Quote from: yirj17 on December 26, 2016, 12:39:00 pmQuote from: CO2 on December 26, 2016, 12:03:37 pmQuote from: yirj17 on December 26, 2016, 11:57:39 amActually i'm looking forward to deskwarming so i can work on some personal projects and maybe do some reading. Of course more vacation time would be preferable but I'm just ready for any kind of breakYeah, EVERYONE else is working their office jobs and you get to chill and do whatever you want and get paid. Would I RATHER be doing something else? Of course. I'd rather be a movie star, too. Take what you can get.Exactly. I'm not sure why people get so bent out of shape at the prospect of deskwarming. You're paid to go to work. You are contractually obligated to be there. I understand some people hate it but there are far worse things you could be doing.Some people just have really nice set-ups at work. I'm in the same office as my VP, so deskwarming is a whole lot of awkward. I have to constantly be "on," if that makes any sense. Over summer vacation, it took me a whole ten minutes to clean up after camp and she was calling me to make sure I hadn't left. I mean... there's just no privacy. One other teacher comes each day, and he/she always takes the desk right next to mine. I have to eat whatever they order for lunch even if I don't like it. I understand that a lot of people don't mind deskwarming, and I DO realize it's in the contract. I'm posting a vent about how annoying it is to me personally.... But I recognize that my school situation is vastly different from most other teachers. If I had my own cozy little office (or even if I could stay in the English classroom after camp), I think I'd love deskwarming.
Quote from: CO2 on December 26, 2016, 12:03:37 pmQuote from: yirj17 on December 26, 2016, 11:57:39 amActually i'm looking forward to deskwarming so i can work on some personal projects and maybe do some reading. Of course more vacation time would be preferable but I'm just ready for any kind of breakYeah, EVERYONE else is working their office jobs and you get to chill and do whatever you want and get paid. Would I RATHER be doing something else? Of course. I'd rather be a movie star, too. Take what you can get.Exactly. I'm not sure why people get so bent out of shape at the prospect of deskwarming. You're paid to go to work. You are contractually obligated to be there. I understand some people hate it but there are far worse things you could be doing.
Quote from: yirj17 on December 26, 2016, 11:57:39 amActually i'm looking forward to deskwarming so i can work on some personal projects and maybe do some reading. Of course more vacation time would be preferable but I'm just ready for any kind of breakYeah, EVERYONE else is working their office jobs and you get to chill and do whatever you want and get paid. Would I RATHER be doing something else? Of course. I'd rather be a movie star, too. Take what you can get.
Actually i'm looking forward to deskwarming so i can work on some personal projects and maybe do some reading. Of course more vacation time would be preferable but I'm just ready for any kind of break
I'm still kind of surprised MOE requires us to deskwarm anyways, it's kind of just pissing money away on utilities. It's not benefiting us nor them, just kind of feels like at this point they just keep it in policy out of spite considering there really isn't a good reason for it.
I might just stay up all night during my deskwarming days and then nap in the nap room for 8 hours lmao
Quote from: moonbrie on December 26, 2016, 02:08:40 pmI might just stay up all night during my deskwarming days and then nap in the nap room for 8 hours lmao That's incredibly efficient
Quote from: Pecan on December 26, 2016, 02:17:11 pmQuote from: Athena on December 26, 2016, 01:53:32 pmI'm still kind of surprised MOE requires us to deskwarm anyways, it's kind of just pissing money away on utilities. It's not benefiting us nor them, just kind of feels like at this point they just keep it in policy out of spite considering there really isn't a good reason for it.Why do you say that?You do know why "deskwarming" came about, right?If so, then you would know it was for "good" reason.Too many short-sighted mental midgets kept comparing and complaining, while others were too boastful of their gravy-train.My school controls the electricity for the aircon and for the heater (it's the same unit), and they don't allow its use in my office during either break.I about froze last winter, so I just stopped coming in to "desk-warm" and no one said a word to me.Did you literally just use the term 'short-sighted mental midgets'?
Quote from: Athena on December 26, 2016, 01:53:32 pmI'm still kind of surprised MOE requires us to deskwarm anyways, it's kind of just pissing money away on utilities. It's not benefiting us nor them, just kind of feels like at this point they just keep it in policy out of spite considering there really isn't a good reason for it.Why do you say that?You do know why "deskwarming" came about, right?If so, then you would know it was for "good" reason.Too many short-sighted mental midgets kept comparing and complaining, while others were too boastful of their gravy-train.My school controls the electricity for the aircon and for the heater (it's the same unit), and they don't allow its use in my office during either break.I about froze last winter, so I just stopped coming in to "desk-warm" and no one said a word to me.
Quote from: sixtieshappy on December 26, 2016, 02:20:23 pmQuote from: moonbrie on December 26, 2016, 02:08:40 pmI might just stay up all night during my deskwarming days and then nap in the nap room for 8 hours lmao That's incredibly efficientidk if I'll actually be able to manage it, but it's a good plan in theory!
Trying to decide if it's worth complaining that the admin office opened something that was addressed to me. I mean, it's from the office of education, so are they allowed to in those cases? Maybe they didn't notice it was addressed to me? What to do, what to do...
