Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Horangi Munshin]

I tell my students to say my name too. AND to my face. If they scream hello at my back of course I'm not going to respond.

I always say hello to every teacher I come across at first. If they can't be bothered to say hello and bow their head slightly I bother trying again. Thankfully there aren't many like that.

[Kikomom]

Give the sharp ones a nice crisp salute. If they don't catch on, then a nod and a wink.

[Horangi Munshin]

[Faunaki]

I like the hellos. It brings warmth to my heart to know that they can actually say something in English semi-properly.

[cdninkorea]

I can't believe some of you get administrators telling you to say hello to everyone. Absurd.

I don't teach kids, but I still get random hellos from them. I usually respond in Korean (in a friendly way, even if they're being annoying).

[gillod]

What is wrong with you people? If you don't like the job, go home. You sit here and cry all day that "THIS NEWSPAPER HAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE FOREIGN TEACHERS ARE" and then you make a post about trying to AVOID students? Reap what you sow. Seriously.

These kids are super nervous about their language skills, they lke to show off, they want to be nice and you're trying to invent new ways to ignore them? Gross.

[English Matt]

[jmuns]

[The_Masked_Pro]

I charge 50 grand per hello.

[sulperman]

Gillod-

I hate it when people complain about kids saying hello on the street- I still like that, and really, its no big deal. But in the public school, its a whole different ballgame. On some days I try not to go to the bathroom during break times because its too much to leave the office.

Anybody ever count how many hellos you give out on any given PS day? I wonder.......

That said, I do it 100% of the time, and I am happy they make the effort. But it is a bit much at times.

And Gillod- I am on the exact same page as you- just leave eslcafe and come back in a year or two when you can ignore that hatery and only see the messages of interest to you. One hint, NEVER look at the general discussion forum. NEVER.

[gillod]

[andrewchon]

I remember the young officers in the Army. Young 2nd Lt get the worst of saluting madness in the HQ. Ordinary ranks don't mind saluting every officer that come their way because it's their job. Young officers on the other hand aren't used to being saluted, so sooner or later they develop 'salute fatigue'.

First trick they try is not wearing a hat. They get fines for not wearing a hat.
Next they feign looking somewhere else, they get cautions for that.

Eventually they learn to stay in office and if they have to go somewhere they use routes that soldiers don't go or drive there because drivers don't salute.

Unfortunately, teachers aren't excused from "Helloooo" even while they are driving.

[nomad-ish]

[what the thunder said]

I don't purposely ignore my kids when they do the "hello!' thing, especially if I'm at my school. When I'm off duty, I try to avoid seeing them but once the eye contact has been made, I just say my little "hi!" with a smile and that's that. They rarely want to stop and have a real hearty chat, so I don't get what the big deal is. Sometimes, it is extremely annoying, but I always think how rude I would think my teacher was if he or she just purposely blew me off while walking to class or on the streets.

[jpotter78]