Yeah Kayos that is a difficult situation.My honest advice would be to call her bluff and just do what you think is best (do something fun and relaxing with the class). It sounds like a great idea to relieve the stress of both you and your students.Hopefully your coteacher will have calmed down by then and won't care too much about what you do.
So I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. I have a woman in my school's office that likes to make comments about how "difficult" it is to hear me speaking in English. She "jokingly" complains about not being able to understand me. Other teachers often ask me to come over to their side of the office for snacks or coffee, but the moment I open my mouth to speak to an English teacher, the Complain Train is off and running. What should I do about this? I mean, I can understand her difficulty in understanding me when I speak... but what is the alternative? Should I join for coffee and snacks and just keep deadly quiet? Should I decline the snacks and coffee and just stick to myself? Should I make a comment about how difficult it is for me to understand her when she speaks? Not sure what to do. Any advice?
Quote from: Jayson1979 on November 30, 2018, 12:18:14 pmSo I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. I have a woman in my school's office that likes to make comments about how "difficult" it is to hear me speaking in English. She "jokingly" complains about not being able to understand me. Other teachers often ask me to come over to their side of the office for snacks or coffee, but the moment I open my mouth to speak to an English teacher, the Complain Train is off and running. What should I do about this? I mean, I can understand her difficulty in understanding me when I speak... but what is the alternative? Should I join for coffee and snacks and just keep deadly quiet? Should I decline the snacks and coffee and just stick to myself? Should I make a comment about how difficult it is for me to understand her when she speaks? Not sure what to do. Any advice?Not sure what you mean by this. "the Complain Train is off and running" I assume she complains in Korean so how do you know, unless you're fluent. If that's the case, maybe it'd be better just to speak Korean
Quote from: Jayson1979 on November 30, 2018, 12:18:14 pmSo I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. I have a woman in my school's office that likes to make comments about how "difficult" it is to hear me speaking in English. She "jokingly" complains about not being able to understand me. Other teachers often ask me to come over to their side of the office for snacks or coffee, but the moment I open my mouth to speak to an English teacher, the Complain Train is off and running. What should I do about this? I mean, I can understand her difficulty in understanding me when I speak... but what is the alternative? Should I join for coffee and snacks and just keep deadly quiet? Should I decline the snacks and coffee and just stick to myself? Should I make a comment about how difficult it is for me to understand her when she speaks? Not sure what to do. Any advice?I... I don't get it. Like wayook.org user eggieguffer said, if you're able to understand what she's saying as well as you do, then just speak Korean with the other teachers. And if you don't understand what she's saying, because you don't really speak Korean well enough, then maybe she isn't complaining about you and you're just imagining it.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on November 30, 2018, 12:52:02 pmQuote from: Jayson1979 on November 30, 2018, 12:18:14 pmSo I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. I have a woman in my school's office that likes to make comments about how "difficult" it is to hear me speaking in English. She "jokingly" complains about not being able to understand me. Other teachers often ask me to come over to their side of the office for snacks or coffee, but the moment I open my mouth to speak to an English teacher, the Complain Train is off and running. What should I do about this? I mean, I can understand her difficulty in understanding me when I speak... but what is the alternative? Should I join for coffee and snacks and just keep deadly quiet? Should I decline the snacks and coffee and just stick to myself? Should I make a comment about how difficult it is for me to understand her when she speaks? Not sure what to do. Any advice?I... I don't get it. Like wayook.org user eggieguffer said, if you're able to understand what she's saying as well as you do, then just speak Korean with the other teachers. And if you don't understand what she's saying, because you don't really speak Korean well enough, then maybe she isn't complaining about you and you're just imagining it.Thanks for the response. I know she is complaining, not because I can speak Korean, but because my co-teacher relays the message to me. I am not misunderstanding nor imagining her words. They have relayed to me verbatim.She usually makes the comment with a giggle, so I don’t think my co-teacher takes it as a complaint. Since it has happened so often though, probably 6-7 different times now, I am beginning to really have an issue with it. I think that my best option is remain silent from now on, and just keep to myself. I do not want to cause an issue in the office or with my school.
Quote from: Jayson1979 on November 30, 2018, 12:18:14 pmSo I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. I have a woman in my school's office that likes to make comments about how "difficult" it is to hear me speaking in English. She "jokingly" complains about not being able to understand me. Other teachers often ask me to come over to their side of the office for snacks or coffee, but the moment I open my mouth to speak to an English teacher, the Complain Train is off and running. What should I do about this? I mean, I can understand her difficulty in understanding me when I speak... but what is the alternative? Should I join for coffee and snacks and just keep deadly quiet? Should I decline the snacks and coffee and just stick to myself? Should I make a comment about how difficult it is for me to understand her when she speaks? Not sure what to do. Any advice?I find the best way to deal with this is to ask her if she is married in Korean. If she says no you giggle and say how old are you? If she says yes, you say in Korean do you have a picture of your husband? Then she shows you on her cell phone and when she passes it to you, you say he looks younger than you then giggle, grab a choco pie and saunter off back to your desk. Gotta let the office know who's boss.
So I have been having this issue for a while, and wonder what others think about it. ....I think that my best option is remain silent from now on, and just keep to myself. I do not want to cause an issue in the office or with my school.
The TV in my classroom broke last Monday right around 2:45 PM.... It is now the following Monday. You'd think it would have been fixed by now. Yea, me too. but NOPE! So I ask about it and was told that "they" (admin) maybe forgot to call in a Tech to have it fixed. I mean, really?! Heading to the individual classrooms is not a big deal, but it kina is since I have to drag everything with me, (books, CD's in case the teachers don't have them set up on their TV's, games, projects) etc etc. I'm literally on the last chapter in all my class and this TV thing is making me fall behind. **sigh**