The woman in the office is like it's lunch time let's go. I should be happy, i know, but I'm not 73 years old and I don't eat lunch at 11:45 on weekdays.
Quote from: AvecPommesFrites on April 09, 2018, 11:08:15 amThe woman in the office is like it's lunch time let's go. I should be happy, i know, but I'm not 73 years old and I don't eat lunch at 11:45 on weekdays.I don’t get it.What does age have to do with it?
Is it just me or is there a "giving up" culture here? It seems like everyone is quicker to give up than to try anything they either deem difficult or don't quite understand.Easiest example is obviously students with English (Especially in the countryside schools). But in other situations it seems to be the case as well. When I was with several friends in Seoul, one restaurant almost didn't allow us in (despite having seats available) because they didn't want to deal with the "struggle" of serving English-speaking foreigners (that, or they were racist).
Quote from: JNM on April 09, 2018, 12:02:19 pmQuote from: AvecPommesFrites on April 09, 2018, 11:08:15 amThe woman in the office is like it's lunch time let's go. I should be happy, i know, but I'm not 73 years old and I don't eat lunch at 11:45 on weekdays.I don’t get it.What does age have to do with it?Neither do I. If I have no fourth period class then I'll have my lunch at 11:30, probably because I'm a little bored. I kind of like to eat lunch early, and I usually always have dinner about 5pm. During the holidays, we had a family gathering and my sister was against booking the restaurant for 5pm because 'it was too early for dinner'. I equally don't understand my wife or Koreans on their dinner eating/midnight snack policy. My wife will have dinner anytime from 6pm-1am, and my students regularly eat chicken or other delivery food before bed.
I'd love to eat lunch at around 11 - 12 PM because I'm usually hungry as hell by then. I'm practically gnawing on my desk. If I didn't have my little snacks in between, I'd probably ****** riot. No one should have to go through this.
I don't understand. Students seemed to get punished for the weirdest things here. Some girls at my second school were crying in the halls, and were ACTUALLY BEING PUNISHED for calling a delivery to the school auditorium. That actually makes sense but I didn't expect such a harsh reaction. And today, one student put his feet on the desk and my co-teacher was livid to the point of stopping my class.But ya know, ignoring the English teacher and talking during the lesson are just fine.
Quote from: JVPrice on April 11, 2018, 02:11:01 pmI don't understand. Students seemed to get punished for the weirdest things here. Some girls at my second school were crying in the halls, and were ACTUALLY BEING PUNISHED for calling a delivery to the school auditorium. That actually makes sense but I didn't expect such a harsh reaction. And today, one student put his feet on the desk and my co-teacher was livid to the point of stopping my class.But ya know, ignoring the English teacher and talking during the lesson are just fine. I've noticed that. Things in my class are just responded to with "hahah yeah kids will be kids!!" but they screw up elsewhere and it's like "you must scrub the classroom on your knees for your insolence."
Chill the **** out