Quote from: Somebody on October 25, 2016, 02:04:13 amQuote from: kimchiyum on October 25, 2016, 01:34:17 amI have to be honest- you sound very unprofessional and childish here. Your co-teacher was definitely in the right and you were in the wrong.No, it sounds like he was within his rights not to go on the field trip, as nobody came forth and said "You have to go because it's in your contract." No, the co-teacher was unprofessional for laying guilt trips on him, simply because she didn't want to go herself and felt it was unfair that a foreigner didn't have to do the things that she has to do.He was within his rights not to go on the trip, but not to leave work before 4:30. His wife could have waited for him somewhere safer than a bus stop, like a cafe or the place that she works. The CT is saying that if he was going to break the rules and leave work early, it would have been better for everyone if he just went on the trip.
Quote from: kimchiyum on October 25, 2016, 01:34:17 amI have to be honest- you sound very unprofessional and childish here. Your co-teacher was definitely in the right and you were in the wrong.No, it sounds like he was within his rights not to go on the field trip, as nobody came forth and said "You have to go because it's in your contract." No, the co-teacher was unprofessional for laying guilt trips on him, simply because she didn't want to go herself and felt it was unfair that a foreigner didn't have to do the things that she has to do.
I have to be honest- you sound very unprofessional and childish here. Your co-teacher was definitely in the right and you were in the wrong.
I don't get all the criticisms of bringing up the Sewol to make a point. Bringing up a personal tragedy would be low I agree but as someone else said, lessons can be learned from a public one.
Had an argument with my CT today. Technically, I was at fault, but I was a bit fed up with her complete hypocrisy.
Aristocrat! You were so wrong! wrong wrong wrong! I need to tell you how wrong you were!
koreans LOVE snitching. has anyone else noticed this?i got fed up with the whole desk warming thing, too. i remember once getting "told off" for going out to buy a coffee during my 4 hours of sitting doing nothing at a deski used to sneak off all the time if no one was about. if asked, NEVER admit you weren't there. i usually just said 'oh i was probably walking around school when X didn't see me in the office.'
Me - Then like an adult, I'll accept the responsibility of my actions, I'm not a child. What if something happened to my wife? What if something happened to you when you sneaked out? Do the rules only apply to me?
Pet peeve of the day: people who whinge about getting in trouble for ditching the place they're being paid to stay at. I totally agree that it's a total waste of time to be left alone at work with the lights turned out.... but if that's what we're being paid to do...
A little frustrated that the prostitute thread got locked before I had a chance to post a few more rebuttals and responses, but I can totally understand why the mods locked it. Some people just ruin it for everyone. In other news, I forgot my key to the teaching office and have to rely on others to let me in today. Sucks, because this is the first time I've done it while each of the other teachers in the office have done it at least 2-3 times this year (without ever a word said about it), and yet they keep acting like this is a big-time-foreigner-only **** up of mine. I haven't hesitated to point out their hypocrisy any time they've attempted to lecture me about it (basically I've been saying, "Hey, yeah, this is the first time I've forgotten my key, but you've forgotten it 3 times and so-and-so has forgotten it twice that many times... this might be a problem for this school, maybe all teachers should be required to check-in/check-out their keys everyday.") -- not going to be anyone's punching bag, I don't even give a shit about their sensibilities.
Quote from: kyndo on October 25, 2016, 11:34:09 amPet peeve of the day: people who whinge about getting in trouble for ditching the place they're being paid to stay at. I totally agree that it's a total waste of time to be left alone at work with the lights turned out.... but if that's what we're being paid to do...4 sure. Nothing defines 1st world problem like getting paid a decent salary to sit around and do nothing. "I'm going to pay you 150 bucks today+give you a place to sleep+Health Insurance+Pension. All you have to do is show up and do nothing. Heck, you can read or play games or watch movies on the computer. You can probably sneak out 30 minutes early and I still won't care." 4 billion people around the world would shoot someone for a job like that.People here are actually complaining about being paid decent money to recreate. To recreate! Unbelievable. What planet do these people live on? Have they ever worked a job where sometimes you don't get work or money, either because you are paid hourly or commission or based on sales or whatever?
Quote from: Chinguetti on October 25, 2016, 09:28:46 amA little frustrated that the prostitute thread got locked before I had a chance to post a few more rebuttals and responses, but I can totally understand why the mods locked it. Some people just ruin it for everyone. In other news, I forgot my key to the teaching office and have to rely on others to let me in today. Sucks, because this is the first time I've done it while each of the other teachers in the office have done it at least 2-3 times this year (without ever a word said about it), and yet they keep acting like this is a big-time-foreigner-only **** up of mine. I haven't hesitated to point out their hypocrisy any time they've attempted to lecture me about it (basically I've been saying, "Hey, yeah, this is the first time I've forgotten my key, but you've forgotten it 3 times and so-and-so has forgotten it twice that many times... this might be a problem for this school, maybe all teachers should be required to check-in/check-out their keys everyday.") -- not going to be anyone's punching bag, I don't even give a shit about their sensibilities.Nice to see someone standing up to the powers that be.