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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject: Hip to be square? |
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This ain't my first rodeo, and I'm sure you have similar coworkers. A typical day in the teacher's office:
Teacher A comes in and says something like "Word up G-Money?" to teacher B. The two then talk about teacher X, whom they say at bar 1 the other night. The conversation then devolves into who was the drunkest and who was desperate enough to go home with "That skanky crooked-toothed b*tch." Teacher C comes in wondering what he missed...he's always out of the loop but never far behind.
The boss comes in and tells everybody that Bar 1 is for losers because their drink prices are too high and that any self-respecting expat would be seen at bar 2 come Saturday night. Then the boss proceeds to hand out a flier to promote his band's gig at said bar.
Teacher D (the loud annoying kiwi who must constantly be drunk) chastises the boss for playing at such a lame establishment. The two then get into a pissing contest about the best bar in Seoul. Meanwhile the other teachers vie for control of the staffroom's attention by finding toilet humor on youtube.
Then it's time for a smoke before class and the staffroom empties, leaving me and the other nerds to chat about teaching approaches, MA programs, and the best place to study Korean.
I need to buy a pocket protector. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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just like you cant choose family, its pretty difficult to choose work mates too, unless of course you leave which would be a drastic step to say the least.
Id prefer someone to talk to, rather than just the boring english teachers at my PS. oohhhh for a normal conversation during the day.....or just one in fluid english. |
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Perceptioncheck
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I_Am_The_Kiwi wrote: |
just like you cant choose family, its pretty difficult to choose work mates too, unless of course you leave which would be a drastic step to say the least.
Id prefer someone to talk to, rather than just the boring english teachers at my PS. oohhhh for a normal conversation during the day.....or just one in fluid english. |
I second this.
My co-workers probably have similarly inane conversations to the OP, but it's all in rapid fire Korean so I don't understand a thing they say.
I don't know which is better, really. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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ust like you cant choose family, its pretty difficult to choose work mates too, unless of course you leave which would be a drastic step to say the least.
Id prefer someone to talk to, rather than just the boring english teachers at my PS. oohhhh for a normal conversation during the day.....or just one in fluid english. |
I find my language abilities are atrophying because of this. Like a limb you don't use enough. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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i think i need a balance of the two. i find my korean teachers at work just talk about school, i have some friends who are into korean culture and museums all the time, and then other friends that just want to get drunk and dance. i've got a good balance going  |
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