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har
Joined: 23 May 2003
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 Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hey,
Drifting a little off topic here, but...
I'm looking for a new contract and it seems to me that most jobs are asking for really long hours. I had a great situation last year and I'm not feeling too hopeful about the next one.
Any advice, leads on good jobs to offer? |
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Apple Scruff
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Some people mistake a school's daily timetable as one continuous workday from start to finish. For example, if a school states that its teaching hours are from 9:00 am to 7:30 pm, that may not necessarily mean that all teachers work from 9 until 7:30 every day, all day. That may just be the beginning and end of the timetable, in which many different teachers are coming and going at different hours. Some teachers may come in at 9:00 am and finish around 1:00 or 2:00, while other teachers are just coming in at that time and working until 7:30.
I made this mistake, so I know. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Every job is different, and every school is different. There's no way to really be sure without talking to someone who works there (or better yet, worked there).
I am at my present school almost 12 hours a day. Not because I have to, but because I enjoy prepping extra stuff during my off hours.
The whole hours thing, well it really depends on what kind of classes they are.
I taught 6 - 50 min. kids classes/ day last year and I was beat by class 5 everyday.
This year I have half kids and half adults, and the long hours don't seem to bother me so much because the adult classes are ssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much easier to deal with. 
It also depends on how much resources your school has. If you have to prepare everything from scratch, it's a hell of a lot to do everyday.
That's why games and course books were invented.
cheers |
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nev
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Location: ch7t
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: burger king |
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| Apple Scruff wrote: |
| I rank hagwon work as being closer to that "mind numbing repetitive no brain work" thing you mentioned. Let's not kid ourselves. Teaching english is secondary to looking handsome/pretty enough to wow the parents. |
Depends on your hagwon, and your teaching ability.
If you have the attitude that you're here for the money and won't make much difference, then you won't. I've worked in fast food restaurants in the past, and I can say for absolute certain that I use far more brain power teaching. But then, I consider myself a competent teacher, in a hagwon that doesn't hire for looks (although I do happen do be rather dapper).
| philipjames wrote: |
I teach at a hogwan. I enjoy the work. The kids are great. But my 30 teaching hours is broken down into forty 40-minute classes per week. And a 40-minute class ranks as just 40 minutes. I find the days really long.
Does anyone else work so many classes in a week? |
I teach 43 40-minute classes a week, ages between 3 and 13. It's tiring but mostly enjoyable, and fortunately the resources are good and I can improvise well so preparation is virtually nil. In an ideal world I'd like less classes, but I reckon I've got a pretty good deal overall. |
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