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[Unreal]

I was asked to teach some Korean English teachers conversation classes for one week during the summer and get paid extra for it. I thought it sounded better than sitting around the empty school all day so I accepted. Only yesterday was I told that I will in fact be teaching around 50 people a composition and writing class and I have to write 37.5 pages of documentation to supplement my 15 class hours of teaching. This documentation is due in one week (next Wed). My Korean supervisor also has to do similar work and told me to "just find some stuff on the Internet. It doesn't really have to be what you're teaching." This seems like a typical public school beaurocratic process (not to mention pointless) and not something that I can negotiate my way out of.

Has anyone else had to provide massive amounts of documentation and how did you do it? I have no time to come up with 37.5 pages of original (or at least non-copyrite-violating) materials especially the week before final exams.

[Juregen]

If you tell us the subject we could al write one page and send it to you

[schwa]

I do something similar each summer. I have to come up with 2.5 pages of text for each 50 minutes of "conversation" class. This year a mere 40 pages, but I've done up to 70 on short notice in years past. Ludicrous, but they pay me man won a page.

I sweated bullets the first time trying to write great original stuff. Not necessary. Your supervisor's advice is correct -- there are lots of ways to pad out the pages. You'll also likely find you're expected to type it in a rather large font in Hangeul WP, where pages fill up quicker than you'd expect. You can use creative spacing between lessons & any time theres a list make it vertical & skinny. Nobody cares. If you can scan in some visuals, great -- they eat space nicely.

Dont fret about copyright. I attribute sources but I've never asked any publisher for permission. The "textbook" will be a very limited run & no one will even know it exists once the course is finished. I'm just finishing up this year's materials & I'm several pages short. I'll hunt around on the net for a vaguely related article about the right length, add it to my lesson plans as an "appendix" & assign it as reading homework.

The important thing is to have an idea in your own head of what exactly youre going to teach & in some approximate order. That will be your course. If you skip some pages as you go along, no one's going to get upset.

I'm not saying dont try to make a nice job of it, but dont stress over fine points. Make yourself a strong pot of coffee & just start typing, copying, & pasting. Its a nice feeling when its done.

[Unreal]

[schwa]