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cassette · Joined: 08 Aug 2006

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I start at 3:30, my last class finishes at 5:55 after which I go home. All this on a full time wage. My director's fine with it. My friends are jealous.

Anyone else able to to this? Or am I just lucky?

dam_on · Joined: 12 Dec 2006

Do you work at a Hagwon? If so, I would do the same thing. If I'm done for the day, I'm not going to hang around. If you work at a public school, there may be something in the contract saying you have to be at the school for X number of hours per day.

If the boss is fine with it...screw the others.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Ditto. The Korean teachers have to stay, however. This has been a three year source of never ending guilt.

goodgood · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Location: seoul

Guilt....I feel the guilt too.

I just walked by my school- it's 10:00. School was over at 5:30. The Korean teachers are all still there. They're always still there.

God knows what they're doing.

I know, the dave's jerk-offs will say it's just pointless face time. Maybe it is. But they have to do it. Don't tell me they can just leave when I do and everything will be fine. They can't. And it sucks.

But I'm not gonna stay longer than I have to. Won't help.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

Cheers!
I have 2.5 hour days on Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri., but don't feel any guilt leaving after that. As long as I'm preparing good lessons, what else can i be expected to do?

babtangee · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

2.00 - 5.40 Tue/Thu. I would have quit long ago if it weren't for the light load. Don't know why the Korean teachers stick around. Actually, haven't seen one last longer than a year yet. Good on 'em! Doubt they'll get a much better deal elsewhere, however.

oneofthesarahs · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City

I have sort of a reverse thing. The school days begin, technically, at 2:30. But on Mondays I don't have class until 4:30, and not until 5:30 on Wednesdays. So I'll stroll into work around 3:30 or 4, while the Korean teachers have been working since noon. Oh, the guilt.

bejarano-korea · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Is that right? So you don't have a full day of classes?

I wouldn't have a loss of face in leaving early. Maybe a loss of backside flying out of the front door but no loss of face believe me! Very Happy