Quote from: Mister Tim on December 26, 2016, 02:23:45 pmTrying to decide if it's worth complaining that the admin office opened something that was addressed to me. I mean, it's from the office of education, so are they allowed to in those cases? Maybe they didn't notice it was addressed to me? What to do, what to do...illegal my friend. this is according to Article 3 - (Protection of Secrets of Communications and Conversation) of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act (통신비밀보호법).i would raise a stink about it.
Now for a rant: People keep moving my ****** shoes/slippersI'd been using the same shoe cubby for over 6 months, when one day I came to school, and my shoes were gone. Whatever. They were cheapy inside slippers I had bought from a subway store for the summer. I brought my cold weather slippers back. All was peaceful... for a timeOne day I go to put on my shoes at the end of the day and someone just straight up PUT THEIR SHOES ON TOP OF MINE. TF? There are plenty of cubbies. This is unecessary. When I put on my shoes I find a different cubby to put my slippers in.One day I can't find my shoes when I go to put them on after work. I find them in a completely different shoe cubby cabinet. WHY?My shoes were moved within the same cabinet again recently but it's been a bit since anyone's moved them. Still. Why.
Quote from: moonbrie on December 26, 2016, 12:32:02 pmNow for a rant: People keep moving my ****** shoes/slippersI'd been using the same shoe cubby for over 6 months, when one day I came to school, and my shoes were gone. Whatever. They were cheapy inside slippers I had bought from a subway store for the summer. I brought my cold weather slippers back. All was peaceful... for a timeOne day I go to put on my shoes at the end of the day and someone just straight up PUT THEIR SHOES ON TOP OF MINE. TF? There are plenty of cubbies. This is unecessary. When I put on my shoes I find a different cubby to put my slippers in.One day I can't find my shoes when I go to put them on after work. I find them in a completely different shoe cubby cabinet. WHY?My shoes were moved within the same cabinet again recently but it's been a bit since anyone's moved them. Still. Why.I teach at a middle school with ten students, out in the sticks. I have size 12 feet, and the biggest spare pair of slippers is a size 7, but they're comfortable enough if I really kick my toes in and let my heels peek over the back. But, there is one particularly small boy in third grade who gets in early every day I teach there and TAKES THE SIZE SEVENS EVERY TIME. All the other slippers are miniatures and, as if out of spite, odd sizes.I see him and his tiny feet, gliding down the empty corridors in a pair of canoes, whilst I wince my way past, size 4 on my left foot, 5 on my right, toes splayed irregularly, catching door frames, heels clattering against the cold marble floor. And I am damn sure he grins every time he passes.I suppose I could bring in my own slippers, but sometimes I just enjoy being indignant about absurd, easily resolvable situations. It's fantastic waygook fodder.
Finding a decent place to live in Seoul is miserable. Everything that's new or remodeled has awful built-in washing machines and gas / electric ranges. Everything older is scummy and dirty.And everything is offensively expensive.
Staff dinner last night. Samgyapsal. Now my winter coat smells like fried pork.
Quote from: moonbrie on December 28, 2016, 11:16:01 am : Hey, I know you wanted to see my camp materials, but since you wanted me to focus on speaking, it's not really using a lot of powerpoints : I agree, since it is speaking it doesn't need powerpoint : So, I wrote out my camp plan to show you : But I already wrote the camp plan... : I mean the plan for my section of the camp : Oh ok : (showing the plan) So, on the first day first thing I want to ask them if there's anything they want to learn about : I don't think that's a good idea : ?? : They are first graders : I know they might not have anything they want to learn about, but I want to ask them just in case, to make it fun for them : But there is not enough time to make a lesson : Oh, well I wouldn't change the whole camp for that. Maybe just one lesson. I'd have enough time for that : But you are the teacher. You should have already planned all the lessons : I... I did already plan all the lessons. I'm showing you my plan right nowSeriously, what? I see what you're going for there, but I can get your coteacher's reaction, too. Back when I first started teaching here, I thought I'd try the whole 'self-motivated / choose your own lesson' thing, and it was poorly received by coworkers and students. In another educational environment, it might work well, but here it comes across as confusing and ill-prepared. Not your fault - like I said, I tried it, too.
: Hey, I know you wanted to see my camp materials, but since you wanted me to focus on speaking, it's not really using a lot of powerpoints : I agree, since it is speaking it doesn't need powerpoint : So, I wrote out my camp plan to show you : But I already wrote the camp plan... : I mean the plan for my section of the camp : Oh ok : (showing the plan) So, on the first day first thing I want to ask them if there's anything they want to learn about : I don't think that's a good idea : ?? : They are first graders : I know they might not have anything they want to learn about, but I want to ask them just in case, to make it fun for them : But there is not enough time to make a lesson : Oh, well I wouldn't change the whole camp for that. Maybe just one lesson. I'd have enough time for that : But you are the teacher. You should have already planned all the lessons : I... I did already plan all the lessons. I'm showing you my plan right nowSeriously, what?