Wife has some TV show on in the background. Some celebs touring Rome. Using just a fork to slurp spaghetti like ramyeon noodles? Sounds and looks absolute horrid.
Quote from: Savant on October 27, 2018, 06:37:50 pmWife has some TV show on in the background. Some celebs touring Rome. Using just a fork to slurp spaghetti like ramyeon noodles? Sounds and looks absolute horrid.Do they simulate having an orgasm just after it enters their mouths?
Currently a special education teacher in the United States and wishing I was teaching in Korea again. At least the kids are better and the social life is more fun. Anyways, as a SPED teacher, one of my jobs is to ensure general education teachers and the school understand and follow a student's IEP, which is a legal document. I work with one teacher I've butted heads with a few times over this, because she doesn't feel she has to follow the IEP. I've been as diplomatic and upfront with her as possible and never gone behind her back to the principal or others in administration. Then I get an email from my principal today telling me that this gen ed teacher has "concerns" that I'm not implementing a certain student's IEP properly. This teacher is trying to throw me under the bus for the fact that she's not doing what is legally required of her. I f___king hate these kind of people. One good thing is I'm in communication with the student's mother and she's been entirely on my side.
Quote from: mjc8500 on October 27, 2018, 06:12:08 amCurrently a special education teacher in the United States and wishing I was teaching in Korea again. At least the kids are better and the social life is more fun. Anyways, as a SPED teacher, one of my jobs is to ensure general education teachers and the school understand and follow a student's IEP, which is a legal document. I work with one teacher I've butted heads with a few times over this, because she doesn't feel she has to follow the IEP. I've been as diplomatic and upfront with her as possible and never gone behind her back to the principal or others in administration. Then I get an email from my principal today telling me that this gen ed teacher has "concerns" that I'm not implementing a certain student's IEP properly. This teacher is trying to throw me under the bus for the fact that she's not doing what is legally required of her. I f___king hate these kind of people. One good thing is I'm in communication with the student's mother and she's been entirely on my side.have you missed the fact that on virtually a daily basis there's a thread on here with some complaint about a useless korean coworker, or a korean coworker trying to screw them over, or a racist head teacher/VP/principal trying to make their life miserable, or a korean co-teacher deliberately trying to sabotage their lesson, or ... the list goes on.at least in the US your side of the story will actually be listened to and you can state your case instead of just being ignored and the korean instantly believed (even if they're a student) just for being a foreigner.
When you exchange something in Korea, or pre-auth a gas pump, they charge your card before they release the existing hold.
Quote from: JNM on October 27, 2018, 05:22:05 pmWhen you exchange something in Korea, or pre-auth a gas pump, they charge your card before they release the existing hold.I always give my card after the pump. Am I weird?
4 - Bonus. I decided to re-watch the Harry Potter movies this weekend, my wife loves them. I love Fantasy, but every time I watch Harry Potter, I keep thinking it's because I'm not paying attention that I find the plot is thoroughly confusing,full of holes, painfully cringey acting and a confused mess. Well, I've been about 90% sure, but now I'm 100%. The entire Harry Potter series, aside from maybe the first movie, is sh*t. What screwed everything was money. Make no mistake, the books are for kids. The first movie was a kid's movie, end of story, that's not to say I can't appreciate a kid's movie. The problem came when it was discovered that adults who forgot to grow up made up a large part of the audience. So, Rowling and the directors tried to make the new moveis cater to the younger and older audiences. They really should've taken a few notes from Pixar, who know how to do this. This becomes nothing but an absolute cringefest, filled with plot holes, camp acting which is necessary for younger audience but painful for most adults to watch.
And I suddenly realized today that I'm basically my old high school choir instructor.These kids turned me into a choir teacher. ****** hell.
I enjoy being here, but today was just one of those days were Korea pissed me right off.1 - While teaching, there's been this persistent banging noise for the past few weeks, coming from the next class every minute or so. It's heard as well as felt and is infuriating. I asked my CT to speak to the HR teacher next do and the HR teacher apparently told her that "she tried to get the students to settle down, but they wouldn't" Again it happened and I marched to her class and discovered that there are a row of cabinets against the back wall of her classroom, which is on the other side of the front of the English room. Students go to these cabinets to get whatever they need and seem to enjoy slamming it closed as hard as possible. I don't like undermining another teacher, but seeing as she has no authority to undermine, I didn't feel bad about walking into her ruckus/class and letting her know to stop this sh*t. 2 - One class of 5th graders, while not disrespectful, has an attention span of ZERO. I gave them an activity called rolling papers (not those kind of papers). Their only instruction was to write their name, in Korean, in the space provided. Even with a thorough explanation in English and Korean, they still screwed it up. My CT and both exchanged looks which said "These are some thick motherf*ckers". I 100% blame the parents for giving a 9yr old unrestricted access to a smartphone and let them zone out on mindless television all day.3 - There are multiple special needs kids in our school. Most of them cause disruptions, do nothing but absorb oxygen or can't keep up. One boy obviously looks completely bored, but totally in his own world in our class. He's done nothing but draw pictures for 2yrs. My CT informed me that there is a special needs school, just 5km away, but most of the parents refuse to send their kids there. Apparently, the best interest of their child is less important than the gossip of their acquaintances. 4 - Bonus. I decided to re-watch the Harry Potter movies this weekend, my wife loves them. I love Fantasy, but every time I watch Harry Potter, I keep thinking it's because I'm not paying attention that I find the plot is thoroughly confusing,full of holes, painfully cringey acting and a confused mess. Well, I've been about 90% sure, but now I'm 100%. The entire Harry Potter series, aside from maybe the first movie, is sh*t. What screwed everything was money. Make no mistake, the books are for kids. The first movie was a kid's movie, end of story, that's not to say I can't appreciate a kid's movie. The problem came when it was discovered that adults who forgot to grow up made up a large part of the audience. So, Rowling and the directors tried to make the new moveis cater to the younger and older audiences. They really should've taken a few notes from Pixar, who know how to do this. This becomes nothing but an absolute cringefest, filled with plot holes, camp acting which is necessary for younger audience but painful for most adults to watch. The most ridiculous moment was this scene, in the Order of the Phoenix. Harry's sitting on a swing and Dudley and his crew come along to taunt him. Harry gets upset rushes up to Dudley and were one might expect Harry to throw a right hook. Harry furiously pulls out his little paintbrush and puts it at Dudley's throat. Dudley's friends erupt into guffaw and whenever I see this scene, I too can't contain my laughter.
Quote from: Chinguetti on October 29, 2018, 02:12:00 pmAnd I suddenly realized today that I'm basically my old high school choir instructor.These kids turned me into a choir teacher. ****** hell. This is what I'm afraid of... All of my closest friends will tell you they've never seen me angry. Just this year alone would make you think that's not the case. I'm sorry your classes are so rough
Harry Potter=Halloween. The older you are, the less you should care about it until at some point you need to gracefully hand it over to the next generation to enjoy and help facilitate their fun.
also, did anyone go to itaewon on saturday night? heard it was a shit show