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tomato · Last edited by tomato on Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:33 pm; edited 1 time in total

Sometimes I wonder what other posters are like in the classroom.

When a poster asks questions about salary, benefits, and accommodations, but doesn't ask questions about pedagogy, I wonder how much time that poster spends on preparation time.

When a poster habitually flames other posters, I wonder how much empathy that poster shows toward the students.

When a poster shows intolerance toward Korean culture, I wonder if that the students can sense that poster's intolerance.

I also wonder about teachers who make frequent spelling and punctuation errors. Are they giving accurate information in the classroom?

On the other hand, when a poster shows creativity on this board, I suspect that the poster shows creativity in the classroom.

I'm sure most of you have seen Ya-ta Boy's recent gems.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject:

I totally imagine you tomato as teaching at one of those rich Seoul kids high schools, prepping students for university entrance exams, full of grammar and history and tons of tests.

Red faced and plump... for obvious reasons.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Based on the posters I know and several I used to work with I'd say there's almost no way to tell based on their posts. I did work with one guy who only posted on the OTF and he was about as apathetic in the classroom as they come. I sort of wonder about some people who never offer advice or ask for help on the JRDF and generally come off as know-it-alls.

Angelus · Joined: 10 Feb 2006

Is it just me, or does the original post have a poetic feel to it? I've only been a member here for a short time, but judging from what I've read, I'd say the ppl here are:

1) nice, normal, and helpful ppl who are just venting their frustrations and socializing=decent teachers

2) the stereotypical drug, sex addict with a fake diploma=horrible teachers because most don't give a rat's ass about anything

3) overly sensitive and opinionated, and high tempered ppl=horrible teachers and coworkers because they bitch and moan about every little thing and make generalizations based on a few bad experiences

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I've also wondered about how much of a person's personality is reflected in their posts. I know some people deliberately adopt an online persona. Even that tells something about them.

But yeah, I wonder about this.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

I used to hit my students.
A lot.

Wink

I'm very confrontational here, but I'm not in 'real life'.
I think the arguments and various crap thrown around here (and in the mod forum, and off the board in 'real life' and on the 'other' boards) over the years have shaped how I perceive this board, and I react accordingly.
Quick to judge, make a joke, poke fun, or get in an argument.

If I ever stop to think about it, this place has been a friggin soap opera of monsterous proportions and has given birth to more than a few drama queens. Great stuff! Must be why I'm still here.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

tomato · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject:

Sorry, VanIslander, but you got me wrong.
I lost my last three jobs because I'm not cut out to teach anything higher than primary school.

Anyone ever worked at School Morgan, near the Beomgye stop?
I almost got a job there when it was a new school. All the surroundings were shiny and ritzy. I didn't feel comfortable, but the recruiters talked me into it.
Then the director backed out because I didn't dress immaculately enough.

I would love for Yu-Bum-Suk to take a shot at that guy.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject:

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

I've worked with 10 wayguks before, at 3 different places. What can I say? I've always been more popular, better grammared, and more interesting than all of them. The adult men invited me to drink soju, the adult women invited me on dates. The boys I wrestled with and threw the ball at, the girls wrote me love letters and volunteered to help me. While I have veered wildly between motivated and indifferent, inspired and negligent, I'm not bound by past mistakes.

Now I relax on my laurels, proud of the generation of East Asians that are known as "the rapier youth."

Laughing

tomato · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:27 am Post subject:

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

The ones I wonder most about are those who choose a persona as aggressive, hostile and negative. Some rare, very rare ones, are kind of funny, but I think that is extremely difficult to pull off. I think most of those appeal mainly to others who are trying the same schitck.

Based on nothing at all, I think these are social deviates who had no friends in high school, were considered weird in college and couldn't find work at home because no sane employer would take them on.

But that is just my opinion.