Quote from: Chinguetti on June 26, 2018, 08:57:57 pmQuote from: Bingsu on June 26, 2018, 06:26:39 pmI hate it here so much, I feel like such a ****** jackass for picking a 12 month contract. I'm 4 months in and I'm having such a shit time and there's so much time left until I can go.I refuse to do a runner but **** I hate thisSo far I've been:Headbutted in the spinePurposely shoved walking down the hall and laughed at when I stumbled Had students try to pull me off the floor while rearranging books by my ponytail because I wouldn't get up and unlock my computerHad a kid post up to me because I tried to take his phoneBeen body bumped off my own computer multiple timesHad the bathroom sign thrown into my room with nose bleed tissuesI'm so mentally exhausted and reporting things just made it worse for meFirst, I'm sorry that things are still so hard for you right now, and I feel like I need to state that you should do what's best for your own health and interest. You were dealt a bad hand, so there's no shame in moving on to better pastures.With that being said, I read your blog, and what you're currently dealing with is classic office bullying. They're trying to get you to quit. BUT... they were probably already trying to get you to do that in the first place. They've just stepped it up a level. Also more than likely there's been false info and rumors flying around about you from day 1. The place is toxic. I'm betting things were and are being said to the kids, too, which would explain some of their incredibly hostile attitudes towards you (especially the bit about the kid calling you a bitter worker and that you should just go back home -- that's something an adult would say, she's probably just regurgitating it). Most of the KTs probably know nothing about you outside of what others are saying, and you can bet that most of that is probably negative. No one at that school was ever your friend. Some were polite towards you, but there was animosity and hostility always there. None of that is your fault.If you still want to fight the good fight, you'll need to give yourself some important *me* time first so that you'll have the energy to build up your second wind. It always gets worse before it gets better, especially in places like that. I know I keep harping about it, but log everything. Record everything. Invest in hidden cams for your classroom, and audio record ANYTIME you go into a room with Koreans or interact with a Korean at your school. And remember that the school literally, literally set you up for failure. That isn't your fault. How they're choosing to treat you isn't your fault. You were walking into a shitstorm that's been going on long before you got there. Whether you ultimately decide to leave or stay, you're not wrong either way. You don't need to put up and deal with this bullshit, especially if it's become super detrimental to you. If you don't feel like you have it in you to punch back as hard as you're going to need to, that's okay. You shouldn't have to, and there's no shame in leaving. I'd just advice, should you decide to leave, to gather as much evidence about the school's mistreatment of you as possible to submit to the POE on your way out, just as a final middle finger farewell.Keep us posted, Bingsu, I wish you the best.Thank you. This really really means a lot to me, I can't express it enough. I'm trying to push through all of this and I'm hoping my summer vacation gives me a big enough reset to kick the doors down when the new semester starts.
Quote from: Bingsu on June 26, 2018, 06:26:39 pmI hate it here so much, I feel like such a ****** jackass for picking a 12 month contract. I'm 4 months in and I'm having such a shit time and there's so much time left until I can go.I refuse to do a runner but **** I hate thisSo far I've been:Headbutted in the spinePurposely shoved walking down the hall and laughed at when I stumbled Had students try to pull me off the floor while rearranging books by my ponytail because I wouldn't get up and unlock my computerHad a kid post up to me because I tried to take his phoneBeen body bumped off my own computer multiple timesHad the bathroom sign thrown into my room with nose bleed tissuesI'm so mentally exhausted and reporting things just made it worse for meFirst, I'm sorry that things are still so hard for you right now, and I feel like I need to state that you should do what's best for your own health and interest. You were dealt a bad hand, so there's no shame in moving on to better pastures.With that being said, I read your blog, and what you're currently dealing with is classic office bullying. They're trying to get you to quit. BUT... they were probably already trying to get you to do that in the first place. They've just stepped it up a level. Also more than likely there's been false info and rumors flying around about you from day 1. The place is toxic. I'm betting things were and are being said to the kids, too, which would explain some of their incredibly hostile attitudes towards you (especially the bit about the kid calling you a bitter worker and that you should just go back home -- that's something an adult would say, she's probably just regurgitating it). Most of the KTs probably know nothing about you outside of what others are saying, and you can bet that most of that is probably negative. No one at that school was ever your friend. Some were polite towards you, but there was animosity and hostility always there. None of that is your fault.If you still want to fight the good fight, you'll need to give yourself some important *me* time first so that you'll have the energy to build up your second wind. It always gets worse before it gets better, especially in places like that. I know I keep harping about it, but log everything. Record everything. Invest in hidden cams for your classroom, and audio record ANYTIME you go into a room with Koreans or interact with a Korean at your school. And remember that the school literally, literally set you up for failure. That isn't your fault. How they're choosing to treat you isn't your fault. You were walking into a shitstorm that's been going on long before you got there. Whether you ultimately decide to leave or stay, you're not wrong either way. You don't need to put up and deal with this bullshit, especially if it's become super detrimental to you. If you don't feel like you have it in you to punch back as hard as you're going to need to, that's okay. You shouldn't have to, and there's no shame in leaving. I'd just advice, should you decide to leave, to gather as much evidence about the school's mistreatment of you as possible to submit to the POE on your way out, just as a final middle finger farewell.Keep us posted, Bingsu, I wish you the best.
