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[justme]

I like my mother-in-law too! She does drive me mad, but I think that's a lot of a mother's job. My mom drives me mad too but I love her. They're only doing it because they love me too much...

[molly farquharson]

oh a mother's lot is a hard one-- passing on the family quirks

[justme]

Imagine my terror when I realized every day I'm becoming a bit more like my mother!

The latest development is ability to imagine a horrifying worst-case scenario, then carry on as though it were a reality.

But then there're good things too, like learning to be really nice to nasty people in positions of petty power, or buying clothes that can be mixed and matched.

My future children will no doubt be driven mad by me, but at least it comes with some good stuff too, like they'll know they're loved even when they're smelly and being jerks...

[Ebenezer]

what a waste, this snow should have started next week, then we would have one more week to sit at home and do nothing... watch tv... surf on the web... oh, there's nothing better than that
Who wants to go back to work? Raise your hands! No, don't talk, be quiet please, raise you hands! I SAID RAISE YOUR HANDS STOP TALKING AND SIT DOWN!!! DON'T SHOUT! SIT DOWN!!! LISTEN!!! LOOK AT ME!!!
Oh, no, what am I doing?

[calsimsek]

Ebenezer:

[Ebenezer]

Have you heard the news guys? So God heard my prayers... school is starting on the 6th. We'll still have to go one more week in June, but who cares? The last week is fun and the weather will be nice... teachers have to go to school until June 30th, anyway, I was planning my trip to the 30th, so that's fine with me...

[b]Milli Eğitim Bakanı H�seyin �elik, ilk ve orta dereceli okulların k�t� hava koşulları nedeniyle bir hafta daha tatil edildiğini, ikinci yarıyılın 6 şubatta başlayacağını a�ıkladı.

Milli Eğitim Bakanı �elik, yaptığı yazılı a�ıklamada, kışın t�m yurt genelinde ağır seyretmesinden dolayı bir �ok b�lge ve ilde kar, fırtına, �ığ ve don meydana geldiğini belirtti.

�elik a�ıklamada, Meteoroloji İşleri Genel M�d�rl�ğ�'nden alınan bilgiye g�re bu durumun �n�m�zdeki hafta da aynı d�zeyde olmasa da devam edeceğinin anlaşıldığını ifade etti.

Bakan �elik, ''�n�m�zdeki hafta hava iyi olsa bile farklı illerde bulunan �ğrenci ve �ğretmenlerin 27 ocak 2006'dan itibaren yola �ıkması gibi bir durum s�z konusudur. Taşımalı eğitim yapılan bazı y�relerimizde �ığ tehlikesi de s�z konusu olduğundan eğitim �alışanlarının ve �ğrencilerimizin g�venliği g�z �n�nde bulundurularak s�mestr tatili bir hafta uzatılmıştır� dedi.

[scb222]

is it really true that teachers are made to stay til june 30th. surely there is nothing left to do???? im quite an efficient worker and have all my grades etc in well ahead of others. im hoping like hell to be done by june 20. any chances? opinions?

[Ebenezer]

well... it depends on your principal, but the thing is that the Turkish teachers have to stay, so it's kinda unfair to have privileges just because we're foreigners...

[scb222]

privileges just because we're foreigners: well we deserve some. i certainly work alot harder than my turkish colleagues -for one, they teah english using turkish such a bludge, i dont speak turkish and i dont have any supplied books etc to use, so i have to create all my own resources, it's very difficult in a school/country that doesnt appreciate education. we as foreigners also get paid alot more, isnt that a privelege too - but i aint offering to give any of it back, are you?? im not meaning to sound harsh here but, working in this school system sucks, i am a real teacher, yes properly qualified, and plan to leave this country as soon as i can. if i was planning to stay on another year i might agree with you that i should sit around til june 30, but as im not, there isnt any point in sitting around all day making niceities for 2 weeks waiting for the time to pass. it's not turkey that i am sooo much angry with, just their hopeless education system and all the facade and wasted money that goes with it.

[Otterman Ollie]

SCB222 its a pity you didn't speak up sooner about your perspective we don't really air enough of what we should on this forum. IMHO there is too much time wasted on petty comments to each other ,(yes entrails I just made one about you and that pathetic long winded non educational thread about ball games )I wish we could have 5 or 10 pages about an educational thread that effects us all instead we get bloody football more important you see .
The bottom line is we don't get the voice we need at our workplace so this forum is one of the few places we can let off steam some people here seem to forget that or just don't want to remember it.

[Ebenezer]

well... if you're not staying for another year, "run, forest, run!" I know the Turkish educational system sucks...

[Ebenezer]

well... if you're not staying for another year, "run, forest, run!" I know the Turkish educational system sucks...

[molly farquharson]

i think this forum has always been open to discussions like this, but they got sidetracked for quite some time

scb, i am sorry you are having such a miserable teaching experience here. i think it is more fun to teach at language schools because the students are adults, though there are still some class management and attitude problems. They are paying for it, though, and that also makes them a little more serious. years ago i trained to be a high school french teacher, but i could never teach kids anywhere, esp high school-- too many hormones.

[scb222]

yes, youre right molly it's such a pity my experience here hasnt been better. really do wish id gone with a language school rather than a private. such a pity. sadly though i cant run cos then i will forego my 6 wks summer pay. though if things get any worse it may be an option.

[molly farquharson]

i wasn't suggesting you do a runner. You might look into doing some p-t classes for a language school, though, just to see what it's like. Maybe then you would stay longer