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kissdisap
Joined: 19 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject: Desk-warming |
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So what exactly is this?
What are you and aren't you allowed to do while you're desk-warming?
Should I be bringing my laptop to surf the web/play games? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Desk-warming |
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| kissdisap wrote: |
So what exactly is this?
What are you and aren't you allowed to do while you're desk-warming?
Should I be bringing my laptop to surf the web/play games? |
Can't leave the school grounds (without the permission of the VP).
Can't have wild monkey sex in the office.
Beyond that.... sup to your own good judgment and common sense.
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Desk-warming |
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| kissdisap wrote: |
So what exactly is this?
What are you and aren't you allowed to do while you're desk-warming?
Should I be bringing my laptop to surf the web/play games? |
I bring my comp sometimes. Remember that teachers are always walking around and kids are curious what you are looking at, so be professional. right now im doing Tefl and facebook poker |
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ippy
Joined: 25 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| be visibly present, but do whatever the hell you like between those moments. Thats about the sum of it. |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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my office was on the third floor of the school, and that was up on a hill.... with my laptop, I could pick up a couple open and free wireless connections... good time and place to download a couple of movies it was... 
deskwarming is the time the school makes you look like you are working, but doing the things you want and can get away with.
probably leads to alienation and contempt from the native Koreans, but oh well...  |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Deskwarming is when you don't have class or anything to do but you still have to stay at school.
My school provides me with a computer, so for me, deskwarming is when I surf the internet and play lots of Solitaire, FreeCell, and Hearts. No one at school really cares what I do as long as I don't leave without permission. In fact, the Korean teachers who share my office sometimes sleep or watch YouTube.
Actually, I'm deskwarming right now  |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| When I really want to stay off the radar entirely I bring audio books to school. Depends on how laid back your school is. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I download movies and the occasional TV series at home (speeds are so much faster than at school) and watch them on VLC player on my computer.
I also practice Korean, read books, and play online games.
Always keep a powerpoint presentation open to strategically cover up a movie or whatever at a moment's notice. I've got a nice divider so nobody can sneak up on me. I hear the door open and only keep one earbud in. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Steve_Rogers2008 wrote: |
m... good time and place to download a couple of movies it was...
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I read that and hear Yoda...  |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Oddly enough not the first to say that you are.  |
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kissdisap
Joined: 19 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal wrote: |
I download movies and the occasional TV series at home (speeds are so much faster than at school) and watch them on VLC player on my computer.
I also practice Korean, read books, and play online games.
Always keep a powerpoint presentation open to strategically cover up a movie or whatever at a moment's notice. I've got a nice divider so nobody can sneak up on me. I hear the door open and only keep one earbud in. |
Has anyone ever practiced their Korean with the Korean teachers? I figure it'd be a good way to pass the time. A little quid pro quo - you scratch my back, I scratch yours? |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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my deskwarming favourite... turning the english zone into my own personal movie theatre.
other than that, i surf the net, do some planning for the first week or so of classes into the new term, talk on msn, and nap. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| kissdisap wrote: |
| NYC_Gal wrote: |
I download movies and the occasional TV series at home (speeds are so much faster than at school) and watch them on VLC player on my computer.
I also practice Korean, read books, and play online games.
Always keep a powerpoint presentation open to strategically cover up a movie or whatever at a moment's notice. I've got a nice divider so nobody can sneak up on me. I hear the door open and only keep one earbud in. |
Has anyone ever practiced their Korean with the Korean teachers? I figure it'd be a good way to pass the time. A little quid pro quo - you scratch my back, I scratch yours? |
I practice with a friend, but the Korean teachers really don't want to help with my Korean; they only want help with their English. I've cut down on my "teacher" classes, though, because I'm "so busy" because they're "too busy" to help me. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Hiding out in the English Zone prep room and taking a nap kills some time, and I've started planning for summer camp, so when I'm in my cubicle, there is work on my screen, but I take lots of breaks, play scrabble on my ipod, check facebook, and keep in touch with people back home. |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I forgot about the naps! |
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