Quote from: sligo on June 15, 2018, 12:16:13 pmMake them not want you there. Question every instruction: I don't understand, can you say in English please?They will soon tire of having to put effort into something and excuse you from future endeavours.
Make them not want you there. Question every instruction: I don't understand, can you say in English please?They will soon tire of having to put effort into something and excuse you from future endeavours.
At our last one I raised my hand and asked a question (in Korean) to the presenters about the possibilities of breaking ribs when performing the technique. He said he would address it later. Then never did.
Quote from: robin_teacher on June 15, 2018, 11:32:52 amMandatory CPR training in Korean again. I explained to my co-teacher that it wasn't appropriate for me to attend a Korean CPR training session because I won't understand and it could end up being dangerous if I'm recorded as being CPR trained when I'm not."All teachers must attend."....I need to go do something distracting because thinking about health and safety here is making my blood boil.If it makes you feel any better, I doubt the Korean teachers come out of it much more capable of saving a life through the maneuver than you. Any time I've attended these 'training sessions' they've tried to make it the presentations upbeat and casual, the teachers getting very giggly when it comes time to practice on the dummies. But if you're going to perform life-saving CPR, you have to be prepared to break the person rib cage, and then continue pushing. I don't think anyone at my school would have the stomach to do it properly.
Mandatory CPR training in Korean again. I explained to my co-teacher that it wasn't appropriate for me to attend a Korean CPR training session because I won't understand and it could end up being dangerous if I'm recorded as being CPR trained when I'm not."All teachers must attend."....I need to go do something distracting because thinking about health and safety here is making my blood boil.
Mandatory CPR training in Korean again. I explained to my co-teacher that it wasn't appropriate for me to attend a Korean CPR training session because I won't understand and it could end up being dangerous if I'm recorded as being CPR trained when I'm not."All teachers must attend."Coincidentally, today I was also told not to give food to the students (I never do this) because a 1st grader choked to death in another school in Chungnam. I don't suppose they'll stop serving lunch, though."Didn't someone do the Heimlich maneuver?""I don't know."I found a brief article about it here. Seems that the student choked in the classroom during class and died in hospital. Did anyone try the Heimlich? Did they know it? Did they do CPR instead? Is the Heimlich maneuver taught to school staff? Where was the school nurse? I need to go do something distracting because thinking about health and safety here is making my blood boil.
They made me go to that last year even after I already showed them my up-to-date, in-an-actual-classroom, paramedic-level CPR/AED/First Aid certs from back home (first earned way back in 2009, and kept up-to-date with recertification and trainings since then, as required by my preschool job back home). Because apparently it wasn't as good as the "certification" earned from watching a 20-minute video in Korean, listening to a 10-minute lecture in Korean, and then "practicing" for 10 minutes on a semi-functioning dummy with two overly-giggly coteachers.
I just took a hard fall from the uneven tiles in our teachers room. I went down hard. I'm now going to have a huge bruise on my knee and probably my hip. I wish they would fix or replace those stupid things.
IIRC, the new Red Cross guidelines push compressions over breathing, and changed the number (NOT depth) of compressions to be the same between children and adults. Infant CPR remained the same. But, honestly, this particular class was over a year ago, so my memory is a little foggy, and I have let my certification lapse since moving here.
Quote from: denimdaze on June 15, 2018, 11:30:12 amI just took a hard fall from the uneven tiles in our teachers room. I went down hard. I'm now going to have a huge bruise on my knee and probably my hip. I wish they would fix or replace those stupid things. You need to go to the hospital and get your injuries checked out. Scans etc.And do it today. It's vitally important for claiming worker's compensation. Medical expenses for accidents at work are fully covered by the employer. Take pictures and video of the uneven tiles too.
Quote from: kobayashi on June 15, 2018, 04:27:25 pmQuote from: denimdaze on June 15, 2018, 11:30:12 amI just took a hard fall from the uneven tiles in our teachers room. I went down hard. I'm now going to have a huge bruise on my knee and probably my hip. I wish they would fix or replace those stupid things. You need to go to the hospital and get your injuries checked out. Scans etc.And do it today. It's vitally important for claiming worker's compensation. Medical expenses for accidents at work are fully covered by the employer. Take pictures and video of the uneven tiles too. But why? To what end? It's a lot of hassle with no benefit to denimdaze, unless she plans to sue. Which would be difficult considering that the MOE would just not renew her. Considering the how easy these kinds of cases are to delay, she would end up pursuing the charges from out country, making it both really expensive, and nearly impossible to win. Better to use use the accident to gain a bit of social capital, to be spent on negotiating a better summer/winter holiday.
Quote from: kyndo on June 16, 2018, 09:17:21 amQuote from: kobayashi on June 15, 2018, 04:27:25 pmQuote from: denimdaze on June 15, 2018, 11:30:12 amI just took a hard fall from the uneven tiles in our teachers room. I went down hard. I'm now going to have a huge bruise on my knee and probably my hip. I wish they would fix or replace those stupid things. You need to go to the hospital and get your injuries checked out. Scans etc.And do it today. It's vitally important for claiming worker's compensation. Medical expenses for accidents at work are fully covered by the employer. Take pictures and video of the uneven tiles too. But why? To what end? It's a lot of hassle with no benefit to denimdaze, unless she plans to sue. Which would be difficult considering that the MOE would just not renew her. Considering the how easy these kinds of cases are to delay, she would end up pursuing the charges from out country, making it both really expensive, and nearly impossible to win. Better to use use the accident to gain a bit of social capital, to be spent on negotiating a better summer/winter holiday. i'd probably go to the hospital so i had 'evidence' and could then negotiate a better holiday, etc
3 weeks ago I started having symptoms of a disease I'd rather not disclose. I go to the doctor and of course they prescribe medicine. Symptoms are not only still present but worse a week later. I go to another doctor and they actually check rather than just ask me my symptoms. They also prescribe medicine. Now I'm on the last dose and I still have symptoms. What are the odds that if I return to either doctor they'll just prescribe meds again??
Quote from: JVPrice on June 17, 2018, 06:17:39 am3 weeks ago I started having symptoms of a disease I'd rather not disclose. I go to the doctor and of course they prescribe medicine. Symptoms are not only still present but worse a week later. I go to another doctor and they actually check rather than just ask me my symptoms. They also prescribe medicine. Now I'm on the last dose and I still have symptoms. What are the odds that if I return to either doctor they'll just prescribe meds again?? Which STD did you get?But seriously, go to a reputable hospital instead of small-town clinics if you're not getting proper treatment.
Wouldn't know since these doctors never give me a diagnosis
Quote from: StillInKorea on June 17, 2018, 07:16:02 pmQuote from: JVPrice on June 17, 2018, 06:17:39 am3 weeks ago I started having symptoms of a disease I'd rather not disclose. I go to the doctor and of course they prescribe medicine. Symptoms are not only still present but worse a week later. I go to another doctor and they actually check rather than just ask me my symptoms. They also prescribe medicine. Now I'm on the last dose and I still have symptoms. What are the odds that if I return to either doctor they'll just prescribe meds again?? Which STD did you get?But seriously, go to a reputable hospital instead of small-town clinics if you're not getting proper treatment.Wouldn't know since these doctors never give me a diagnosis
aye, but legal/official documentation is probably better if you were 'threatening' or suggesting taking legal action, at least from what i've read in various korean legal help groups i left my public school on a bitter note and from being a bit screwed over, so maybe i'm a bit more mistrustful and less likely to give the benefit of the doubt than most