RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

How thick do you have to be to not know that you never undermine another teacher in front of the students? It seems that she's trying to find a way to take his side and ignore the situation.

A CoT of mine came into the classroom a little shaken today and told me that she had just been scolded (unfairly) by the head teacher and that he took her out into the hallway specifically because that's where children would be so that they could witness it and further compound her shame.

This culture drives me up the wall.

[edited the rest out to save space - kobayashi]

now you know why the men in this country grow up to be such bratty, arrogant, self-entitled pricks. because of stuff like this.

Re: Japanese Spaghetti

See for yourself. Thanks 지수스~

http://jeesus.tistory.com/62

**(forgot the link, sorry)**

Wow that's... certainly unique

Probably tastes fine though

This culture drives me up the wall.

There is a strange insistance upon hearing out the students explanations for bad behavior at my school also and of course the explanations are ridiculous but always accepted. Is this common all over Korea? Kids at my school can essentially do anything and the only punishment seems to be occasionally writing some lines (and you have to get the teacher in charge of discipline for the entire school to bestow that harsh punishment).

I've been cursed at, flipped off, and just openly disrespected and it is just accepted as normal. Kids just get sent to the hall (where they usually just goof off and play), I have to send kids out of class all the time and so do the Korean teachers. Sent a couple kids out to the hall today and they pulled the fire alarm, did not even warrant a talking to from a Korean teacher.

Also, no matter what they do, if they say "sorry" afterwards then everything is ok. They usually say it with a big grin on their faces with no remorse whatsoever. A lot of my kids are great and it brings me a ton of joy teaching them but I will do my best to teach only adults after this year.

This culture drives me up the wall.

There is a strange insistance upon hearing out the students explanations for bad behavior at my school also and of course the explanations are ridiculous but always accepted. Is this common all over Korea? Kids at my school can essentially do anything and the only punishment seems to be occasionally writing some lines (and you have to get the teacher in charge of discipline for the entire school to bestow that harsh punishment).

I've been cursed at, flipped off, and just openly disrespected and it is just accepted as normal. Kids just get sent to the hall (where they usually just goof off and play), I have to send kids out of class all the time and so do the Korean teachers. Sent a couple kids out to the hall today and they pulled the fire alarm, did not even warrant a talking to from a Korean teacher.

Also, no matter what they do, if they say "sorry" afterwards then everything is ok. They usually say it with a big grin on their faces with no remorse whatsoever. A lot of my kids are great and it brings me a ton of joy teaching them but I will do my best to teach only adults after this year.

Honestly, I think the sorry is the worst part because they do it with that bratty exaggerated voice. "Oh, soooooorry teacher."

I wish I worked where you do, #basedcowboyshirt. My school situation is the same but... we could stand to have more enforcement of rules (or maybe more rules in the first place?)


I did my best but I didn't finish my worksheets. Ugh. I'm gonna have to come in early on Monday

I don't understand where you're all working. I work at a normal public school in a relatively low income area. When a kid is being disrespectful to anyone, whether it's a teacher or a student, all my co-teachers zero in on it immediately and either change that student's seat, or make them come sit by the teacher's desk, or just yell at them.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but yeah - I've never had to deal with that.

I work at a high school in Seoul and I have the good students come up to me all the time and complain about how the bad students never get in trouble. It happens all the time and no matter what the level the offense is. I had 4 students try to sneak out of my class (and they were terrible sneakers) twice so they could go listen to some of their friends practice a singing competition. I reported them for being so disrespectful and flat out disobeying me and nothing happened.

I got lucky and have really well behaved students. When they do step out of line, they're aware of it and they get disciplined by their homeroom teachers if not another KT (at least in middle school). In elementary the kids are sometimes rowdy but I'm assuming the homeroom teachers discipline them if they misbehave since they're overall well behaved kids.

I remember being in middle school and the kids were not nearly so polite-- much larger school though. My schools here are tiny. I am stuck in the middle of nowhere but I'd rather deal with that inconvenience than with rude and ill behaved students.

I don't understand where you're all working. I work at a normal public school in a relatively low income area. When a kid is being disrespectful to anyone, whether it's a teacher or a student, all my co-teachers zero in on it immediately and either change that student's seat, or make them come sit by the teacher's desk, or just yell at them.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but yeah - I've never had to deal with that.

I'm at 4 school and at 2 of them, as you say, my CTs would pounce on a student at the slightest hint of disrespect to me or them. Needless to say, these classes have the most positive atmosphere, the smartest kids, and there's never been a single incident of anything worse than simple hormones doing their thing.

At the other 2, one CT thinks every child is too precious for words and she doesn't have a solid bone in her body. The other CT is constantly in lala land and treats 6th grade students like adults.

I don't understand where you're all working. I work at a normal public school in a relatively low income area. When a kid is being disrespectful to anyone, whether it's a teacher or a student, all my co-teachers zero in on it immediately and either change that student's seat, or make them come sit by the teacher's desk, or just yell at them.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but yeah - I've never had to deal with that.

I'm at 4 school and at 2 of them, as you say, my CTs would pounce on a student at the slightest hint of disrespect to me or them. Needless to say, these classes have the most positive atmosphere, the smartest kids, and there's never been a single incident of anything worse than simple hormones doing their thing.

At the other 2, one CT thinks every child is too precious for words and she doesn't have a solid bone in her body. The other CT is constantly in lala land and treats 6th grade students like adults.

