read them out loud yourself (bad handwriting/grammar may make it hard for other students to read it and be understood.) In an actual Apples to Apples game the teams would take turns picking the winning card, but I assign that job to my CoT to prevent favoritism between the teams. After each round I would then show them the actual recommended survival method just for fun.

That's a really good idea! I just might steal it for winter camp.

I have so much work to do.

But all I want to do is sleep.

And I want to buy fairy or string-globe lights and it looks like I'll have to order them online, and that pisses me off for some reason. Why can't I ever find what I'm looking for in a local store? I hate waiting for the mail. I want instant gratification, damn it.

But with online shopping, you never have to actually see your money going away. You just send some numbers out into the ether, and a day later, you get a thing and it feels like it's free because a dude just comes and gives it to you. Or a fairy magically leaves it at your building. It's great.

Also you don't have to leave your house when you're all tired and biz.

On top of all that it's kind of like getting a present! Once I ordered nail polish that took forever to get here, and I'd almost forgotten about it so when I saw it in the mailbox it was a pleasant surprise.

I have so much work to do.

But all I want to do is sleep.

And I want to buy fairy or string-globe lights and it looks like I'll have to order them online, and that pisses me off for some reason. Why can't I ever find what I'm looking for in a local store? I hate waiting for the mail. I want instant gratification, damn it.

But with online shopping, you never have to actually see your money going away. You just send some numbers out into the ether, and a day later, you get a thing and it feels like it's free because a dude just comes and gives it to you. Or a fairy magically leaves it at your building. It's great.

Also you don't have to leave your house when you're all tired and biz.

On top of all that it's kind of like getting a present! Once I ordered nail polish that took forever to get here, and I'd almost forgotten about it so when I saw it in the mailbox it was a pleasant surprise.

I can't tell if you're really Chelsea or just kidding.

Maybe oglop and eggieguffer can chime in and tell us how they would set up, explain and play them without a CT or any Korean translation, using only mimes and gestures 

And then Klyuchevskaya (Aurata?) could inform us on how he would use traditional forms of corporal punishment to teach them the rules. 

I had a meeting with the principal last night because I was just so upset by boss cot's treatment of me. She was very nice and understanding. She suggested having a meeting with the three of us, but that would definitely end up making me cry, so our temporary solution (unless boss cot starts shit again) is that I will only communicate with her on cool messenger. No more going to her desk and asking her feelings or opinions. Cool messenger only. The hope is that in typing out her ideas/opinions she might have to communicate more clearly.

The principal also expressed great concern about why I'm so tired, told me I should pray to God for strength, and gave me a basin to soak my feet in warm water to help me sleep at night.

Bout to type up my message to boss cot and then get the hell out of here because the cold that was biding its time has finally come out in full force and I can barely stand without stumbling whoo

Why would you cry? I don't get this. I saw one of the female teachers crying her eyes out yday and everyone ignored her. This is the real world. Not having a go but the last time I cried was when I stubbed my toe on the kitchen table and spilled my last can of tomato soup and I lost all faith in humanity.

For me it was watching "The Notebook" a couple weeks ago.

I went back to Costco and there was no more pumpkin pie and then the garlic naan was gone. Sat in the aisle and just sobbed for a bit...