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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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In Korea everyone starts with 100 points. No points = NO JOB. Do something that annoys your employer & you lose a few points. Do something BIG and you lose 50-60 points.
Refusal to attend any OVERTIME functions will guarantee you the loss of at least 20 points.
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Mandatory Ministry of Education Seminar |
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I and several other foreigners at my institute must go to a mandatory seminar on Saturday, December 3, from 9 am to 1 pm. Does anybody else have to do this? Does anybody know what the topic(s) is/are?
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Do you know where it is? My school is making us go, too. But, they haven't told us where it is. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The one near me is at jongno-samga. I won't be attending (damn) as I will be tween jobs at the time (ending current of Friday starting new on Moday). Jongno-Samga |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:42 am Post subject: |
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| nasbert wrote: |
| My hagwon is making us go again this year. I went last year and it was a complete waste of time. The Academic director told me it was "mandatory for all teachers" but I dont think she knows all the facts. PEIguy, could you post the website link your director told you about so I could find out for myself. Cheers. |
I gave the link to Seoulhiker.. it's on the board at work.. I will post it tomorrow.. |
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Could you give it to the rest of us. Why is nobody saying where this damn thing is? |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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In 3 years in Korea I never had to attend one of those meetings. I pointed out that I dont work on Saturdays....and going to that meeting would be unwanted work. If they really really wanted me to go they would have to pay overtime rates for travel time, meeting time and return time....never had to go.  |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| My boss said that if we didn't attend, our work visas would be taken away. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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ALL ABOARD!!  |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| My boss said that if we didn't attend, our work visas would be taken away. |
LMFAO
Oh please ask for that in writing then frame it or slip it into the dictionary next to BULLSXXT |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: |
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i went. bugged out 1 hour later.
who was a sucker and stayed for the WHOLE THING?
just go to the desk and say "damn, real sorry, i'm getting a lot out of this lecture and i really don't wanna miss it... but i have to teach in ONE HOUR!!!"
it works. try it. |
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vlcupper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:26 am Post subject: |
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it sucked
10 minutes of good teacher bad teacher and 45 minutes of open karaoke night
"Don't Speak" by No Doubt will go down in history as the first song ever to be anally raped. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| I've been to several of these training seminars. A real waste of time. I was told that it's mandatory and that failure to attend could mean that immigration won't renew your work visa. But, one year my haggy boss forgot to tell me. There was no trouble for me, but SHE had to pay a fine. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: |
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my favorite was the dude who ended his lecture with the message "you must touch children".
he is now dubbed, in our circle, as "the-kyobo-with-the-albatross-around-his-neck".
why, i don't know. the caricatures i was drawing made my coworkers laugh. |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| Is this whole thread a running gag that I'm not in on? I've been here for 4 years and have never heard of such a meeting. Seems kind of Draconian to me. Did they take attendance? What could they possibly do if you didn't attend? |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Return Jones wrote: |
| Is this whole thread a running gag that I'm not in on? I've been here for 4 years and have never heard of such a meeting. Seems kind of Draconian to me. Did they take attendance? What could they possibly do if you didn't attend? |
my boss said we HAD to go. he was tense last year about losing his school due to the tuition cap. they do take attendance, it's a form that is ripped in 3 - one piece goes to immigration, one to the board of education and one to your boss.
whether or not it was BS i went anyways because my boss has been really good to me and i don't mind quelling his fears.
that said, i didn't learn shit from this thing that i couldn't learn on the job in the worst hagwon in korea.
in case immigration and the seoul board of education are reading, REMEMBER THIS - YOUR SEMINARS ARE A MIND-NUMBING WASTE OF TIME.
and that's all i have to say about that. |
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