Quote from: OnNut81 on March 20, 2019, 11:31:21 amQuote from: CO2 on March 20, 2019, 10:27:02 amQuote from: LIC on March 20, 2019, 09:32:37 amMy rant...people who self-identify as liberals yet tear apart and insult anyone with a differing opinion usually with "phobe" or "racist" or "bigot" attached somewhere.Generally speaking,Liberals are the most closed-minded people I have ever met . Especially these days. Most can be found blindly giving Obama a pass on everything including being a bit of a racist (he dumped his white girlfriend for Michelle cuz it played better to the public) while universally trashing Trump or his wife, or his kids, for anything from opinions to shoes.What? They have been married since 1992 and started dating 3 years prior. He didn't even serve until 1996, that's quite the long game to get married for.But, he was an activist in the Chicago black community before he served. I've heard that he felt dating a white woman was not good for his image as a black activist a number of times and it makes sense. No idea whether it's true or not. And I'm absolutely not a Trump fan. "I've heard..." doesn't really cut it, though, does it?
Quote from: CO2 on March 20, 2019, 10:27:02 amQuote from: LIC on March 20, 2019, 09:32:37 amMy rant...people who self-identify as liberals yet tear apart and insult anyone with a differing opinion usually with "phobe" or "racist" or "bigot" attached somewhere.Generally speaking,Liberals are the most closed-minded people I have ever met . Especially these days. Most can be found blindly giving Obama a pass on everything including being a bit of a racist (he dumped his white girlfriend for Michelle cuz it played better to the public) while universally trashing Trump or his wife, or his kids, for anything from opinions to shoes.What? They have been married since 1992 and started dating 3 years prior. He didn't even serve until 1996, that's quite the long game to get married for.But, he was an activist in the Chicago black community before he served. I've heard that he felt dating a white woman was not good for his image as a black activist a number of times and it makes sense. No idea whether it's true or not. And I'm absolutely not a Trump fan.
Quote from: LIC on March 20, 2019, 09:32:37 amMy rant...people who self-identify as liberals yet tear apart and insult anyone with a differing opinion usually with "phobe" or "racist" or "bigot" attached somewhere.Generally speaking,Liberals are the most closed-minded people I have ever met . Especially these days. Most can be found blindly giving Obama a pass on everything including being a bit of a racist (he dumped his white girlfriend for Michelle cuz it played better to the public) while universally trashing Trump or his wife, or his kids, for anything from opinions to shoes.What? They have been married since 1992 and started dating 3 years prior. He didn't even serve until 1996, that's quite the long game to get married for.
My rant...people who self-identify as liberals yet tear apart and insult anyone with a differing opinion usually with "phobe" or "racist" or "bigot" attached somewhere.Generally speaking,Liberals are the most closed-minded people I have ever met . Especially these days. Most can be found blindly giving Obama a pass on everything including being a bit of a racist (he dumped his white girlfriend for Michelle cuz it played better to the public) while universally trashing Trump or his wife, or his kids, for anything from opinions to shoes.
This is super petty, but I don't care. When there's a facebook article and some just writes their friend's name as a comment. Joseph Smith Lisa Lionheart You know you can share a post as a PM, right? I click on the article and 75% of the comments are just iterations of the format above.If you're gonna do that, at least write something to start a conversation, oi vey.
I have to go to immigration to renew my ARC tomorrow, and my principal won't allow anyone to accompany me because the rules don't say he has to. Based on my past experiences with my local immi office, it's going to be a bit of a crapshoot whether or not anyone there speaks English well enough to address any issues that might come up. I doubt I'll have any problems, but I'm still annoyed that His Royal Highness forbids anyone from helping me.To make it even more fun, I've just been told I have to use a vacation day to do it, because my school is far enough away from immi that I wouldn't be able to make it there and back without missing all of my classes. I have to use one of my days to go take care of official documents that are required for me to continue to live here (and by extension teach here), nevermind that I'm only going tomorrow because we have to have appointments ahead of time to see anyone at immi now and tomorrow was the earliest appointment I could get despite making the appointment weeks ago. Ugh. That was a rambling mess, but I'm too grumpy to sort it out.
with regards to the 'taking a vacation day', could you not do a half-day holiday? a '조퇴' (go out but not come back)? so have school in the morning or until 11am for example and then take the rest of the day off to do your stuff? in a one year contract you need to have a full 8 hours of 조퇴/외출 for it to be considered a vacation day. with 외출 you're expected to come back to school.
