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schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

My public school is reasonable. If it's hot, it's available. They asked us not to set it below 22 degrees, which is fine. Any cooler & some of the kids are wrapping themselves in blankets.

Malislamusrex · Joined: 01 Feb 2010

can't you just turn on the AC yourself?

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cincynate · Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Location: Jeju-do, South Korea

That's why I love working for a hagwon. You don't have to deal with 300 administrators, a principal and vice principal. I only have to deal with one guy.

cayce23 · Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Location: Gwangju, South Korea

We have an air conditioner with the remote mounted on the wall in the teachers room. When any single Korean teacher gets cold, they simply turn off the entire unit rather than adjusting the temperature or fan speed. When one of them did it today, I had to explain that while they're okay in sauna-like conditions, the four foreigners sit in our chairs sweating and smelling up the place.

Thus ensued a crazy conversation wherein deodorant was referred to as some dirty, mysterious object never before used by the Korean teachers.

For me, I can't work when it's hot. So I either go in a classroom with my personal remote before classes, or have aircon battles with the Koreans during classes. On, off, on, off, temp up, temp down. That sort of thing.