Quote from: alexisalex on October 15, 2018, 09:55:38 amPeople who put their feet up on chairs really bug me. I mean, sitting down and then resting both feet on the seat of another chair. I see it everywhere I go so is it acceptable in Korea? My students do it in class, my coworkers do it in the office, and I've seen people in coffee shops doing it.I don't know why it annoys me so much. yeah, it's one of those weird double standards in koreaputting both feet on a chair -> mostly finebut wearing shoes inside your home -> ew, dirty!wearing indoor slippers outside and to the bathroom -> finewearing your normal shoes in the classroom -> ew, dirty!
People who put their feet up on chairs really bug me. I mean, sitting down and then resting both feet on the seat of another chair. I see it everywhere I go so is it acceptable in Korea? My students do it in class, my coworkers do it in the office, and I've seen people in coffee shops doing it.I don't know why it annoys me so much.
Quote from: kyndo on October 10, 2018, 11:48:20 amQuote from: grey on October 09, 2018, 12:38:33 amThe reason I think this is happening is because teachers get harassed by parents and from a teacher's perspective it's not worth it to go to battle against White Wine or Tiger Moms who have nothing better to do.Haven't come across this expression before, and Urban Dictionary is only giving me smut. I have a general sense of what it might mean, but... my general guesses usually end up embarrassing me, so...A White Wine Mom in my mind has kid(s) and kind of regrets it. She thought it would be more like what she's seen on TV and movies. She's overwhelmed. Her husband works as a highly placed executive at a company which we all purchase products from. The family's finances are so safe that outside help can be paid for to do most of the parenting. Her friends hired Filipinas, so she does the same. Her kid accidentally called the nanny, mom. She was angry, but also felt a tinge of guilt. As they leave for the playground, she glances into her glass-door refrigerator, then at the kitchen clock. It's not too early, she tells herself.
Quote from: grey on October 09, 2018, 12:38:33 amThe reason I think this is happening is because teachers get harassed by parents and from a teacher's perspective it's not worth it to go to battle against White Wine or Tiger Moms who have nothing better to do.Haven't come across this expression before, and Urban Dictionary is only giving me smut. I have a general sense of what it might mean, but... my general guesses usually end up embarrassing me, so...
The reason I think this is happening is because teachers get harassed by parents and from a teacher's perspective it's not worth it to go to battle against White Wine or Tiger Moms who have nothing better to do.
So it's not just my computer. I will look for the explanation and forthcoming apology on reddit.
Quote from: OnNut81 on October 17, 2018, 09:57:14 amSo it's not just my computer. I will look for the explanation and forthcoming apology on reddit. Just make your own videos.
Quote from: Mister Tim on October 17, 2018, 10:56:21 amQuote from: OnNut81 on October 17, 2018, 09:57:14 amSo it's not just my computer. I will look for the explanation and forthcoming apology on reddit. Just make your own videos.SHOTS FIRED
Doing a 5th year was a mistake. I should've left after I finished my 4th year. I don't know anymore if the kids are just especially poorly behaved and disengaged in this school or if my year long depression and lack of motivation is making my classes awful or if I'm just a bad teacher and I've been an awful teacher the whole time. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle: the kids are low level and thus difficult to engage, I'm depressed and unmotivated so producing bad lessons and so this whole year has been a colossal failure. Especially with 6th grade. The other grades are okay but 6th grade...They hate role play. They hate writing games. They hate quiz based games. They don't talk. They hate charades. They hate pictionary. The hate broken telephone. The text book is bad. I've given up. I teach without a coteacher and the homeroom teachers are a waste of space in my classes...I don't know what to do with them anymore. I can barely bring myself to care.My plan is to retrain to teach art when I get home but I'm starting to question if I should even be teaching at all. Maybe art, a subject I care about, will be better for me. Maybe teaching with a curriculum that isn't totally chained to a rubbish textbook will be better for me. Maybe teaching in an environment where I don't feel totally useless and invisible will be better for me. Maybe the 6 months of a 'break' and a year retraining will be good for me. I really don't know. Maybe I should seek some kind of medication for my depression. Maybe that would help. I don't know.I have 6th grade tomorrow and I just don't want to teach them at all. I'm giving up on a game because they hate all of them and giving them a worksheet. I don't know what else to do with them.
Taxi drivers who know how to use GPS but refuse to so that they can feign ignorance when they try to take the long way around.
