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[fromtheuk]

For 2 days running now, the teachers had a meeting in our English room. My office is joined to that room, it has separate doors. I sat in our office, it has tinted windows, almost a 2-way mirror. The doors were almost closed.

Anyway, as usual, some of the teachers stare in my direction and make what appear to be pathetic remarks under their breath.

It's much less than ever before, the reason being it has no apparent affect on me.

But my view is they are useless, insecure, toerags.

Today, I really couldn't help it. I pretended to look busy but laughed during their meeting. It was silent laughter, but quite uncontrolled.

Tears streamed down my cheeks, as various teachers looked more unhappy than ever before, because I was happy. They may have felt my laughter was at their expense, and it was kind of. I regained my composure went to the toilet and they were gone when I returned.

One male teacher in the meeting was also laughing because he could see my face.

With all the craziness at my school, it was fantastic to let off steam in such a natural, spontaneous way.

Keep smiling assistants!

[Siesta]

cuckoo...

[SHANE02]

Can you speak Korean?

[SpiralStaircase]

There is one teacher in the English departmnet that I don't get along with. We had our post exam 'meeting' last night and as soon as I entered the dining area he asked why I wearing shorts to a formal event. I replied, "I didn't think looking like a sweety pig was an option." He assumed I called him a sweety pig (which I did). He gave me a long stare and asked, "Pardon me?"
"My apologies," I said. "I assumed you understood the language you have been responsible for teaching the last 20 years."


Glad to see you're still around. Missed your posts.

[Jellypah]

What's a "sweety pig?"

You meant a "salty chicken" didn't you?

[mountainous]

[fromtheuk]

Toerags are cloths used to clean the feet. It's a phrase people in Nottingham, England tend to use to refer to low life scum.

We recently had a ppt in class where the class had to guess some animals. When the cow slide came up, a student gave the correct answer, to which I replied, 'Yes, you're right, she is a cow, she is a cow, I agree'.

I didn't look at my co-teacher but I giggled inside when I said it. Much of my working day consists of in-jokes, that only I'm in on. Oh dear, ahem ahem.....(somebody call a shrink)

[Bigfeet]

[Whistleblower]

I love and miss the good ol' British sense of humour. Watch out though wasfromtheUK, they could have your guts for garters.

[dmbfan]

O.P.........


sigh...........................look.....I'm not going to slander you. It is not my place to do so. But, I do encourage you to take a step back, look over your own posting..........and see how others may view it.


dmbfan

[mountainous]

[mountainous]

[Dome Vans]

[fromtheuk]

Dome Vans - All you seem to do is change avatars. You've used poor sarcasm for a while and have only proven how immature you are e.g. if anybody holds an 'unusua'l view on working in Korea they must be deranged/delusional, not simply an adult with a different opinion.

To mock somebody with an opposing view, repeatedly, is pathetic. Even your prior absurd accusation of racism of me, due to your inability to understand literal language speaks volumes. You have a habit of decoding hidden messages in my threads which don't even exist.

In short, I'm saying co-teaching is an artificial working relationship. One which involves many people compromising their dignity for the sake of fitting into something which they can never fit into properly, thereby perpetuating a vicious circle of seeking approval, not getting any, and then lowering themselves even further, but all in vain.

Yes, I am a little socially retarded but I cannot act in a way which is false for the sake of getting extra benefits at work, I find the idea degrading. Yes, in real life people have to do certain things they don't like, but the best thing about this job is we are so in demand, I don't have to kiss up.

Dome also cannot give any sensible response to the numerous valid points I have raised in the past, as regards work issues. His lack of a coherent answer proves he is even more immature than I am, while pretending to be a serious teacher, I've sussed you out. Ha!

[it's full of stars]

Pwned! By Fromtheuk!