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[Illysook]

I already posted about the five different kinds of mud on the school lunch table today. I'm also sick as a dog and just incredibly grumpy today. My boss is also making me write tests that really won't count for anything for students whom I just tested last week because I wanted to assess how much they were learning.

She's got these kids sorted into the different classes according to their ages rather than their English abilities and she wants a different test for each class. Some of my youngest students can speak circles around the older ones who act out all day and refuse to do homework all night.

I live in the middle of nowhere and going elsewhere when I'm sick isn't really an option, so I'm stuck here with nothing to do and nowhere to go. I can't even do the escapist movie thing because I do not have a TV or even my own computer. My computer died about a week before I came here and I'm saving up for a good one.

[Whirlwind]

I don't know...a good book can be used for escape.

[Straphanger]

Let me get this straight:

Your boss is incompetent.
It makes more work for you.
You work too long for too little.
You don't feel respected for your job.
Half the people around you don't understand you.
The other half don't listen.
And beyond that, the food in the company cafeteria sucks.

...Welcome to America.

[hugekebab]

[Illysook]

I'm sure that I'll get over this cold virus, finish making the stupid tests, and get to feeling better soon, but today was really hard. I wanted to take the day off, but I didn't feel good enough to fight over it, so I went to work.

[Whirlwind]

Yeah Straphanger, being an employee sucks no matter where you're at. But at least in the United States you have more options to help you deal with the down times. You've got better food, more choices, cheaper prices, more recreational opportunities, and you actually belong to a community. In korea, you've got...soju. Wow. Yeah, that'll help you get out of your funk

[BS.Dos.]

Pull yourself together and get on with it you big girl. What did you think it would be like? These people are morons. Grow some nuts and get use to it.

[Louie]

Everyone has or had a "I hate Korea" day once in a while.....it is just natural.

[Teelo]

[eamo]

[maingman]

a suggesstion Jeju-do !?

[Illysook]

Jeju-do, that's the Korean Hawaii right? Well, I do have a ticket to Thailand for Christmas break. Anyone up for elephant trekking?

[jkelly80]

[Whirlwind]

Yep, Jkelly, that's the damn truth. Another good reason why home is so much better...not being tied to a draconian visa system and feeble minded employers who act like dictators simply because I'm not Korean. Screw that. Happy to be going back to civilization soon.

[pidgin]