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andrew
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Nope, doesn't happen to me. I work a solid 6 hours a day in the classroom and still find that 3 office hours is not enough prep time for all the different things I got going on. I am tired. The only time a class is canceled or doesn't happen is on a red day or during 2 weeks of the year.
No waste in physical resources. In fact, there are too many school days in K-land. A whopping 238 days I figure this year. That's like 115 days more school days than in America!
Some years have even more schools days, 2008 will have more than 2007, and 2009 will have even more due to Chuseok falling on October 3rd as well as most red days falling on Saturday. Korea is workoholic, uh, I mean schooloholic! |
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Funky Chunk
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| No waste in physical resources. In fact, there are too many school days in K-land. A whopping 238 days I figure this year. That's like 115 days more school days than in America! |
Wow, what part of the states did you go to school in? In Florida school must be in session for a minimum of 180 days. So there's usually 183 days in the school year in case we have to cancel due to hurricanes. |
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Carlyles Ghost
Joined: 04 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: too much time out of the classroom... |
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| andrew wrote: |
Lately it seems like something is always getting in the way of teaching. Some of you may think I'm nuts to complain about this, but honestly, I prefer more structure in my position.
If I take the month from September 21 (last day before Chuseok) to October 21, taking into account the Chuseok holiday and the one on October 3, plus all the other times I have not worked (or will not in this upcoming week) due to school activities, I will have worked a grand total of six days in this whole period.
Doesn't this strike some of you as a waste of resources? Does this happen to many of you out there? |
Yes. I have, for example, two days off this week because of exams at my non-contract school. Had another day off Monday because of exams at my contract school, and an afternoon off Tuesday because of the Hangeul Birthday. It has been like this since I started working here. I agree with what you say about structure....it's hard to build continuity and consistency in the classroom when one keeps getting days off. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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I'd love the days off. But I have to keep coming to school - even when I'm not teaching. It's really inefficient - and de-motivating.
My classes just keep getting cancelled at the last moment (or without notice). I've taught a grand total of 11 X 40 mins classes in the last 3 weeks.
No wonder I waste so much time on Daves! |
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
I'd love the days off. But I have to keep coming to school - even when I'm not teaching. It's really inefficient - and de-motivating.
My classes just keep getting cancelled at the last moment (or without notice). I've taught a grand total of 11 X 40 mins classes in the last 3 weeks.
No wonder I waste so much time on Daves! |
Sweet schedule!!!!
IF I miss a class for exams or events. My kids will ask the Principle if I can make up the classes.
Some of the kids in my night class wants me to teach them an extra 30 minutes. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Mine just got cancelled too......Gee, thanks for telling me.
I do have plenty that I can do though, study korean on line etc.
cheers |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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My Wednesday classes met yesterday for the first time in 3 weeks (and some of the students were absent!), and we won't be meeting next week because of md-terms. I have delayed mid-terms for all my classes because of the rash of holidays we have enjoyed over September/October.
After next week, we will be back to the 4 day/15 hour week grind all the way till mid-December.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
I'm loving it. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, I think you're nuts. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: too much time out of the classroom... |
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| andrew wrote: |
| Does this happen to many of you out there? |
Happens all the time at uni.
This semester:
Sept.21 quiz
Sept.24 Chuseok
Sept.25 Chuseok
Sept.26 Chuseok
Sept.27 quiz
Sept.28 quiz
Oct.1 teach
Oct.2 teach
Oct.3 holiday
Oct.4 classes cancelled - uni festival
Oct.5 classes cancelled - uni festival
Oct.8 midterm
Oct.9 midterm
Oct.10 midterm
Oct.11 midterm
Oct.12 teach
So, three actual teaching days since just before Chuseok; one each for the MW class, TTh class and WF class. And all of these days off are not including the festivals, MTs, OTs, mid-week soccer games, and field trips that the departments organize on their own. Midterms were this week, but I don't think any one class had more than 6 teaching days total since the beginning of semester (Aug 27). I don't mind the time off, certainly, but it's a ridiculous waste of time for students to be evaluated on nothing. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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i think it's pretty dumb, but it gives me time to do reading for my MA. unfortunately, i'm a huge procrastinator.
and my school district was 180 days as well (Boulder, CO). |
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