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[ds_fan]

anyone out there smoke in their kindy hagwon. My place dont allow instant coffee as its apparently bad for health, so i didnt even ask about smoking, i just assumed that it would set a bad example walking around smelling like an ash tray.

That said, i couldnt give a toss about the little scumbags, i dont think anything could make them worse little shits than they already are and a cigarette to combatt the stress of listening to screaming animals all day would be nice.

Just wondering if anyone else here smokes and works in kindy, feedback please..

[livinseoul]

I do and I just make sure that I eat mints regularly. Sure a couple of the kids say "You smell smoke teacher'. No complaints from staff or parents though.

[marlow]

I figure as long as you smoke outside where students don't see you, it's fine. It would help if it were breezy and you didn't exhale into the wind. A mint after would be nice. You're an adult. Just make sure it's your break time.

I wouldn't ask your boss if I can smoke, though. I'd say I'm smoking and get him or her to tell me where I can go smoke.

[WoBW]

I would smoke, but not immediately before class. And eat mints.

At my elementary school I got 'talked to' about smelling of smoke. Apparently some kids complained to their parents, the parents called the school, the principal was pissed off,...you can guess the rest.

Now I make sure I don't smoke within 30 minutes of a class starting, and I use xylitol and keep garglin mouthwash in my desk. No complaints for two months.

It's a bit rough sometimes getting through four periods in the morning without a smoke.

Never had any complaints in any other job, and that was sometimes with me smoking in 5 minute breaks so I must have been stinking when I returned to the classroom.

[marlow]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

My old hagwon also had a morning kindy where I had the misfortune of having to teach one lesson each day. The other FT and I used to smoke at the window in the stairwell before / after every lesson. There were all kinds of ridiculous complaints at that place but that was never one of them. I imagine the kids just reckoned that foreigners smelled bad.

[Whistleblower]

How about lighting up in class?

[Otherside]

I thought it was compulsory for men in Korea to smoke?

Seriously though, this is Korea, if you are a man...they literally don't have a leg to stand to stand on... A few months ago I was doing some P/T work at a kindy, I would smoke on my walk there...no complaints (was only there for 2 hours a day...so didn't need to smoke between classes)... One Sunday we had a sports day where all the parents came (and competed with gusto, but that's a different matter).. when we had a break...I ducked off round the corner for a ciggie...and what did I see? but about 2/3 of the father' having a smoke.

My old hagwon used to give me @#$% about smoking...I pretty much said..it's on my break..what's the problem..end of discussion.

My current Elementary PS...is a bit of a misnomer as NONE of the teachers smoke...just the head admin, a janitor and myself... I used to duck off school property (just around the corner) to smoke in my breaks...I'd prefer if the kids didn't see me smoking...after about 2 weeks my co-teacher came up to me...and told me i must go smoke on the roof...

I only smoke when I have a free period...I'd rather not stink of smoke.. but if some kid has an ultra sensitive nose...tough, this is korea..and when in Rome..

I really feel for the female smokers though...

[Whistleblower]

My wife smokes but that is another story.

[drcrazy]

Teachers in Korea who have a doctor as a student have it made. I have been high 24/7 365 for 7 years. I love Korean doctors. And, pills don't smell and last a lot longer.

[ds_fan]

yeah, i really need to smoke during kindy, today i was on the bus at 9.15 tauht from 10 until 4.30 with an hour for lunch which was spent serving the kids and etting ready for the next lesson, then i had to plan all my shit for the next day which has to all be on paper lesson plans which are filed away, all resources are basically pulled out of my ass and as i was going for te door they wanted me to stay until 7.30 to give some welcome spech to fathers who were in for some fathers day gift crap- just got home so you can imagine how shite i felt when i was dying for a fag- at this rate i cant see myself lasting the full year, as my hagwon are raping me with the workload