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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: Boss says it's ok for kids to work on co-teacher's |
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| homeowrk and test during the first five minutes of my classes. It's really frustrating. I don't know how to go about it. I complained to my boss earlier to no avail. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Is this a hagwon (I'm assuming so since you said 'boss', not 'principal')? Why not just make it a class rule, then? The first 5 minutes of your lesson is for the KT's homework.
At my public school the KET's sometimes ask for part of my lesson to do something there wasn't time for in theirs. The older ones usually just inform me and the younger one asks very politely. I don't have a problem with that. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| yeah, i have my co-teachers come in and need the first 5 min or last 10 min. it doesn't bother me, i just speed up my lesson a little and it works out fine |
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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| Guess I was just being over sensitive. Even my K-gilfriend said it was crappy, though. I'll just show up to those classes 10 minutes late in the future. |
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Netz
Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Location: a parallel universe where people and places seem to be the exact opposite of "normal"
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Guess I was just being over sensitive. Even my K-gilfriend said it was crappy, though. I'll just show up to those classes 10 minutes late in the future. |
If it were me, I'd show up on time and then stroll around the classroom peering over the students shoulders, and feigning interest in their "busy work".
Your co-teacher will probably be impressed by your genuine "care" for the students progress, while at the same time be little uncomfortable with your "interest" in her class work.
She'll be insulted and flattered at the same time, ultimately causing her to give up on trying understand it, you and why she needs five minutes of your class anyway.
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Smoke time! |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| What is with the rash to complaints about not having enough work? |
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DrunkenMaster
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| Don't worry about it Kentucker. You're just learning your place. |
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kentucker4
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| It just really angered me at first walking in there and the students all telling me no and to wait until they were finished. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Mate I dunno if you haven't realised this yet but we don't actually really make much of a difference in the classroom anyway. I know we like to kid ourselves that we are the saviors of public school education in Korea but honestly we're not.
Losing 5 minutes of your class time isn't going to stop Mi-na or Min-su going to Seoul National. |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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There used to be a math teacher at my school who would not release the students when class was over, so they could come to English class. I finally would just go into the math class, and start picking up all the books and papers of the students. They would follow me out.
The math teacher was livid, but after a week, the students just stood up and picked up all their stuff, and followed me when they saw me walk in. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Zaria32 wrote: |
There used to be a math teacher at my school who would not release the students when class was over, so they could come to English class. I finally would just go into the math class, and start picking up all the books and papers of the students. They would follow me out.
The math teacher was livid, but after a week, the students just stood up and picked up all their stuff, and followed me when they saw me walk in. |
That's different. Mathtard is messing with your class and you have students coming in 5 or 10 minutes late while you're already teaching other students. And for what? 5 minutes of math? When the bell rings, class is over. |
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Mi Yum mi
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: |
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So I don't have to work as much as before. Damn I'm pissed off.
Serious OP. Of all the things to bitch about...less work time is not one of them.
Get a 50 hour a week job then fool. |
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