Quote from: yirj17 on November 21, 2017, 08:57:21 amCurse my stupid romantic heart. Well, guess I've learned yet another lesson.Sorry to hear that, keep your chin up!Dating here is really hard. Not sure what went sour for you but in my experience, cultural difference along with the language barrier is insurmountable.
Curse my stupid romantic heart. Well, guess I've learned yet another lesson.
Anyone. Just looking for some supplementary income.
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on November 21, 2017, 09:58:57 amAnyone. Just looking for some supplementary income.Thought you were considering driving a Korean city bus to easy street?
CO2, Kevin, "Emoji's to Format Dialogue With Co-Teacher." Waygook.org's Den of Thieves Community Forum 2017. Print.
Someone sat down RIGHT beside me on the subway when there are plenty of empty seats all around and I'm kinda weirded out hahahah
RANT 1:*I love my students. I love my students. I love my students*But I have this one kid in particular who is driving me up a wall. He's one of the only ones in his class to go to hagwon. It's fine, except he's literally the most competitive person I've ever seen in my life. Like, come game/activity/project time, he's up there yelling and taking over his group because no one else can do it as fast as he can. (Note that they're perfectly capable of doing whatever it is, but just take 10 seconds to answer instead of 5 seconds.) He's yelling because I didn't add the team's point to the board before I changed the slide or I didn't add the sticker to his team's chart immediately as soon as the game ended or I didn't use the timer on the screen to allow for a little more time--which obviously means that it's completely unfair and he has to yell and moan about it until I understand his point *eye roll*. This child needs to learn some freaking patience. I talked to my coteacher about both of us sitting down with him and trying to get him to just calm the heck down, but apparently he's the exact same in his homeroom.RANT 2:There's this one homeroom teacher at my school who speaks really good English. She's cool, and she's a good teacher, and I generally enjoy teaching with her. But there's always been the niggling "Don't trust her" feeling. Nothing to support that feeling, just I get the idea she's a very petty, manipulative person, and she has lots of control issues. Well, she completely took over my entire classroom yesterday. Like rearranged the classroom, threw away my entire reward system, started changing the lesson in the middle of freaking class. Like, who the hell does this woman think she is to come into my classroom, change it around, take over my lesson, and then act like I'm the stupid one because I'm sitting there like "WTF?" She's so condescending, and I'm over it.
Quote from: yirj17 on November 22, 2017, 09:47:59 amSomeone sat down RIGHT beside me on the subway when there are plenty of empty seats all around and I'm kinda weirded out hahahahYeah, that's happened to me a few times before as well (both on subways and buses).
My Co-T is such a........... Well............... ...... Teacher, it's snowing! *proceeds to close all the window........ drapes? The curtain, I don't f'in know*5 mins later, I begin teaching So, kids! How's the weather! (This is not the lesson, it is an English question, and it's pertinent) *proceeds to close her own window shutter which was 25% open.Who does this???? F this, I'm moving to Indonesia.
Please don't move to Indonesia just for that girl. Also, block your ex's number and block her on Kakao, Facebook, etc. I've been in your position and it's sh*te I know but she's just going to keep messing with your head by contacting you whenever she's bored and wants some attention.
One of the phrases I had to teach my students today was, "Here you are!"I briefly mentioned after they said it a few times that it's a bit more common/friendly to say, "Here you go!" So ya! Here you are. Here you go. Both OK! Alright, so now... 미국인병 teacher, [points to 'Here you go,'] they don't need to know that, it's just going to confuse them, OK? It just waste time. No yeah, totally fine, just f()ck me I guess.Works CitedCO2, Kevin, "Emoji's to Format Dialogue With Co-Teacher." Waygook.org's Den of Thieves Community Forum 2017. Print.
Quote from: koreakorea on November 24, 2017, 07:33:20 amPlease don't move to Indonesia just for that girl. Also, block your ex's number and block her on Kakao, Facebook, etc. I've been in your position and it's sh*te I know but she's just going to keep messing with your head by contacting you whenever she's bored and wants some attention.I'll make my own mistakes, thank you very much.
1) No, I'm using the ****** classroom computer whether you want me to or not. I'm the one who made it run better to begin with because you guys had a crap-ton of malware and unnecessary software installed on the betch, so if it's running slow, it's not because of me, it's because of something you or a student ****** did. Look, see? I found a shit-ton of malware, and no, it wasn't put there by me. Stop ****** blaming the foreigner every time something isn't working right. Oh, you mean no one else has had access to this computer? Are you ****** sure about that? Because you guys leave this ****** computer unattended and unlocked all the ****** time so that anyone can get to it. Oh, the students would never get on the computer without permission and you're positive that none of the other teachers have been ****** around it (including yourself)? Okay, Ima install this motion detection software on this ****** thing to see who gets on and then we'll see about that. *comes in next week to KT insisting that I just sit in the classroom and stare at the ****** desk instead of using the computer because it's running slow again and they're positive that's MY fault* It's not my fault, I left the computer in more than perfect working order last week, and it just so happened to crap out in the middle of the week while I wasn't even here? Have YOU done anything to the computer? No, you haven't been on it? What about the students? You've already told me that the students would never touch it without permission? Okay, okay. *checks backlog of saved recordings, finds a TON of vids of KTs and students using the computer throughout the week, shows everyone, continues using the computer without any more arguments, removes all the ****** software installed by the students and the malware that got installed along with them* ****** children. And not even talking about the students.
Quote from: Chinguetti on November 27, 2017, 07:52:23 am1) No, I'm using the ****** classroom computer whether you want me to or not. I'm the one who made it run better to begin with because you guys had a crap-ton of malware and unnecessary software installed on the betch, so if it's running slow, it's not because of me, it's because of something you or a student ****** did. Look, see? I found a shit-ton of malware, and no, it wasn't put there by me. Stop ****** blaming the foreigner every time something isn't working right. Oh, you mean no one else has had access to this computer? Are you ****** sure about that? Because you guys leave this ****** computer unattended and unlocked all the ****** time so that anyone can get to it. Oh, the students would never get on the computer without permission and you're positive that none of the other teachers have been ****** around it (including yourself)? Okay, Ima install this motion detection software on this ****** thing to see who gets on and then we'll see about that. *comes in next week to KT insisting that I just sit in the classroom and stare at the ****** desk instead of using the computer because it's running slow again and they're positive that's MY fault* It's not my fault, I left the computer in more than perfect working order last week, and it just so happened to crap out in the middle of the week while I wasn't even here? Have YOU done anything to the computer? No, you haven't been on it? What about the students? You've already told me that the students would never touch it without permission? Okay, okay. *checks backlog of saved recordings, finds a TON of vids of KTs and students using the computer throughout the week, shows everyone, continues using the computer without any more arguments, removes all the ****** software installed by the students and the malware that got installed along with them* ****** children. And not even talking about the students.Our school computers have the passwords written on sticky notes attached to the monitor. Boggles the mind.