The teacher who was supposed to be teaching camp with me isn't coming in (she's just "cashing in" all of her remaining sick days).She's leaving at the end of the month so I suppose she doesn't care. Can't blame her really but did no one foresee that she would do this?
Quote from: The Arm on February 16, 2017, 07:48:58 amThe teacher who was supposed to be teaching camp with me isn't coming in (she's just "cashing in" all of her remaining sick days).She's leaving at the end of the month so I suppose she doesn't care. Can't blame her really but did no one foresee that she would do this?Are you public school? Seems weird they bring in another foreign teacher. Anyway that sucks for you though, kinda selfish of her even if she is leaving.
It genuinely blows my mind how budgets are allocated sometimes. The amount of peripheral teaching materials of dubious actual use that are bought is astonishing, and then essentials like printers are completely neglected.
Quote from: Lurch on February 16, 2017, 08:15:28 amQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on February 16, 2017, 07:54:35 amIt genuinely blows my mind how budgets are allocated sometimes. The amount of peripheral teaching materials of dubious actual use that are bought is astonishing, and then essentials like printers are completely neglected.My 'new' computer at work is a real piece of, well, work. It's got a 2-year-old i5-6600, which is great! Unfortunately, they've seen fit to cripple it with a mere 2gb of RAM. Sigh.I think I've got a couple 4gb sticks in the shed somewhere. If there were any reassurance they wouldn't disappear into someone-more-important-than-me's computer when I'm not looking, I might even stick em in.I mean, RAM is cheap-as-free. I'd do it anyways.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on February 16, 2017, 07:54:35 amIt genuinely blows my mind how budgets are allocated sometimes. The amount of peripheral teaching materials of dubious actual use that are bought is astonishing, and then essentials like printers are completely neglected.My 'new' computer at work is a real piece of, well, work. It's got a 2-year-old i5-6600, which is great! Unfortunately, they've seen fit to cripple it with a mere 2gb of RAM. Sigh.I think I've got a couple 4gb sticks in the shed somewhere. If there were any reassurance they wouldn't disappear into someone-more-important-than-me's computer when I'm not looking, I might even stick em in.
Quote from: flyingspider on February 15, 2017, 03:23:28 pmThis trash printer might have finally just died. That would be great if I weren't trying to print this movie ticket. Guess I'll try and print it at the cinema; hopefully I can figure it out. Maybe the school will finally replace this ancient behemoth with one that will print without jamming every three pages.It genuinely blows my mind how budgets are allocated sometimes. The amount of peripheral teaching materials of dubious actual use that are bought is astonishing, and then essentials like printers are completely neglected.
This trash printer might have finally just died. That would be great if I weren't trying to print this movie ticket. Guess I'll try and print it at the cinema; hopefully I can figure it out. Maybe the school will finally replace this ancient behemoth with one that will print without jamming every three pages.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on February 16, 2017, 07:54:35 amQuote from: flyingspider on February 15, 2017, 03:23:28 pmThis trash printer might have finally just died. That would be great if I weren't trying to print this movie ticket. Guess I'll try and print it at the cinema; hopefully I can figure it out. Maybe the school will finally replace this ancient behemoth with one that will print without jamming every three pages.It genuinely blows my mind how budgets are allocated sometimes. The amount of peripheral teaching materials of dubious actual use that are bought is astonishing, and then essentials like printers are completely neglected.I have a really, really nice touch screen white board thingy in all of my classrooms. (I forget the brand name.) We are not allowed to use them.We haven't had coloured ink since partway through my first year here (3 years ago) since the school doesn't have enough money. But we did re-do the English classrooms! And kept the electric whiteboard thingy!
WHY? WHY? WHY?Why don't Koreans use garbage can liners/trash bags to line the garbage cans?
Quote from: Pecan on February 17, 2017, 08:40:37 amWHY? WHY? WHY?Why don't Koreans use garbage can liners/trash bags to line the garbage cans?Especially the TP bins in the bathroom! The TP gets emptied, but the bin is still nasty.
They just threw away literally hundreds of unused text books because the government changed a few pages. They have to buy updated ones so the old ones are going to be destroyed. I can't believe how wasteful that is or imagine how much money that costs.