Yesterday, right before I started day 1 of my 3 day camp, my CT casually informs me that she hasn’t bought any of the materials for the Rube Goldberg machine I had planned for the students. I had no time to be pissed and hastily switched to my day 3 plan, which was still a mess as I didn’t bring all the materials from home. Class started 20min late, while I was rushing to setup the activities. At the end of the day I expressly told my CT to inform me beforehand if there were any change in plans, apparently she was “so busy” last week, she had no time to send a Kakao message. Today, not only did she fail to bring the materials, AGAIN! She also screwed up the simple procedure of copying a few pictures from 2 student’s phones and saving it to the PC. The students are now upset that they didn’t get points they were supposed to. They were excited about the Rube Goldberg machine and now she’s teaching “Art Day”, where they colour in famous paintings. The students are pretty bored and there’s zero reason for me to be here... Who says professionalism doesn’t exist in Korea?
Seriously, how are Koreans not committing suicide by the droves as a result of this ridiculous culture... oh wait.
Quote from: Aristocrat on August 07, 2018, 08:44:08 amYesterday, right before I started day 1 of my 3 day camp, my CT casually informs me that she hasn’t bought any of the materials for the Rube Goldberg machine I had planned for the students. I had no time to be pissed and hastily switched to my day 3 plan, which was still a mess as I didn’t bring all the materials from home. Class started 20min late, while I was rushing to setup the activities. At the end of the day I expressly told my CT to inform me beforehand if there were any change in plans, apparently she was “so busy” last week, she had no time to send a Kakao message. Today, not only did she fail to bring the materials, AGAIN! She also screwed up the simple procedure of copying a few pictures from 2 student’s phones and saving it to the PC. The students are now upset that they didn’t get points they were supposed to. They were excited about the Rube Goldberg machine and now she’s teaching “Art Day”, where they colour in famous paintings. The students are pretty bored and there’s zero reason for me to be here... Who says professionalism doesn’t exist in Korea?on my final ever camp i was given no budget, and absolutely no materials. i was even limited on how much paper i could use (which was very little). i put in as much effort as the school cared about the camp - absolutely none. i also found out the students had to pay to join, so where was that money going? straight into the principal's pocket, i imagine...don't worry about it. just show movies, or something
Teaching is a profession (despite what some uppity expats here might think), not a charity/volunteer work.
Quote from: sojuadventurer on August 10, 2018, 08:08:09 amTeaching is a profession (despite what some uppity expats here might think), not a charity/volunteer work.I don't think that professionalism is really the point.You are an employee. Employees are provided with what they need to do their job.If you were a contractor* then the discussion would start with an RFP, answered by your proposal, including your rate. Your proposal would make it clear who is responsible for what.Could you imagine working in burger shop and being told that you had to provide the ketchup?*for more than just tax purposes.
Quote from: Aristocrat on August 08, 2018, 09:57:00 pmSeriously, how are Koreans not committing suicide by the droves as a result of this ridiculous culture... oh wait.I know this is the ranting/venting thread but... my dude... are you okay?
Quote from: JNM on August 10, 2018, 08:14:29 amQuote from: sojuadventurer on August 10, 2018, 08:08:09 amTeaching is a profession (despite what some uppity expats here might think), not a charity/volunteer work.I don't think that professionalism is really the point.You are an employee. Employees are provided with what they need to do their job.If you were a contractor* then the discussion would start with an RFP, answered by your proposal, including your rate. Your proposal would make it clear who is responsible for what.Could you imagine working in burger shop and being told that you had to provide the ketchup?*for more than just tax purposes.Agreed. It's always been crazy to me (and no, this isn't just an "in Korea" thing) how schools seem to think teachers should buy their own supplies. Like, if you don't have the supplies necessary to teach students, are you really a school?
Seriously, dude is going on about 40 degree whether at 11AM (which a simple weather report debunks) and kids getting heat stroke (seriously, if there's one group of people who can run endlessly in the heat and be fine- it's kids.)
We had record highs in the Daegu area -- highest recorded since records began in 1907 (so possibly they were the highest temperatures ever in Korea, for all we know!). Temps were up at 40.7 Celcius at one o' clock in the afternoon.
Quote from: kyndo on August 10, 2018, 11:29:50 am We had record highs in the Daegu area -- highest recorded since records began in 1907 (so possibly they were the highest temperatures ever in Korea, for all we know!). Temps were up at 40.7 Celcius at one o' clock in the afternoon. I recently learned from a Korean co-worker that Daegu is apparently the hottest part of Korea during the summer, and as such, Koreans have nicknamed Daegu "Dafrica." Haha.
So why the heck are vegetables always spicy??? Unless they're serving salad, the veggie side dishes are always red, and just looking at it is threatening to me.
Before anyways says it, yes, I'm aware that I chose to live in Korea and I should expect this.So why the heck are vegetables always spicy??? Unless they're serving salad, the veggie side dishes are always red, and just looking at it is threatening to me.Not trying to complain but my low-tolerance for spicy food makes it hard to enjoy school lunch sometimes. My second school especially, which is situated in the the countryside. Today was bulgogi, spicy fish cake soup, kimchi (of course), and some other veggie covered in red. The bulgogi was bearable, but everything else wasn't. I just wanna eat healthy, but they make it way more difficult
Quote from: JVPrice on August 16, 2018, 11:47:04 amBefore anyways says it, yes, I'm aware that I chose to live in Korea and I should expect this.So why the heck are vegetables always spicy??? Unless they're serving salad, the veggie side dishes are always red, and just looking at it is threatening to me.Not trying to complain but my low-tolerance for spicy food makes it hard to enjoy school lunch sometimes. My second school especially, which is situated in the the countryside. Today was bulgogi, spicy fish cake soup, kimchi (of course), and some other veggie covered in red. The bulgogi was bearable, but everything else wasn't. I just wanna eat healthy, but they make it way more difficult Why not make a healthy lunch and take it with you? It's what I do.