This is the problem in terms of the latter two schools you mentioned. They treat them as their parents treat them. However, the two schools you mentioned that are good at discipline will eventually succumb to the mollycoddling approach due to pressure. This might be due to the fact that parents, who are of the age when hagwon madness began, remember how hard it was for them, and so they are thinking that times have changed and we don't need all the pressure. I don't know for sure. But that coupled with the fact that they were probably physically punished as students, has led them to a softer approach. That's in the classroom only. Not home, where it's perfectly ok to beat them if they don't listen.

Now, you may think I contradicted myself in saying that teachers treat them in the same way their parents do, considering the physical punishment that parents do. However, the parents still treat their kids like kings despite that. Not every household is the same. And not all Korean parents are the same. But we're talking about the majority.

Green pork? What would make pork go green?

      Simply put, the green colour that is sometimes observed on bacon and ham is the result of the action of non-pathogenic bacteria which break down the oxygen transport protein myoglobin to produce porphyrin derivatives. These derivatives are large heterocyclic compounds which can have greenish colours.
      Back in the day, folks claimed that the green colour showed that the meat was no longer dangerous to consume: it certainly never killed anyone. However, there is little doubt that it did change the flavour considerably.

    Also, Auracana chickens lay green eggs, so it really is possible to have natural green eggs and ham!

I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!

Ah, Some classic Dr. Seuss. Such a great story writer! An excellent role model for all our children!

...um...

The same guy who wrote the Sneetches?



(Re: Green pork. I thought porphryn might have something to do with it^^;)

The same guy who wrote the Sneetches?

Yet another childhood ruined by cold, uncaring reality.
I love my job! 

The same guy who wrote the Sneetches?

Yet another childhood ruined by cold, uncaring reality.
I love my job! 

A good start to the week, but I'm afraid I get the last laugh here. My childhood was ruined long ago~

The prostitution thread was killed off just as we were starting to get somewhere.

The prostitution thread was killed off just as we were starting to get somewhere.

And yet the same two people arguing race has continued for weeks.

Related to the piercing/tattoo thread. What is it with people? Why do you need to mutilate yourself? Is your life that boring and lacking in excitement that you need a tattoo or piercing to jazz it up? Instead of letting a tatt or piercing speak for your personality, why don't you let your personality speak for your personality? Not to mention, are you going to have that stuff going on into your 70s? Think long-term. Workplaces are right to be skeptical about hiring such people when it comes to certain fields. It demonstrates poor emotional control and rational decision making. If you're an artist or something like that, maybe not so much because in such cases more impulsive and outside the box thinking can be a plus. There's nothing sadder than a grown adult who is still passive-aggressively rebelling against their parents into their late 20s.

Although I do understand tattoos if they're about time in prison/a gang/the military/someone close to you dying, that sort of thing.

Related to the piercing/tattoo thread. What is it with people? Why do you need to mutilate yourself? Is your life that boring and lacking in excitement that you need a tattoo or piercing to jazz it up? Instead of letting a tatt or piercing speak for your personality, why don't you let your personality speak for your personality? Not to mention, are you going to have that stuff going on into your 70s? Think long-term. Workplaces are right to be skeptical about hiring such people when it comes to certain fields. It demonstrates poor emotional control and rational decision making. If you're an artist or something like that, maybe not so much because in such cases more impulsive and outside the box thinking can be a plus. There's nothing sadder than a grown adult who is still passive-aggressively rebelling against their parents into their late 20s.

Although I do understand tattoos if they're about time in prison/a gang/the military/someone close to you dying, that sort of thing.

So either someone needs to die or I need to go to jail to justify getting a tattoo?

Related to the piercing/tattoo thread. What is it with people? Why do you need to mutilate yourself? Is your life that boring and lacking in excitement that you need a tattoo or piercing to jazz it up? Instead of letting a tatt or piercing speak for your personality, why don't you let your personality speak for your personality? Not to mention, are you going to have that stuff going on into your 70s? Think long-term. Workplaces are right to be skeptical about hiring such people when it comes to certain fields. It demonstrates poor emotional control and rational decision making. If you're an artist or something like that, maybe not so much because in such cases more impulsive and outside the box thinking can be a plus. There's nothing sadder than a grown adult who is still passive-aggressively rebelling against their parents into their late 20s.

Although I do understand tattoos if they're about time in prison/a gang/the military/someone close to you dying, that sort of thing.

So either someone needs to die or I need to go to jail to justify getting a tattoo?

I'm not rebelling against my tattooed, pierced, working professional parents...

Related to the piercing/tattoo thread. What is it with people? Why do you need to mutilate yourself? Is your life that boring and lacking in excitement that you need a tattoo or piercing to jazz it up? Instead of letting a tatt or piercing speak for your personality, why don't you let your personality speak for your personality? Not to mention, are you going to have that stuff going on into your 70s? Think long-term. Workplaces are right to be skeptical about hiring such people when it comes to certain fields. It demonstrates poor emotional control and rational decision making. If you're an artist or something like that, maybe not so much because in such cases more impulsive and outside the box thinking can be a plus. There's nothing sadder than a grown adult who is still passive-aggressively rebelling against their parents into their late 20s.

Although I do understand tattoos if they're about time in prison/a gang/the military/someone close to you dying, that sort of thing.

So either someone needs to die or I need to go to jail to justify getting a tattoo?

I'm not rebelling against my tattooed, pierced, working professional parents...

Seriously... also, I'm very open with my parents. I don't do spontaneous piercings just because so many things could go wrong if you go to the wrong place, but I also don't hide them from my parents or do it as a form of rebellion.