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[bundangbabo]

I have just found out I won't be re-newed at this school in the most bizarre fashion - it was typically Korean and went like this - myself and a skeleton teaching staff that included the VP were eating out lunch around the table and the phone goes and the secetary who anwsered it turns to me and goes 'its for you..'

I'm suprised - because nobody rings me at school. So I goes to the phone and this Korean bloke is on the other end of the line and says 'ah when do you finish your contract?'

'I goes 25th of June - why?'

And he goes ' we find teacher from Canada from March-April for school'

I goes 'who is this?'

And he names some bullshit konglish agency and he explains he is to find a Canadian teacher for the school and I won't renewed there you have it -I think I have done an excellent job here but to find out from some *beep* of a recruiter on the phone is galling - anyway - the staff around the lunch table wanted to know who it was on the phone and I told them - they understood new-teacher-canada - the VP was there at the table and his face went white! Maybe because he probably thinks I'll eff off between now and June.

Anyway - I never thought I would hear about my non renewal that way.

[fromtheuk]

Start looking for another place, get your documents in good time and prepare yourself for another honeymoon period!

Did you confirm with the VP if it is true your contract won't be renewed?

Maybe it's because you refused to do their after school class.

I'd see the contract out and try 'not' to get sick for a few days near the end of your contract.

[bundangbabo]

[fromtheuk]

Good idea. When the contract expires and you find a new job, you don't need a reference from them. Just a certificate of employment to confirm the years experience, to get whatever pay raise you're entitled to.

If I ever leave this school, I will find a new job from scratch, make sure I get the certificate of employment to confirm how long I've worked here for and start somewhere new on the next pay level.

Perhaps the Canadian replacement will be just what they want i.e. they will say 'Yes' to almost anything.

[Kimchieluver]

[fromtheuk]

I don't. But they are replacing the OP, perhaps they hope the replacement will be a total yes-person.

It would be funny if they aren't.

[Kimchieluver]

Actually it is 90% newbies from any country that will say "Yes" to everything thinking it will pay off at the end of the year or earn them preferential treatment. However, it usually doesn't end up being that way.

BTW, some schools just want a new foreign face every year. I wouldn't read too much into as long as you have been doing a good job and get along with the staff.

[bundangbabo]

[fromtheuk]

I think it depends on the Principal. Mine is a total dictator and I like it.

I feel he realizes his staff are 2-faced scumbags and in my school's case, I feel the Principal doesn't care about anybody elses opinion at all.

He makes the decisions at this school, and if everybody else dislikes it, they can get lost.

This is the reality of my school. And to be honest I respect this approach because it means I can be myself and I don't need to kiss up to my colleagues, to keep my job.

I can go in, do my job and ignore the office politics.

[fromtheuk]

Next time OP, do the after school class, and if you feel you don't want to stay on another year, then gradually resist all orders and move on elsewhere.

[expat2001]

[Kimchieluver]

[Big Mac]

Well, I'm Canadian and I certainly don't have a reputation for being a pushover. I don't take any shit off any Korean employer, and it certainly gets me into trouble from time to time. So I guess this rule does not apply to all.

[Kimchieluver]

I know lots of Canadians that work for the PS system, we are not as whiny as some of the other nationalities in some cases (some Canadians have never had a real salary job before too), but we definitely know when to draw the line. I would dare say that the Kiwis are by far the least tolerant of the crap that gets thrown our way.

[ED209]

Time for you to goes.