Update to the TV drama.I've been told that the TV was installed by someone (company) in Seoul and only that person (company) can come and fix it. Since no one else in the area can fix said TV, there it will sit until Winter break, because that's the ONLY time this special person can come and fix said TV. **sigh** Icing on the cake: Now I have Winter camp. I was exempt this year but apparently one of the teachers flaked so the PoE asked me to take their place. I could have said no, but like the @ss I am, I agreed to do it. Cheery on top: The teacher I'm taking over for is the a-hole that blasts their music till 11PM almost every night. Seriously! I must have don't something to piss the Karma gods off!
Wow that really sucks and sounds like a garbagefire that was just made up so they didn't have to get it done now. "One special person" sounds like a load of garbage to me. What are they, apple TVs?
Agreed to renew with my current school for another year, but I'm regretting it. Quote from: MaximusPrime on December 04, 2018, 10:20:28 amWow that really sucks and sounds like a garbagefire that was just made up so they didn't have to get it done now. "One special person" sounds like a load of garbage to me. What are they, apple TVs?I'm guessing they purchased a service contract with that person because that person was cheap, and they don't want to spend MORE money on someone closer and more readily available.
Why are you regretting it? :oIf you didn't renew, would you transfer, reapply to try get a different province, or head to another country for a change of pace?
Quote from: Kayos on December 04, 2018, 10:57:47 amWhy are you regretting it? :oIf you didn't renew, would you transfer, reapply to try get a different province, or head to another country for a change of pace?The bullshit levels have risen every year since I've gotten here, with this past year being a leap rather than a step thanks largely to the new VP (he's an incompetent manchild, and his influence has been rubbing off on the rest of the assholes in the school). Had a couple of interactions this morning that kind of reminded me of that. But it's fine. I'll be fine. I haven't really decided if I'll be staying in Korea or leaving for a different country altogether, yet, but if I stay I'll request a rural assignment and hope for the best.
Quote from: SeoulAlone on December 04, 2018, 08:17:24 amUpdate to the TV drama.I've been told that the TV was installed by someone (company) in Seoul and only that person (company) can come and fix it. Since no one else in the area can fix said TV, there it will sit until Winter break, because that's the ONLY time this special person can come and fix said TV. **sigh** Icing on the cake: Now I have Winter camp. I was exempt this year but apparently one of the teachers flaked so the PoE asked me to take their place. I could have said no, but like the @ss I am, I agreed to do it. Cheery on top: The teacher I'm taking over for is the a-hole that blasts their music till 11PM almost every night. Seriously! I must have don't something to piss the Karma gods off! Wow that really sucks and sounds like a garbagefire that was just made up so they didn't have to get it done now. "One special person" sounds like a load of garbage to me. What are they, apple TVs?On a different note, why do you let someone blast music till 11PM in your apartment complex? After 10pm I knock on doors and get it to stop. No reason for anyone to have music on that loud.
Quote from: MaximusPrime on December 04, 2018, 10:20:28 amQuote from: SeoulAlone on December 04, 2018, 08:17:24 amUpdate to the TV drama.I've been told that the TV was installed by someone (company) in Seoul and only that person (company) can come and fix it. Since no one else in the area can fix said TV, there it will sit until Winter break, because that's the ONLY time this special person can come and fix said TV. **sigh** Icing on the cake: Now I have Winter camp. I was exempt this year but apparently one of the teachers flaked so the PoE asked me to take their place. I could have said no, but like the @ss I am, I agreed to do it. Cheery on top: The teacher I'm taking over for is the a-hole that blasts their music till 11PM almost every night. Seriously! I must have don't something to piss the Karma gods off! Wow that really sucks and sounds like a garbagefire that was just made up so they didn't have to get it done now. "One special person" sounds like a load of garbage to me. What are they, apple TVs?On a different note, why do you let someone blast music till 11PM in your apartment complex? After 10pm I knock on doors and get it to stop. No reason for anyone to have music on that loud. It's BS and I know it, but so long as the small TV works in my room, then so be it. As for the music prick, you can bang on the door, ceiling etc, and they wont turn it down. ANd if they do, it goes from 11 to 10/ 1/2. There are some weekends that it starts at 10AM and goes until 11PM I shite you not!
I don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.
Quote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.they are just children....please understand them
Quote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.I have university students who turn up to their final exams without pens or pencils, and not just freshmen. Every semester at least 3 students sit like lemons, and WAIT until i ask is they have a pan or pencil before they say "no". i even remind them in the class before the exam that they must bring a pen or pencil. This semester, if they sit silently, i am just going to leave them, if they don't have the gumption to ask, let them fail! I am surprised these "adults" know how to wipe their arses sometimes.
