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steki47



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rxk22 wrote:
Hope she gets transferred, or you do, next year.


Don't know what will happen to her, but this is the third year of our contract with this BOE so I know I will not be working at that school next year. For better or worse. Pity as a lot of the kids are great this year!
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stumptowny



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rxk22 wrote:

In the meantime be super unhelpful. Expect to the janitor/cleaning lady.


no doubt. love these women. they are jonny-on-the-spot daily with tea and lunch. after something like 10 years at my school, our lady retired last month. I splurged for some nice flowers and a pricey fruit torte. these woman are like non-stop cleaning machines.. rather amazing
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rxk22



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

steki47 wrote:
rxk22 wrote:
Hope she gets transferred, or you do, next year.


Don't know what will happen to her, but this is the third year of our contract with this BOE so I know I will not be working at that school next year. For better or worse. Pity as a lot of the kids are great this year!
Man, I usually only got to be at my schools for a semester. Would loved to have really built up a relationship with my kids.
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rxk22



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stumptowny wrote:
rxk22 wrote:

In the meantime be super unhelpful. Expect to the janitor/cleaning lady.


no doubt. love these women. they are jonny-on-the-spot daily with tea and lunch. after something like 10 years at my school, our lady retired last month. I splurged for some nice flowers and a pricey fruit torte. these woman are like non-stop cleaning machines.. rather amazing


Oh yeah, they are super helpful, and will go out of their way to help you out.
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steki47



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rxk22 wrote:
Man, I usually only got to be at my schools for a semester. Would loved to have really built up a relationship with my kids.


I got lucky with this contract as I came in on the second year of a third year contract. When I came back to work in April, it was nice to have a bunch of kids look happy to see me again.

Some of the nasty yanki boys just looked at me and said, "Mata?".

I said, "Un, mata. Gomen ne."
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steki47



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quick update with the PC issue: We just had a meeting with our dispatch company and several instructors told the supervisor that Hotmail is now blocked at their schools. The teachers wanted to print out summer contact forms but found they could not and the supe printed out copies for us.

I don't think my nosy baba started it all. There may have been some other incident that triggered the whole city to monitor ALT internet use at work. Cuts into our ability to do our jobs, but that doesn't seem to matter at this point.
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rxk22



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

steki47 wrote:
rxk22 wrote:
Man, I usually only got to be at my schools for a semester. Would loved to have really built up a relationship with my kids.


I got lucky with this contract as I came in on the second year of a third year contract. When I came back to work in April, it was nice to have a bunch of kids look happy to see me again.

Some of the nasty yanki boys just looked at me and said, "Mata?".

I said, "Un, mata. Gomen ne."


That's cool. I am a softy, and when my ES kids wanted to know if they'd have me in JHS, and I told em no, it put a tear in my eye.


Yanki kids LOVE the crap out of me. So my company tended to send me to the worst schools. Which was a vicious cycle, as I would do well, they'd just send me to a worse school, and repeat.

But yeah, being able to have a long relationship with your kids is enviable.
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who still uses the antiquated hotmail? Switch to gmail at least!
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Inflames



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glenski wrote:
Who still uses the antiquated hotmail? Switch to gmail at least!

Isn't that the truth? Although why do people need to use e-mail at work?

I tell people what I've always said - study Japanese.
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steki47



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Inflames wrote:
Glenski wrote:
Who still uses the antiquated hotmail? Switch to gmail at least!

Isn't that the truth? Although why do people need to use e-mail at work?


I have accounts with both Hotmail and Gmail, but that's besides the point. Our company emails us news and PDFs of forms we have to fill out and fax back to the company. Apparently, many teachers do not have printers at home. As we are approaching the summer break, we were asked to fill out contact forms and fax in by a certain date.
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rxk22



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

steki47 wrote:
Quick update with the PC issue: We just had a meeting with our dispatch company and several instructors told the supervisor that Hotmail is now blocked at their schools. The teachers wanted to print out summer contact forms but found they could not and the supe printed out copies for us.

I don't think my nosy baba started it all. There may have been some other incident that triggered the whole city to monitor ALT internet use at work. Cuts into our ability to do our jobs, but that doesn't seem to matter at this point.


Well that's just how it is. Some people crew around too much. So instead of dealing with them, they punish everyone for it. Which is how most places of work operate.
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Cool Teacher



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Inflames wrote:
Glenski wrote:
Who still uses the antiquated hotmail? Switch to gmail at least!

Isn't that the truth? Although why do people need to use e-mail at work?

I tell people what I've always said - study Japanese.


On my lunch break I use hotmail. Cool I don't see why not. Confused
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