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[mindmetoo]

Hmmm your post was a bit hard to follow. It sounds like you're working a split shift? If you weren't, I'd say all things considered, suck it up and come in an hour early (which really amounts to you coming in an extra 30 minutes early). You could work less some place else but conditions might be worse. The devil you know vs the "well I work 4 hours a day but I'm not sure if my job will be there tomorrow and my apartment turned out to be a hell hole" devil you don't want to know in concrete terms.

But then if you're working a split shift, say morning and then night, that's zero fun and I'd be less willing to add to that.

My solution to over coming Korean coworker envy is asking them what their birthday is, writing it down on my calendar, and when it's their birthday, I bring them in a birthday cake, candles, and we all sing them happy birthday. My theory is it's pretty hard to really hate someone who remembers your birthday.

[the saint]

[Son Deureo!]

Not necessarily so rich. Korean teachers often have to spend more time prepping for the exact same classes we might teach in order to make sure they're doing it correctly. And they still make mistakes because it's not their native language.

This is a more charitable way of interpreting what he wrote rather than assuming that he's lazy.

[mezdupa]

[mezdupa]

Thanks for the advice folks!
Much appreciated!
xox

[peppermint]

[Son Deureo!]

[chronicpride]

[bellum99]

Remember, prep time is needed for teachers. It takes time to make worksheets and proper assignments and homework. The homework and worksheets must match what you are studying that day. This stuff takes time and effort.

They may be complaining that you are doing a crappy job and the work is falling onto them.

[jazblanc77]

[riverboy]

What is wromg wth us getting paid more than Korean teachers? Most korean teachers (no, the vast majority) I work with have terrible English skills. Even at the Middle school I teach at their English is not good.
What you have is a great asset that most Koreans can't replace unless they spend years studying abroad.
It is hard to replace a lifetime of experience with a few years of schooling. I will use this analogy, Chinese food is expensive in Canada but the same meal is quite cheap in China. As is Korean cusine. But travel thousands of miles to another land and it may not be any better quality, but it still costs more.
Supply and demand. We tend to be short on the demand part eh?

[jazblanc77]

[Demophobe]

Yeah...we are imports, man.

[riverboy]

That's a pretty weak analogy.
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Hey it's a simple analogy. There is nothing weak about it. I worked in the restaraunt industry for years. Chinese restaraunts have the highest profit mark up. It is quite simple the food is cheap to produce and expensive to sell. We may not have stellar degrees, but we have them nonetheless. We speak the language that is in demand and are Natives of the language.
I know for a fact that most Chinese restaraunts only want to hire Chinese cooks. I can name a few in Eastern Canada.

Why do chinese restaraunts charge more for food?
Because most people don't know how to cook it well. Simple, not weak.

[chronicpride]

Fundamentally, I would take a bilingual Kyopo over a white face, if I had a Korean child. Or a well spoken Korean teacher who studied English Language & Lit. Then send my kid overseas when they got old enough, to fine-tune the pronunciation and contemporary vocab.

There are too many hogwan cowboys that come here and show up and say 'Of course I can teach english. I've been speaking it all my life. Now listen and repeat. Great. Now Minsun, can you read this, and then Jihun, then Yoonhee, then....Good job. Game jo-ah?' The parents are just throwing their money away to smooth-talking directors.