Quote from: Mister Tim on March 21, 2019, 10:14:46 amI have to go to immigration to renew my ARC tomorrow, and my principal won't allow anyone to accompany me because the rules don't say he has to. Based on my past experiences with my local immi office, it's going to be a bit of a crapshoot whether or not anyone there speaks English well enough to address any issues that might come up. I doubt I'll have any problems, but I'm still annoyed that His Royal Highness forbids anyone from helping me.To make it even more fun, I've just been told I have to use a vacation day to do it, because my school is far enough away from immi that I wouldn't be able to make it there and back without missing all of my classes. I have to use one of my days to go take care of official documents that are required for me to continue to live here (and by extension teach here), nevermind that I'm only going tomorrow because we have to have appointments ahead of time to see anyone at immi now and tomorrow was the earliest appointment I could get despite making the appointment weeks ago. Ugh. That was a rambling mess, but I'm too grumpy to sort it out.First, if you work for EPIK or SMOE, a trip to the immigration office to renew your visa is 출장. It's explicitly stated in the Korean guide for managing native teachers. He legally can't make you use a vacation day. Call your local MOE. Don't take that nonsense from him. Second, you've been here for a pretty long time. You've gone to immigration at least once a year during that time, I'd estimate. Why would you need someone to go to immigration with you? I've been here for almost nine years and literally only had someone go to immigration with me the very first time, to collect my ARC. No wonder the VP has a bad attitude about it - if your school is far away from immigration, and he sends someone with you, then that person's going to be away most of the day, too, so suddenly there are two instructors out of work instead of one. I feel like you're probably competent enough that you could do it yourself.
Well, that's pretty presumptuous going and ASSUMING someone is competent. Rude, even.
You've gone to immigration at least once a year during that time, I'd estimate. Why would you need someone to go to immigration with you? I've been here for almost nine years and literally only had someone go to immigration with me the very first time, to collect my ARC.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on March 22, 2019, 11:43:49 amYou've gone to immigration at least once a year during that time, I'd estimate. Why would you need someone to go to immigration with you? I've been here for almost nine years and literally only had someone go to immigration with me the very first time, to collect my ARC.Tbf, it really depends on who you get in the office, and not all offices are created equal. There are immi offices that have really toxic work environments and that don't properly train their staff, and some officers absolutely WILL lie and give people wrong info whenever they come across something that they don't know how to handle. It's a pretty smooth transaction as long as there aren't any problems with your paperwork or with anything that immi has on file, but it also depends SOOO much on the immi officer not being a giant asshole.I've had problems twice. The first time was my previous school's fault, but immi tried to penalize ME for it. It took over an hour to sort out, and there's no way I would have been able to do it on my own. The officer that was handling my paperwork was incredibly rude and uncooperative the entire time, and kept trying to shoo me out of the office. The second problem was the immi officer's mistake, but that one took around ten minutes to sort because the officer wasn't being a dick and actually consulted his supervisor about it.
Quote from: JVPrice on March 15, 2019, 03:02:20 pmMy new CT is 5 for 5 in asking me if I'm familiar with the food at lunch.Wondering how many times I'm gonna have to say "Yes" before he gets the picture Ajeossi on Subway: How long you been here?Me: 5 years. Ajeossi: Do you know ddeokbokki?Me: FFS
My new CT is 5 for 5 in asking me if I'm familiar with the food at lunch.Wondering how many times I'm gonna have to say "Yes" before he gets the picture
Quote from: CO2 on March 15, 2019, 03:12:54 pmQuote from: JVPrice on March 15, 2019, 03:02:20 pmMy new CT is 5 for 5 in asking me if I'm familiar with the food at lunch.Wondering how many times I'm gonna have to say "Yes" before he gets the picture Ajeossi on Subway: How long you been here?Me: 5 years. Ajeossi: Do you know ddeokbokki?Me: FFS *On our way to the Cafeteria*Me: Today's lunch is 함박스테이크.CT: Oh!Me: ...CT: ...Me: ...CT: Do you know 함박스테이크?
Quote from: JVPrice on March 22, 2019, 12:27:25 pmQuote from: CO2 on March 15, 2019, 03:12:54 pmQuote from: JVPrice on March 15, 2019, 03:02:20 pmMy new CT is 5 for 5 in asking me if I'm familiar with the food at lunch.Wondering how many times I'm gonna have to say "Yes" before he gets the picture Ajeossi on Subway: How long you been here?Me: 5 years. Ajeossi: Do you know ddeokbokki?Me: FFS *On our way to the Cafeteria*Me: Today's lunch is 함박스테이크.CT: Oh!Me: ...CT: ...Me: ...CT: Do you know 함박스테이크? I've been here for almost nine years, and I still get people at work being surprised that I can eat the 'spicy' kimchi.So. Yeah. It never goes away.
First, if you work for EPIK or SMOE, a trip to the immigration office to renew your visa is 출장. It's explicitly stated in the Korean guide for managing native teachers. He legally can't make you use a vacation day. Call your local MOE. Don't take that nonsense from him.
Second, you've been here for a pretty long time. You've gone to immigration at least once a year during that time, I'd estimate. Why would you need someone to go to immigration with you? I've been here for almost nine years and literally only had someone go to immigration with me the very first time, to collect my ARC. No wonder the VP has a bad attitude about it - if your school is far away from immigration, and he sends someone with you, then that person's going to be away most of the day, too, so suddenly there are two instructors out of work instead of one. I feel like you're probably competent enough that you could do it yourself.