Quote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 02:21:08 pmQuote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeedAhh so you have six months, thinking of renewing? I'm due to sign my contract on Friday and it's scary. I see people go on about they're going to do XYZ when they get back or go into ABC job and I feel like I'm just starting out and don't know what road to go down. I've always had jobs but I don't have much experience in "grown up jobs". My degree subject is okay but my result was underwhelming. I don't really have the money to go back to uni and I don't really know what I would do if i did. I understand people my age don't really have it all figured out yet...but the difference between me and my friends back home is they are figuring it out, and gaining that experience, but I'm here with no idea what to do. FFFMMMMLLLLLLLLLPennypie, I think that England at the moment would be a difficult place to get back into right now, both mentally and jobwise. I love going back home twice a year for holidays, but that kind of 'everyone's moved on' feeling is not always what you'd expect. People have just got older and are doing older people's things, like have kids and buy houses. Which is tempting to get a house because for some unknown reason my guilty temptation is watching 'Homes under the Hammer' and there are loads of them on youtube. But anyway, I used to have that pre-contract signing dread and then the post-signing happiness as all bonuses and money gets paid. An extra year with saving and travelling around here and then heading back when the dust has settled makes more sense. I'm looking at moving back to Europe in a few years, not England. I just like the foreigner's lifestyle and am sure I can get that somewhere other than England. Again depending on Brexit agreements, it'll be interesting.
Quote from: What?What? on July 04, 2017, 01:52:44 pmQuote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeedAhh so you have six months, thinking of renewing? I'm due to sign my contract on Friday and it's scary. I see people go on about they're going to do XYZ when they get back or go into ABC job and I feel like I'm just starting out and don't know what road to go down. I've always had jobs but I don't have much experience in "grown up jobs". My degree subject is okay but my result was underwhelming. I don't really have the money to go back to uni and I don't really know what I would do if i did. I understand people my age don't really have it all figured out yet...but the difference between me and my friends back home is they are figuring it out, and gaining that experience, but I'm here with no idea what to do. FFFMMMMLLLLLLLLL
Quote from: Pennypie on July 04, 2017, 01:19:13 pmSo grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea. me too. Half way through this years contract and realising that after vacation I seriously need to start figuring out if I am going back home or not as I will need to prep my pets for export. What will I do if I go home though? I could teach, but we earn next to nothing back home...... I feel you; WTF should I do with my life indeed
So grumpy today. It's Tuesday (my least fav) Also I saw someone said something on some thread about desks/chairs being too short here and that is so true. My knees/hips are killing me! finally, wtf should I do with my life? I really have no idea.
I think the whole buying a house thing is drilled into us. It's like the measure of being an adult, but it isn't really true anymore. Funny you mentioned homes under the hammer....I've been looking into things like that myself, buying a shitty house, investing in it, selling it on or letting it out. Looks too simple on TV though Although the way things are going there might be a crash so who knows, I might be able to pick up something cheap.
I hate how my CTs this year often make class go over into the break time. Even if we are just playing a game they will keep it going like 5-7 minutes into break and I'll barely have enough time to take a piss. Why??
Quote from: sevenpm on July 05, 2017, 08:52:01 amI hate how my CTs this year often make class go over into the break time. Even if we are just playing a game they will keep it going like 5-7 minutes into break and I'll barely have enough time to take a piss. Why??It could be one of two causes:CT's piss poor planning?Your poor piss planning?
On the matter of 'English Camp', who was the genius who came up with that term. Why a "camp"? In my first year, I thought I was going to the countryside for a week with my students. Spent a fortune on hiking gear and a tent.
I went out last night and ordered some french fries... that were covered in sugar. I have never seen that before and it was so disappointing! I know they have sugared garlic bread and sugared other things, but I have never seen it on french fries.
Yeah, the line-cutting here can be really frustrating, not just because it's so inconsiderate, but also because it's incredibly disrespectful. Most line-cutters I've seen usually pretend that they don't know they're cutting. Some legit aren't paying attention, but a lot of them know exactly what they're doing and count on the idea that you won't say anything. Recently was waiting in line to enter a subway car and a young woman with her boyfriend tried to squeeze right in front of me. Or really, the woman did, the boyfriend didn't really want to but was just kind of following her lead while looking at me to see what I would do. I didn't say anything, I just squeezed my way back in front of her once the doors opened, lol. Pretended I didn't even see her. I can play that game, too, sista.
Quote from: yirj17 on July 05, 2017, 11:06:40 amThese stories of line cutting make me really appreciate the small things-- the other day I was at the bank and people don't really line up, they just kinda cluster around the teller's desk. There was an ajumma in front of me who noticed I had just one bill in my hand-- she had a big handful and insisted I go first. They don't pull numbers at your bank? the concept of one transaction at a time.
These stories of line cutting make me really appreciate the small things-- the other day I was at the bank and people don't really line up, they just kinda cluster around the teller's desk. There was an ajumma in front of me who noticed I had just one bill in my hand-- she had a big handful and insisted I go first.
Just had one class reach that magical age where they like to say Puck You. So I deployed my usual massive overreaction. Shouting and all fun cancelled for the next two periods. At the end of the hell class I ask my co-teacher to explain why they should never use those words unless they like being punched in the face.Dear girl could barely pretend to give a toss. It was all giggles and whatevs. Kids think it's just some odd quirk of mine now.Does anybody teaching out of Korea feel like filming their students learning the Korean expression for 18, dog baby, eating boiled candy and crazy guy? I'm sure my co-teacher would see the humour in this situation.
Quote from: Arabin on July 05, 2017, 11:34:03 amJust had one class reach that magical age where they like to say Puck You. So I deployed my usual massive overreaction. Shouting and all fun cancelled for the next two periods. At the end of the hell class I ask my co-teacher to explain why they should never use those words unless they like being punched in the face.Dear girl could barely pretend to give a toss. It was all giggles and whatevs. Kids think it's just some odd quirk of mine now.Does anybody teaching out of Korea feel like filming their students learning the Korean expression for 18, dog baby, eating boiled candy and crazy guy? I'm sure my co-teacher would see the humour in this situation.Well, that is one approach.Have you ever tried simply to ignore it and not react?Then, at the end of class you can simply address the student, individually, when the others have left, ask why he was held back and explain why using such language leads others to believe you are an uneducated dolt, a half-wit.It has worked a charm at times.Different strokes, different folks.