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fugitive chicken
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Location: Bucheon
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 Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:17 am Post subject: Re: Law for Teachers Working Conditions- Temperature |
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| rms2279 wrote: |
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It's ridiculous isn't it?
I suffered two years of that crap. Never again. I remember how bad it made my day. It just puts you in an awful mood to sit there, freezing. Trying to get warm by a stupid fan-shaped space heater which barely got the temperature anywhere.
It bothered me that the principal was sitting in a very nicely heated room. Also, it bothered me that my students were shivering in their seats. It REALLY pissed me off when my co-teacher opened all of the windows, only to constantly say "choo-ah" ... well... duh, you opened the windows...
I was constantly sick with some lung infection the first winter, and then it returned the second winter. The doctor who X-rayed my lungs noticed something in there, and he said it looked like I was recovering from an infection. I had never coughed up green stuff before in my life, but yup, very green sputum-like stuff was being coughed up... So I took anti-biotics for the first time in my life, and by spring, the problem went away.
But yeah, it's a health concern. It gets your immune system way down, makes you more vulnerable to catching colds and flu, with a possible lung infection as I had. Keep complaining. Or, if your principal keeps an area of the school heated (such as the school office or his personal office), go there during the times you are not teaching. Bring a book. Prepare your lessons there. If he asks what you're doing, say you can't freeze the whole day.
Chances are he's pocketing the money he saves from not heating the school...
I have no idea what the law is, but I doubt it has anything about temperature in it. But seriously, they should do something about that... |
I go through the exact same thing at my hagwon. I can't quite wrap my brain around why my coteachers and director want to have the windows open for no apparent reason when it's freezing cold outside (my fingers are numb as I type this). |
The window thing has to do with a fear of carbon monoxide poisoning...similar to with fan death paranoia, only slightly more grounded in science....slightly. |
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megandadam
Joined: 28 Dec 2008
Location: toronto, canada
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: |
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seriously? i would kill for a cold school.
it's always hot in the school - i guess for some that's an alright thing.
i don't really think it's been cold enough for heat yet/
besides with 9 or 10 kids in class it gets warm enough quickly.
i guess count my blessings. |
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rms2279
Joined: 28 Sep 2010
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Anyone who thinks having a freezing cold room with a breeze is a deterrent to disease spreading germs is a moron. Cold temperatures only make you more prone to getting sick, everyone knows that. Having the windows closed and keeping the room warm is the logical thing to do to keep people healthy and their immune systems working. It's like they think that the cracks in the doors and windows simply don't let air in. It makes no sense at all and I had to fight it several times.
Korea, man, Korea. |
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| RMNC wrote: |
Anyone who thinks having a freezing cold room with a breeze is a deterrent to disease spreading germs is a moron. Cold temperatures only make you more prone to getting sick, everyone knows that. Having the windows closed and keeping the room warm is the logical thing to do to keep people healthy and their immune systems working. It's like they think that the cracks in the doors and windows simply don't let air in. It makes no sense at all and I had to fight it several times.
Korea, man, Korea. |
It's not about making the room cold. It's about ventilation.
Not much air gets through cracks. |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| RMNC wrote: |
Anyone who thinks having a freezing cold room with a breeze is a deterrent to disease spreading germs is a moron. Cold temperatures only make you more prone to getting sick, everyone knows that. Having the windows closed and keeping the room warm is the logical thing to do to keep people healthy and their immune systems working. It's like they think that the cracks in the doors and windows simply don't let air in. It makes no sense at all and I had to fight it several times.
Korea, man, Korea. |
Your grandmother lied to you RMNC: http://coldflu.about.com/od/cold/f/coldandweather.htm |
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