Quote from: Chinguetti on October 22, 2018, 09:58:05 amTaxi drivers who know how to use GPS but refuse to so that they can feign ignorance when they try to take the long way around.I HATE THAT! XX초등학교 가주세요 Where is that? It's next to XX Catholic church. on XX Road (yes, XX are all the same hangeul symbols, it's a 5 min drive away, it's not obscure) I don't know. You havce navi, yes? Yes. Use that, my pronunciation is not the issue, just type it in. Aiiishhhhhhhhhhhhhh hWHY THE FCCK IS TYPING 8 HANGEUL SYMBOLS A HUGE DEAL??? FFS
Quote from: CO2 on October 22, 2018, 11:32:20 amQuote from: Chinguetti on October 22, 2018, 09:58:05 amTaxi drivers who know how to use GPS but refuse to so that they can feign ignorance when they try to take the long way around.I HATE THAT! XX초등학교 가주세요 Where is that? It's next to XX Catholic church. on XX Road (yes, XX are all the same hangeul symbols, it's a 5 min drive away, it's not obscure) I don't know. You havce navi, yes? Yes. Use that, my pronunciation is not the issue, just type it in. Aiiishhhhhhhhhhhhhh hWHY THE FCCK IS TYPING 8 HANGEUL SYMBOLS A HUGE DEAL??? FFSCan't be bothered with a few more seconds worth of effort
My mum bought my wife a birthday present via amazon and had it sent to us here.Amazon uses Apex shipping agents for delivery and Apex seem to change who they use on the final delivery every month. Recently it has been Hanjin Express Delivery. Hanjin are the most useless delivery company I have ever seen. I'm not in the least bit surprised they went bankrupt last year.Tracked the package. Took three days from Wisconsin in the USA to Incheon airport. Three days across the US and then the Pacific, pretty good. It then sat at Incheon for 12 days, then just disappeared from the tracking system for another 5 days. 17 days in Korea, doing lord knows what. Apex shipping refuses to admit it's their fault. Accuse us of not writing the address correctly. Swear up and down that we didn't write our city or province, which is just a direct lie. Refuses to even consider it may be their problem. The manager eventually does admit something has gone awry on their end. They give US a number to call for the Hanjin delivery woman. The delivery woman says her father died so she couldn't make any deliveries. Fair enough, I'm not going to get angry with someone who has lost a family member. But what kind of company doesn't have some kind of system to cover these situations. "Kim is deathly ill. He has a van load of packages, some of which may be perishable. Should we assign someone else to do their deliveries? Nah. Wait till he gets out of hospital next month. People can wait."Package turns up 20 days after landing at Incheon. I've had problems with Hanjin before. They seem to have massive problems. But what pissed me off most of all was the woman at Apex shipping refusing to believe us, accusing us of ****** up somehow and doing everything possible to deflect the blame away from her. I wasn't aggressive in the least, I just wanted to know where my missing package was. Serious problem with a lack of accountability.Called them back and took photos of the address label to show it had our full address, city, province, zip code, phone number etc in English AND Korean. The guy this time was apologetic and said they get complaints about Hanjin everyday and they wont be using them anymore. And that he would give more training to the woman who called us liars. Bullshit.
Quote from: zola on October 22, 2018, 03:53:09 pmMy mum bought my wife a birthday present via amazon and had it sent to us here.Amazon uses Apex shipping agents for delivery and Apex seem to change who they use on the final delivery every month. Recently it has been Hanjin Express Delivery. Hanjin are the most useless delivery company I have ever seen. I'm not in the least bit surprised they went bankrupt last year.Tracked the package. Took three days from Wisconsin in the USA to Incheon airport. Three days across the US and then the Pacific, pretty good. It then sat at Incheon for 12 days, then just disappeared from the tracking system for another 5 days. 17 days in Korea, doing lord knows what. Apex shipping refuses to admit it's their fault. Accuse us of not writing the address correctly. Swear up and down that we didn't write our city or province, which is just a direct lie. Refuses to even consider it may be their problem. The manager eventually does admit something has gone awry on their end. They give US a number to call for the Hanjin delivery woman. The delivery woman says her father died so she couldn't make any deliveries. Fair enough, I'm not going to get angry with someone who has lost a family member. But what kind of company doesn't have some kind of system to cover these situations. "Kim is deathly ill. He has a van load of packages, some of which may be perishable. Should we assign someone else to do their deliveries? Nah. Wait till he gets out of hospital next month. People can wait."Package turns up 20 days after landing at Incheon. I've had problems with Hanjin before. They seem to have massive problems. But what pissed me off most of all was the woman at Apex shipping refusing to believe us, accusing us of ****** up somehow and doing everything possible to deflect the blame away from her. I wasn't aggressive in the least, I just wanted to know where my missing package was. Serious problem with a lack of accountability.Called them back and took photos of the address label to show it had our full address, city, province, zip code, phone number etc in English AND Korean. The guy this time was apologetic and said they get complaints about Hanjin everyday and they wont be using them anymore. And that he would give more training to the woman who called us liars. Bullshit.1 - F*ckup task2 - Refuses to take responsibility/lies3 - shifts blame to you or someone else4 - if the situation doesn't go away, either continues to lie5 - Finally, get the youngest junior to apologise for the f*ckup of his dumbass, ajushi boss.Face saving culture, you can't beat it.