Korean Job Discussion Forums

[hochhasd]

When I asked my k teacher to turn the A/C on, the answer that he got from the school was not until later in the Summer. Is this normal?

[lukas]

yep it's normal. use it as an excuse to dress super casual. Be thankful you're sweating in summer now, as opposed to freezing in the winter

[jonpurdy]

I turn it on whenever I want (each classroom has separate AC)

New schools generally have this whereas older schools are centrally controlled.

[Senior]

It isn't that hot today. My calculations tell me it is 25 degrees in Seoul. That is not hot. I can't talk for the humidity though. The fans are enough right now.

[balzor]

Mine has the air on and the windows open, but it feels nice in the office

[AsiaESLbound]

I only want a fan. I don't care about A/C as it's not that hot. It does get hot when standing, teaching, and doing any physical activities. My long sleeve shirts I brought back in the Winter are too heavy to wear now so I'm in need of a new shirtdrobe. The students new favorite way to kill time is to use their books like a traditional hand fan. I asked for a fan, but co-teacher says it's impossible to have. My argument was valid as there is no power in the lines leading to the A/C units, but I don't want cold A/C anyhow. Just a breeze will do. I'd defintely take hot weather over that cold I feel like I'm going to die kind of weather that just kills off everything sending the birds South.

[hochhasd]

[Xuanzang]

If you're friendly with the administration office people then you can ask them to switch it on for you. Either that or just wait til they step out for a smoke and go switch on the "영어실" A/C button. Should be in a case with climate control for every other classroom.

[Mr. Pink]

I like how people say "It is not that hot outside, you don't need one."

I bet you don't realize what a group of people does to a room with no air movement. My classroom temperature goes up on average 4-5 degrees Celsius when I have a full class. So that 25 degree day can be 30 degrees inside a classroom.

I have two independent ACs in my classroom. Earlier today when I had my biggest class I had to use both of them to keep it around 24 degrees.

When I had a job that had centrally controlled AC I pretty much gave them an ultimatum: I would wear shorts and a t-shirt or they could turn the AC on for my classroom. The AC went on...

[hochhasd]

[MalFSU1]

I'm quite grumpy this afternoon. According to the in class thermometer it got up to 33 celcius inside my room today. I have been told there will be no A/C on for at least a couple of weeks. I suggested to my co-teacher that we bring a fan in to help out, and her response was that if we plug in personal appliances the school would turn off all power to our classroom.

I mean I'm from Florida and everything so I can handle the heat pretty well, but over 90degrees in a classroom with 30+ children in my opinion is completely ridiculous. I just wish the schools here would spend a little less on useless books that never get read, projectors that never get turned on, and microphones that stay in their boxes and fork over a little more so we don't feel like we're in Hades while teaching. At the very least let me plug in my little fan to help get me through the day for goodness sake!