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[citizen erased]

i am leaving a hagwan now and i am starting to see why they get the bad rap but i do not think i can handle having to be at work at 9am.

here i am making internet posts at 2am. sometimes i dont fall asleep until 6 am. usually fine because class has been starting at 4 pm.


am i the only one with this problem?

[ChinaBoy]

Most responsible jobs in the world start in the morning. This does not bode well for your future success.

[DrOctagon]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Perhaps you should look into a career as a night clerk at 7-11.

[jkelly80]

Once you get on a schedule it's hard to break, but the fogeys will pontificate nonetheless. Try melatonin or sleeping pills for a week to get on schedule.

[Czarjorge]

Actually, not every human's biorhythmic cycle coincides with the standard 'wake with the sun' cycle. I am a primarily nocturnal person here in the States. It will be interesting to see what sort of change I go through living on the other side of the world.

Will I be a day person just because of the time difference or will I remain nocturnal? If it's the latter then theories on the impact of sunlight on biorhythmic cycles would seem to be correct.

[Draz]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

IncognitoFX should be able to give you some useful tips re: the consequences of not being able to drag your ass out of bed in the morning.

[crazy_arcade]

[Kikomom]

[Ruraljuror]

Oh ok.

Who the f--- is Wario?

[Kikomom]

Sorry, that's my kid, Juror. He's finishing his second week as a teacher today. I joined this board to see what's going on over there.

Most enlightening.

[Mr. BlackCat]

I was concerned about the schedule as well, but the benefits far outweigh this negative. I'm at my most productive and imaginative in the later evening to the middle of the night. That's just my cycle. I'm like a retarded chimp in the mornings and a zombie in the early afternoon.

However, you can adjust to the schedule somewhat easily. I still hate mornings and I have quite a commute on busy subways/bueses to go along with it. It's all about routine, though. I make my lesson plans when I am at my best, so in the mornings I just walk through it. I do each one 7 times, so it's really not that hard. Then, especially in elementary, you'll have hours upon hours of do nothing time in the afternoon that can be used for napping. We have a 'restroom' (not that kind) for teachers with a yo and pillows.

When I worked in a hagwon, I think I was just staying up so late because I was stressed about work. Now I sleep like a dead baby. I walk out of this school at 440pm and don't even think about it again until I return the next morning. It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

[Draz]

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