Things that are apparently not okay: Taking sick days.Things that are a-okay: Taking cold medicine at your desk and teacher while high on it.
Quote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amCan I rant about something that's not even happened yet?The national training exercise is at 2pm today (not an issue) but it is raining cats and dogs outside. Our assembly point is across the playing field... I've already had to cross it twice to teach in the other building and even with an umbrella I still got soaked. Fingers crossed someone decides to change the assembly point... and yes, I know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Don't go. I won't be. Hide in the English room. Bombs do not affect English.
Can I rant about something that's not even happened yet?The national training exercise is at 2pm today (not an issue) but it is raining cats and dogs outside. Our assembly point is across the playing field... I've already had to cross it twice to teach in the other building and even with an umbrella I still got soaked. Fingers crossed someone decides to change the assembly point... and yes, I know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later
I know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later
Quote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.
Quote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.SK isn't NK's only enemy, dude. There's a lot of nationalities that would consider them the enemy.
Quote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.
Quote from: kyndo on August 23, 2017, 12:55:12 pmQuote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.Which general vicinity are we talking about? The peninsula or the "lots of other countries" that consider the Norks to be "our enemy". The US, South Korea, and Japan maybe. But even many South Koreans would hesitate to call the Norks "our enemy".Just sayin'. My enemy on the peninsula is my neighbour who constantly slams his door, and some snotty kid who works down at the local Lotteria. He'll get his comeuppance one of these days. I've them to content with. I can't do everything.
Quote from: kyndo on August 23, 2017, 12:55:12 pmSeems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.Which general vicinity are we talking about? The peninsula or the "lots of other countries" that consider the Norks to be "our enemy". The US, South Korea, and Japan maybe. But even many South Koreans would hesitate to call the Norks "our enemy".Just sayin'.
Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.
My enemy on the peninsula is my neighbour who constantly slams his door, and some snotty kid who works down at the local Lotteria. He'll get his comeuppance one of these days. I've them to content with. I can't do everything.
Quote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 01:13:35 pmQuote from: kyndo on August 23, 2017, 12:55:12 pmQuote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.Which general vicinity are we talking about? The peninsula or the "lots of other countries" that consider the Norks to be "our enemy". The US, South Korea, and Japan maybe. But even many South Koreans would hesitate to call the Norks "our enemy".Just sayin'. My enemy on the peninsula is my neighbour who constantly slams his door, and some snotty kid who works down at the local Lotteria. He'll get his comeuppance one of these days. I've them to content with. I can't do everything.Your argument went from "you've gone full native" to "even SKs don't call them enemy"
Quote from: jddavis7 on August 23, 2017, 01:19:42 pmQuote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 01:13:35 pmQuote from: kyndo on August 23, 2017, 12:55:12 pmQuote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.Which general vicinity are we talking about? The peninsula or the "lots of other countries" that consider the Norks to be "our enemy". The US, South Korea, and Japan maybe. But even many South Koreans would hesitate to call the Norks "our enemy".Just sayin'. My enemy on the peninsula is my neighbour who constantly slams his door, and some snotty kid who works down at the local Lotteria. He'll get his comeuppance one of these days. I've them to content with. I can't do everything.Your argument went from "you've gone full native" to "even SKs don't call them enemy"I said "many" South Koreans.
Quote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 01:13:35 pmQuote from: kyndo on August 23, 2017, 12:55:12 pmQuote from: Maclean on August 23, 2017, 12:34:36 pmQuote from: emmas28 on August 23, 2017, 11:39:32 amI know that our enemies don't care about the weather when/if/should they attack, but I don't want a classroom full of soggy children later Wow. You've gone full native. Congratulations.Seems kind of a no-brainer to consider anybody who consistently threatens to launch rockets in one's general vicinity an enemy, right?.Which general vicinity are we talking about? The peninsula or the "lots of other countries" that consider the Norks to be "our enemy". The US, South Korea, and Japan maybe. But even many South Koreans would hesitate to call the Norks "our enemy".Just sayin'. My enemy on the peninsula is my neighbour who constantly slams his door, and some snotty kid who works down at the local Lotteria. He'll get his comeuppance one of these days. I've them to content with. I can't do everything.I kinda thought this was referring to theoretical enemies. Like, anyone who would actually follow through with an attack. Any and all enemies are not likely to care about the weather if they were going to drop bombs on a school.
I'm having to squirrel away my English camp and classroom supplies. A new teacher (and TBF, another old CT who is now a homeroom teacher) has the very open-minded view:What's yours is mine. What's mine is mine. Give me. (That "give me" is a direct quote.)They keep going through my cupboard and taking stuff because they "need it". They can't even manage to go down to the admin office to get basic office supplies!! At the back of one of the cupboards I have a small bag of vitamin sweets to be used as prizes for camp. This new teacher went through everyone's cupboards while we were all out teaching. She came across this bag and got all excited because now she can give candy to the students every lesson. And more candy if students play a game! Because games can't have losers, the losers will get 1 candy and the winners will get 2. 4 days into the 2nd semester and my winter camp budget is screwed and my classroom games are now hobbled.