I hate it here so much, I feel like such a ****** jackass for picking a 12 month contract. I'm 4 months in and I'm having such a shit time and there's so much time left until I can go.I refuse to do a runner but **** I hate thisSo far I've been:Headbutted in the spinePurposely shoved walking down the hall and laughed at when I stumbled Had students try to pull me off the floor while rearranging books by my ponytail because I wouldn't get up and unlock my computerHad a kid post up to me because I tried to take his phoneBeen body bumped off my own computer multiple timesHad the bathroom sign thrown into my room with nose bleed tissuesI'm so mentally exhausted and reporting things just made it worse for me
No you're not wrong, at the moment I am very weak. I am extremely mentally unwell from this and I honestly don't know where to turn anymore. I was always told that I had to go up the chain of command and I shouldn't break it, I did what I was supposed to do. I went to the highest person I could and nothing came of it and it just got worse for me. I'm scared to ask for help again because if they fall through again I honestly don't know what's going to happen to me here. If I asked to leave and the school doesn't want to let me or they don't want to help me, I know my life is going to get ten times worse until I break and run. And I don't want to be put in a position where everything I worked so hard for is taken away from me because other people are assholes.And I didn't do nothing when the kid hit me, I immediately reported it like I was supposed to do. I kept pushing the issue and when I realized they weren't going to take me seriously, I went to the highest of command. at the start whenever kids were harassing me I would report it and again nothing ever came of it. It was essentially one of those quit Making Waves situations. I started realizing the more I complain the worse it got, so why would I continue to complain to them if they didn't careYou can think I'm trolling if you want but I'm really really not, I wouldn't have thought of this in my wildest dreams. I wouldn't have thought that I did all of this to get...here. I just sent an email to my coordinator asking if I could transfer and move.
Short post because on phone but:Aside from the kid who headbutted me, none of them are my kids. I have no power at all over them and they know it. When I reported it, I just got pathetic answers like "oh kids being kids lol" "they're only curious!" And on the freezing part, I've never been invited anywhere by the teachers, they froze me out at the start. The only thing I do here is teach, be ignored, be harassed and leave.I stopped trying to stick to rigid plans because the standard here is to give a movie when you're ahead of schedule or don't know what to do, so I just wing it with games and the kids seem okay with that and don't fight me as hard anymore. It was more for my sanity than anything else tbh. They see me as the game clown now because of curriculum classes and it's okay I guess. They're happy to see me in curriculum and In the hall but not my class, for them after school is free time lol.
I was delighted with Korea's victory over Germany but...
a giant F you to any individual in the world that thinks a fan will do in this weather. It.will.not.do.
Quote from: Pennypie on June 28, 2018, 08:27:17 ama giant F you to any individual in the world that thinks a fan will do in this weather. It.will.not.do. Amen.
Quote from: Savant on June 28, 2018, 08:03:52 amI was delighted with Korea's victory over Germany but...You were? I was awoken to the sound of cheering, shouting, singing, and soju bottles being smashed in the street. "Oh, God, I hope Korea doesn't advance; I want peaceful sleep going forward," I thought to myself.
Quote from: Pennypie on June 28, 2018, 08:27:17 ama giant F you to any individual in the world that thinks a fan will do in this weather. It.will.not.do. I literally just bought a brand new 2,000,000 stand and wall aircon set for my apartment. They installed it. It worked for a few days. Then all the coolant must have leaked out or something, because now it just blows air. And now it's going to take like ten days for them to send someone to fix it. Miserable.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on June 28, 2018, 10:21:40 amQuote from: Pennypie on June 28, 2018, 08:27:17 ama giant F you to any individual in the world that thinks a fan will do in this weather. It.will.not.do. I literally just bought a brand new 2,000,000 stand and wall aircon set for my apartment. They installed it. It worked for a few days. Then all the coolant must have leaked out or something, because now it just blows air. And now it's going to take like ten days for them to send someone to fix it. Miserable.10 days!!!My sympathies, brother.