Quote from: yirgacheffe on December 19, 2016, 01:21:52 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on December 19, 2016, 01:19:00 pmQuote from: DMZabductee on December 19, 2016, 12:53:57 pmLunch was extraordinarily bad today. Overcooked carbonara mush, sweet garlic bread, bland white rice and the shitty leftover rice-water slop? UghhCarbs on carbs on carbs on blech..The only time I ever skip school lunch is when they try to serve some sort of miserable junk like 'spaghetti' or 'carbonara' or sweet 'garlic bread.' There's absolutely nothing worse than when schools try to serve foreign food. It's so gross.Agree! I'm pretty lucky in that my school lunches are generally really good, but I do wish they would stop trying to imitate foreign foods, particularly the carbonara and cream of mushroom. And the garlic bread.My CT knows my distaste for Korean attempts at carbonara so after lunch she smirked and asked me "Did you eat a lot today?" Yeah 95% of the time my school lunch is really good. When it's Korean food... Tomorrow I check the menu first.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on December 19, 2016, 01:19:00 pmQuote from: DMZabductee on December 19, 2016, 12:53:57 pmLunch was extraordinarily bad today. Overcooked carbonara mush, sweet garlic bread, bland white rice and the shitty leftover rice-water slop? UghhCarbs on carbs on carbs on blech..The only time I ever skip school lunch is when they try to serve some sort of miserable junk like 'spaghetti' or 'carbonara' or sweet 'garlic bread.' There's absolutely nothing worse than when schools try to serve foreign food. It's so gross.Agree! I'm pretty lucky in that my school lunches are generally really good, but I do wish they would stop trying to imitate foreign foods, particularly the carbonara and cream of mushroom. And the garlic bread.
Quote from: DMZabductee on December 19, 2016, 12:53:57 pmLunch was extraordinarily bad today. Overcooked carbonara mush, sweet garlic bread, bland white rice and the shitty leftover rice-water slop? UghhCarbs on carbs on carbs on blech..The only time I ever skip school lunch is when they try to serve some sort of miserable junk like 'spaghetti' or 'carbonara' or sweet 'garlic bread.' There's absolutely nothing worse than when schools try to serve foreign food. It's so gross.
Lunch was extraordinarily bad today. Overcooked carbonara mush, sweet garlic bread, bland white rice and the shitty leftover rice-water slop? UghhCarbs on carbs on carbs on blech..
I have tried. This class is legendarily bad, and not just with me, they are like this with all the teachers, though I imagine it is the worst for me. We have had all staff meeting on how to deal with them before. However, I have tried writing notes to their homeroom teacher, to the discipline office... it doesn't do anything.
Quote from: HaLo3 on December 19, 2016, 12:34:51 pmI have tried. This class is legendarily bad, and not just with me, they are like this with all the teachers, though I imagine it is the worst for me. We have had all staff meeting on how to deal with them before. However, I have tried writing notes to their homeroom teacher, to the discipline office... it doesn't do anything.I hate giving advice on these kind of things, as one kind of needs to be there to get it, but has the idea of having the parents of the worst trouble makers stay in a class or two ever come up? How about splitting the class apart (ie, into two groups who then are taught in separate classrooms)? Even changing the location of the class can impact how the kids behave (new territory where they dont feel as comfortable).Barring all that, try a dog whistle (19 Khz is perfect: adults can't hear it while kids can) and a spray bottle.
Yes, I realize finals are over.No, that doesn't meant classes are over.Ugh. The percentage of students coming to class without their book is coming dangerously close to 50%. I know the US is far from the paragon of educational standards, but in this one case I really do wish Korea would do it like the US does: Finals are at the very end of the school year. None of this finals two or three weeks before break starts, and then an additional two or three weeks of classes after the break but before the new school year starts nonsense.It really doesn't make any sense. It's hard enough to get students to participate when they don't think they're done learning for the year. One of my CoTs even admitted today that it's exacerbated by all the pressure the system puts on the exams, so once those are over with, the students just sort of... check out.Ugggggh.
Yes, I realize finals are over.No, that doesn't meant classes are over.Ugggggh.
Quote from: Mister Tim on December 19, 2016, 02:28:40 pmYes, I realize finals are over.No, that doesn't meant classes are over.Ugggggh.I still have to teach lessons (review of everything they learned this year). But I don't even know if these lessons will take place. The homeroom teachers just get to decide if they want to send the kids over that day. So I have to prep for lessons I don't even know if I'll have. This will continue into February.
Co-teacher is a no-show but she's sick and preggo so fair enough. However, her computer is the only one connected to the TV and it's password protected. Book review it is, then.
Quote from: gaelynwrites on December 20, 2016, 07:59:31 amQuote from: Mister Tim on December 19, 2016, 02:28:40 pmYes, I realize finals are over.No, that doesn't meant classes are over.Ugggggh.I still have to teach lessons (review of everything they learned this year). But I don't even know if these lessons will take place. The homeroom teachers just get to decide if they want to send the kids over that day. So I have to prep for lessons I don't even know if I'll have. This will continue into February.It isn't even a case of review lessons for me: My students didn't even finish the books. Some classes still had two full chapters to finish when finals came around. That's what happens when classes are constantly cancelled throughout the semester and the finals take place two months before the school year ends, I suppose.I'll still have to teach most of these kids next year (if my contract is renewed and I'm not moved again, which sure would be nice to know right about now), so I'd like to make sure they've at least completed this year's material before starting the new books next year. Once they're done with the books we can start doing the "fun" lessons, or perhaps a movie day or two, but until then it'd be nice if they'd at least pretend like the school year isn't over just yet.
+1110000000000000000000000000You still dont know about renewals? That's tough. Do you have any idea when you'll know?I'm desperate to know about my school situation, kids and teachers keep asking me and I sound like an idiot. Maybe it would be a better use of the POE time to work on renewals instead of learning to see
Anyone have any success in ridding themselves of an online stalker, legally?
Quote from: Pecan on December 20, 2016, 08:29:34 amAnyone have any success in ridding themselves of an online stalker, legally?Legally it's usually pretty difficultMy boyfriend had a stalker and he just had to change all his contact info and scrub his online presence