Korean Job Discussion Forums

[dmbfan]

[spyro25]

dmbfan you do come off as an asshat in all your all threads but you definitely did the right thing here. do everything you can to f*** with this school from now until the time you leave. its time you made yourself feel better about this situation - so take revenge on these idiots! good luck dude and see you on the other side......

[dmbfan]

[oskinny1]

[bosintang]

dmbfan -- I think you made the right decision. Leave early and cleanly as possible.

If you're in a really unhappy situation whether it be for personal or professional reasons -- and it certainly sounds like it -- its seriously not worth wrecking your head over. The money is not that much, and if the experience ever was meaningful, it's done, past tense. It's time to go.

[dmbfan]

Wow, I am truly amazed at how this gets more complicated.

Well, as ya'll know, after this change of schedule by the school, I did exactly what most of the Korean teachers did. I showed them the same enthusiasm and courtesy that they showed me. Apparetnly, they don't like that very much.

I did hand in my resignation last Thursday. On Friday, the principle send me a note, asking me to reconsider,and that my reasons were not proper because they had changed the schedule, taken my classes from me, and tried to make me the white monkey (According to the contract, they were supposed to provide a co-teacher all along, and they tried to say "Uh.....you are assistant to the home room teachers. I said, "No. 22, different korean teachers is not a co-teacher) Anyway, quite a few K-teachers did not hask me to do anything, it often times it was rather humorous watching them (even using a few of my ideas.....what gratitude). I thought about it all weekend, and was not set. Today, I came to work, and I typed up a response to his letter...just to see how I felt about it. The respnse was basically honest, no insults, but saying things I am not sure he heard about......as that happens all of the time.

About 30 minutes ago, I get a letter asking for me to resign.

Although, instead of the reason I said in my orginal letter (which concerned the problems BEFORE they did this immediate switch of classroom control), they want me to say "personal affairs" is the reason.

What is going on? It is obvious that someone had a complete change of heart, but that is not what bothers me. Why go through all of this?

So, I modified what I typed up today, stating that my resignation stands (for "personal affairs and cultural differences"). But, they needed the orignal form.............yeah, so they can discard what I wrote. So, I said "Ok, I'll ADD your from to mine, staple them together, numbering the pages, etc". And, I mentioned that it would be good if the principle signed it so that there are no misunderstandings.


Oh well.....In 60 days I'll gone from the Land of the Morning suck.

[cbclark4]

Don't let the door hit you.....

Are you going to pursue future employment in Korea?

cbc

[dmbfan]

future employment in Korea?



.........hmmm....bad beer, unproductive coteachers, people who are basically not willing to learn, being viewed as subhuman, putting up with apologists, putting up with rookies who bitch after being here a month, xenophobia, racism, hearing about something bad happening to an English teacher every time I turn the corner, grammar nazis, foreigners who think they are hot shite (and they are most definately not), kids saying "Hiyeeeeeee", hearing the word "Englishee", an outdated culture, and the genuine feeling of not making a difference....................

..........No.....I don't think I'll be back.

[ChuckECheese]

[riley]

[dmbfan]

[Jizzo T. Clown]

[dmbfan]

[cbclark4]

Google toolbar comes with a spell checker.

Just a tip.

cbc

[dmbfan]