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wylies99
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 Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:46 am Post subject: A PS KT gets time off during the week for "rest"- |
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| THIS IS NOT AT MY SCHOOL. A friend has a situation where the FT teaches more hours than the Korean co-teacher, while the Korean co-teacher is given Tuesday off for "rest." This sounded odd, to me. Has anyone else ever heard of this situation? |
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Dodgy Al
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| bananas and coconuts |
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bonbon
Joined: 15 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| Dodgy Al wrote: |
| bananas and coconuts |
Would you care to elaborate? |
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Rusty Shackleford
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I took a day off in the autumn when I caught pink eye because the school doesn't have hot water or soap for the students to wash their hands. I said this was the reason and there was no fuss about it. Still no soap or hot water though 
So if your friend wants to take a Tuesday off I'm sure she can. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:25 am Post subject: Re: A PS KT gets time off during the week for "rest&qu |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| THIS IS NOT AT MY SCHOOL. A friend has a situation where the FT teaches more hours than the Korean co-teacher, while the Korean co-teacher is given Tuesday off for "rest." This sounded odd, to me. Has anyone else ever heard of this situation? |
What business of it is his? |
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Robot_Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| If you want a day off, call in sick. There are hardly any holidays anyhow. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| I took a day off in the autumn when I caught pink eye because the school doesn't have hot water or soap for the students to wash their hands. I said this was the reason and there was no fuss about it. Still no soap or hot water though |
That is why I keep a bottle of ethanol (87%/vol.) in my desk drawer and regularly 'wash' my hands with it... besides, after my last class on Fridays, when mixed with OJ, it makes a 'kick-ass' screwdriver!  |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| bonbon wrote: |
| Dodgy Al wrote: |
| bananas and coconuts |
Would you care to elaborate? |
a rather clever sexual innuendo by dodgy methinks. he's obsessed with the male genitalia. |
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Perceptioncheck
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| I took a day off in the autumn when I caught pink eye because the school doesn't have hot water or soap for the students to wash their hands. I said this was the reason and there was no fuss about it. Still no soap or hot water though |
That is why I keep a bottle of ethanol (87%/vol.) in my desk drawer and regularly 'wash' my hands with it... besides, after my last class on Fridays, when mixed with OJ, it makes a 'kick-ass' screwdriver! |
 Nice. I wish I'd thought of that a year ago.
OP - While I've personally never heard of such a situation, I'd guess that your friends co-teacher has some kind of serious health problem that she needs regular treatment for. There's a teacher at my school who seems to be absent every second week. According to my gossipy co-teacher, it's because she's on the brink of a mental breakdown. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Does she get every Tuesday off for 'rest'? If so, that sounds very odd indeed. |
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ChinaBoy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Perceptioncheck wrote: |
OP - While I've personally never heard of such a situation, I'd guess that your friends co-teacher has some kind of serious health problem that she needs regular treatment for. There's a teacher at my school who seems to be absent every second week. According to my gossipy co-teacher, it's because she's on the brink of a mental breakdown. |
I wonder if I can use this excuse for more time off.. |
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Perceptioncheck
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| Perceptioncheck wrote: |
OP - While I've personally never heard of such a situation, I'd guess that your friends co-teacher has some kind of serious health problem that she needs regular treatment for. There's a teacher at my school who seems to be absent every second week. According to my gossipy co-teacher, it's because she's on the brink of a mental breakdown. |
I wonder if I can use this excuse for more time off.. |
Well, you can always try .
I hope you have better luck than me. . . |
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goodsounz
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| If the teacher is female I believe they are allowed one day a month off for "personal" reasons. But it has to be the same time (period) each month. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| goodsounz wrote: |
| If the teacher is female I believe they are allowed one day a month off for "personal" reasons. But it has to be the same time (period) each month. |
They do know that the solar calendar and the female reproductive system are not in perfect harmony, right? |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| because the school doesn't have hot water or soap for the students to wash their hands. |
You know, I experienced the cold water thing in the wintertime, but I found the water heater in the boys bathroom and had to climb up on the wall to turn it on because no one else had. Now there's hot water in the boys/girls bathrooms in the school because I did it myself! You might be able to do the same thing if you look around the bathroom. The heaters usually look like an air conditioning unit stuck up on the wall near one of the sinks. In my school, they are all in the boys bathrooms. |
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