Quote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.Sucks, bro. My CT was spot on when she said "I'm worried about the future of this country."Today, I played movies since I was pretty damn sick. Before dismissing the students (I always make them stand up straight, face the front and greet), I caught a boy frantically trying to erase what he scribbled on the desk. I walked over and found he'd filled the desk with scribbles and had drawn a penis across the desk. I made him clean every desk during the intermission between classes, I also made him come back during lunch to clean the whole class, alone and I gave him 200 lines to write out by Friday. In my experience, the key to having the authority to discipline is to take it, not to ask for it. At first, my CT would try to persuade me not to discipline the students, but I insisted. I told her that this MY way of teaching an if anyone has any complaints, I'll take responsibility. It worked, and to all those people saying "Yeah, that's how you get fired", well, my contracts been renewed 3x for this school and I received a reward from the MOE this year of 2 extra vacation days... yah , for getting perfect scores on my renewal for 3 years straight. I haven't been able to create a perfect teaching environment, some students are just thicker than bricks and never learn from punishment, but outside these anomalies, the majority are well-behaved.
Quote from: sligo on December 05, 2018, 03:25:22 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.I have university students who turn up to their final exams without pens or pencils, and not just freshmen. Every semester at least 3 students sit like lemons, and WAIT until i ask is they have a pan or pencil before they say "no". i even remind them in the class before the exam that they must bring a pen or pencil. This semester, if they sit silently, i am just going to leave them, if they don't have the gumption to ask, let them fail! I am surprised these "adults" know how to wipe their arses sometimes.Is the university situation still like the old days, where some universities will pass students no matter how poorly they perform?
Quote from: Aristocrat on December 05, 2018, 08:26:07 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.Sucks, bro. My CT was spot on when she said "I'm worried about the future of this country."Today, I played movies since I was pretty damn sick. Before dismissing the students (I always make them stand up straight, face the front and greet), I caught a boy frantically trying to erase what he scribbled on the desk. I walked over and found he'd filled the desk with scribbles and had drawn a penis across the desk. I made him clean every desk during the intermission between classes, I also made him come back during lunch to clean the whole class, alone and I gave him 200 lines to write out by Friday. In my experience, the key to having the authority to discipline is to take it, not to ask for it. At first, my CT would try to persuade me not to discipline the students, but I insisted. I told her that this MY way of teaching an if anyone has any complaints, I'll take responsibility. It worked, and to all those people saying "Yeah, that's how you get fired", well, my contracts been renewed 3x for this school and I received a reward from the MOE this year of 2 extra vacation days... yah , for getting perfect scores on my renewal for 3 years straight. I haven't been able to create a perfect teaching environment, some students are just thicker than bricks and never learn from punishment, but outside these anomalies, the majority are well-behaved.One of my students (I am not in Korea) made a penis fight Obama in Puppet Pals. This was supposed to be his Parents' Day project! He changed it to a picture of George W. Bush, called him "Trump"- dear god, he might actually be a genius- and then it ended with Obama running a tank over TrumBush while yelling I LOVE TO EAT CHOCOLATE DONUTSSSSSSSSSSSS.Honestly, Hollywood could not improve on this.
Quote from: Aristocrat on December 05, 2018, 08:27:39 pmQuote from: sligo on December 05, 2018, 03:25:22 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on December 05, 2018, 02:15:31 pmI don't know why I bother having class rules when I'm not allowed to enforce any real consequences for breaking them. It'd be nice if my school had my back on it, but they absolutely do not. I'm seriously tempted to remove "No sleeping" and "Always bring your book and a writing utensil" from my classroom rules, because trying to enforce them is totally pointless. If the KETs and school administrators deal with disobedient students by just throwing their hands up and saying "Oh well, what're you gonna do, am I right?" then maybe I should, too.I have university students who turn up to their final exams without pens or pencils, and not just freshmen. Every semester at least 3 students sit like lemons, and WAIT until i ask is they have a pan or pencil before they say "no". i even remind them in the class before the exam that they must bring a pen or pencil. This semester, if they sit silently, i am just going to leave them, if they don't have the gumption to ask, let them fail! I am surprised these "adults" know how to wipe their arses sometimes.Is the university situation still like the old days, where some universities will pass students no matter how poorly they perform?A friend of mine emailed her professor (a British guy teaching an English Lit course as part of her master's degree) asking if he would change her grade because "Korean professors always do that and just give you 100%". She also asked him if they could "skip the final exam" because "Koreans usually don't have to do that at uni".