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[Cartman]

You know it's bad when one of the hagwon directors is wearing a scarf, hat and mittens in her office... wtf? Who controls the heat? I can't believe how stingy they are... the hallways are freezing... the bathrooms are ice boxes. I'm just glad I'm not a girl - can't imagine sitting on an ice cold toilet seat... just to walk to the washroom the teachers all wear their full winter gear... sure you can go without, but you just extend your recovery period afterward (to warm up).

Our school is trying to impress new potential clients, but you have to wonder if the parents notice the coldness... inside the classrooms are fine - but I notice the heaters don't stay on... they magically turn off every 5 minutes and you have to fight them.

And how is one supposed to enjoy the eye candy of the K-assistants when they have to wear 5 layers??

Can't wait for the next 60 days to be over, when MAYBE the temps start to ease up...

[itaewonguy]

[DeMayonnaise]

I'm hoping that one day Korea discovers an amazing concept called "insulation".

[Cartman]

yup they're stingy with the aircon too... that's why I'm looking forward to the 'in between' weather... where you don't need heat or aircon... just open or close the window

[Toju]

That'll learn you for working in a hakwon....!

[warmachinenkorea]

[bliss]

Buy a heater for 20,000won and stand/sit next to it continuously while you're teaching.

[Xuanzang]

[Cartman]

I forgot to mention that washing your hands with ICE COLD water does suck as well - but I can see how the school wouldn't bother wasting money on hot water bills...

[ldh2222]

[schwa]

"That'll learn you" -- common North American comical expression.

My school's fine (individual room thermostats, ceiling heaters) but my house this week, yikes. Boiler down. Took the technician 36 hours to get & install the right replacement parts. Had to spend last night in a motel. The floor is slowly warming up again now. Brrr.

[Big Mac]

My public school is freezing this week. The administration office has done something so that the heaters in the classrooms are so weak that they barely put any heat out at all. Even though they barely work, they also are constantly shutting off. They told us we might get real heat next week. They don't seem to really care about English camp.

I might as well just teach my classes outside.

[Xuanzang]

[Stalin84]

After this big fuss in my school about my English camp, only two students actually showed up. Since numbers dwindle in camps over the duration, I wouldn't be surprised if I had zero students before weekend.

About the insulation, its farking ridiculous. My apartment is very well insulated, being a new building and all, but the school seems to only be built of three materials: concrete, metal and glass, neither of which retains heat especially well.

All the entrances have glass doors that aren't sealed on any of the sides allowing the cold air to just flow in. These doors are also usually kept open. Every time I go into a room or a hallway, there is always a window open somewhere. I close them when I see them, especially in my English classroom, but then they magically open themselves again an hour later.

I really, really, really do not understand this insistence on keeping buildings really cold and then complaining about it every two seconds (the word of the season is "춥다!" or "너무 추워!") yet no one seems to be doing anything about fixing it.

[Xuanzang]