Quote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 07:52:28 amQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on April 06, 2017, 07:48:44 amQuote from: jobingumi on April 05, 2017, 05:49:34 pmQuote from: What?What? on April 05, 2017, 04:14:16 pmOk so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.You can stick your thumb in the ink and use your fingerprint instead.This is accurate. I did this years ago when signing my first housing contract.Or you could just go buy a stamp. They're like 5,000-20,000 won. They're dirt cheap.I asked to use my stamp and they said no. hahahaaYou see this confuses me, it's a dirt cheap stamp that anyone can get and I assume replicate, so how is this more official than my scrawl signature which cannot be replicated unless you are a skilled forger? I'm gonna listen to Pecan here and just not get one. Thanks everyone.On a side note though - if they are that cheap I might get a bunch made up as gifts for when I go home.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on April 06, 2017, 07:48:44 amQuote from: jobingumi on April 05, 2017, 05:49:34 pmQuote from: What?What? on April 05, 2017, 04:14:16 pmOk so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.You can stick your thumb in the ink and use your fingerprint instead.This is accurate. I did this years ago when signing my first housing contract.Or you could just go buy a stamp. They're like 5,000-20,000 won. They're dirt cheap.I asked to use my stamp and they said no. hahahaa
Quote from: jobingumi on April 05, 2017, 05:49:34 pmQuote from: What?What? on April 05, 2017, 04:14:16 pmOk so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.You can stick your thumb in the ink and use your fingerprint instead.This is accurate. I did this years ago when signing my first housing contract.Or you could just go buy a stamp. They're like 5,000-20,000 won. They're dirt cheap.
Quote from: What?What? on April 05, 2017, 04:14:16 pmOk so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.You can stick your thumb in the ink and use your fingerprint instead.
Ok so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.
Quote from: What?What? on April 06, 2017, 08:03:42 amQuote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 07:52:28 amQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on April 06, 2017, 07:48:44 amQuote from: jobingumi on April 05, 2017, 05:49:34 pmQuote from: What?What? on April 05, 2017, 04:14:16 pmOk so I am actually looking for some guidance and clarity. I have a school that is insisting that they need my stamp. I have advised that I dont have a stamp, and I have been told that I must get one., because everyone has a stamp and that my signature just isn't enough. I have been here 3 years and this is a first for me. But before I argue, I just want to know if there is something I am missing, perhaps I truly am being the ignorant foreigner.You can stick your thumb in the ink and use your fingerprint instead.This is accurate. I did this years ago when signing my first housing contract.Or you could just go buy a stamp. They're like 5,000-20,000 won. They're dirt cheap.I asked to use my stamp and they said no. hahahaaYou see this confuses me, it's a dirt cheap stamp that anyone can get and I assume replicate, so how is this more official than my scrawl signature which cannot be replicated unless you are a skilled forger? I'm gonna listen to Pecan here and just not get one. Thanks everyone.On a side note though - if they are that cheap I might get a bunch made up as gifts for when I go home.Take a gander at some of the nicer ones if you feel like splurging on a fancy one for yourself or someone! When my brother studied abroad in Korea he brought me back a nice carved one that's pretty cool. It did cost like 30 or 40 man won but I was the only one he got one for, hahah.
I think he had to place an order and pick it up a few days later, if I recall correctly. It was some time ago!
Take a gander at some of the nicer ones if you feel like splurging on a fancy one for yourself or someone! When my brother studied abroad in Korea he brought me back a nice carved one that's pretty cool. It did cost like 30 or 40 man won but I was the only one he got one for, hahah.
Quote from: yirj17 on April 06, 2017, 08:36:27 amTake a gander at some of the nicer ones if you feel like splurging on a fancy one for yourself or someone! When my brother studied abroad in Korea he brought me back a nice carved one that's pretty cool. It did cost like 30 or 40 man won but I was the only one he got one for, hahah. I can fly to Tokyo for that much.
Or you could just go buy a stamp. They're like 5,000-20,000 won. They're dirt cheap.
Quote from: gprinziv on April 06, 2017, 07:59:27 amMy anxiety is so bad today I wasn't able to plan the second half of my elementary 3/4 double-lesson.Getting real sick of this shit.I am so sorry to hear this. I can relate.
My anxiety is so bad today I wasn't able to plan the second half of my elementary 3/4 double-lesson.Getting real sick of this shit.
it's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...
Quote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 09:47:38 amit's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...translation: the kindergarten teacher wants an extra free period, and the dancing english monkey must provide! i would strongly encourage you to contact your MOE/POE about this. they are just gonna try pull the same shit with your replacement unless the MOE/POE puts them in their place.
Quote from: kobayashi on April 06, 2017, 10:17:52 amQuote from: Kayos on April 06, 2017, 09:47:38 amit's not fair on the kindergarten teacher if you don't go...translation: the kindergarten teacher wants an extra free period, and the dancing english monkey must provide! i would strongly encourage you to contact your MOE/POE about this. they are just gonna try pull the same shit with your replacement unless the MOE/POE puts them in their place.I don't know the difference between the MOE / POE, however, the only guy who speaks English at mine stopped taking / blocked my calls and emails once I started asking about renewing / getting transferred. :\However, the new teacher - if there is one (I still don't know if my job got cut or not, every week I get given a new reason why I wasn't able to renew / get transferred) shouldn't have time to do it anyway. They'll need that spare time to prepare for the afterschool class. It usually takes me Monday - Wednesday to prepare for my normal classes (I get a lot of free time on Wednesday's, on Thursday, I get about 2.5 hours of free time, however, the school only has 3 computers to use between all the staff members, so I can only use an hour of that time for prep. Friday, which is when they want the kindergarten class, has lunchtime - until end of the day available to prep).I'll probably leave it in my note to tell the MOE / POE if they get asked, if there is a replacement. A lot of schools in my area lost students this year, so I'm not sure if they are cutting a NET, just want a fresh new body that doesn't know how the Korean school system works - to try get more out of them, or if I generally didn't do a good enough job - however, I worked hard and wasn't anything if I wasn't doing well enough. :\
I will get an official warning if I whistle in class again.
Quote from: CO2 on April 06, 2017, 12:15:59 pmI will get an official warning if I whistle in class again.One of my principals once asked my CoT to tell me to stop whistling in the halls, because it's "inappropriate in school." My CoT assured me that Koreans think whistling is very rude. None of the other Koreans I've talked to about it since then knew wtf they were talking about, but oh well. I stopped doing it at that school.I'm a whistler, though, so I do it and have done it at all my other schools . I'm reasonably good at it, too, so some of my students think it's neat.