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[Jotun_Symph]

Just curious how many people have ever worked at a school where English teachers were required to eat/ serve lunch to the students. Is it just me? At my old hagwon, 3 days out of the week we would have to serve AND eat lunch with our homeroom (8-10 students). The contract we all signed said "eat lunch" not serve lunch, otherwise I probably wouldn't have signed. All the other foreign teachers agreed that if it weren't for the lunch thing, the job would actually be pretty good. But serving lunch to kindergardeners was disgusting and exhausting, especially when we still had 5-7 classes to teach. Any similar experiences would be interesting.

[some waygug-in]

I worked at a hagwon that did that. But I wasn't the Kindy teacher so I usually didn't arrive till well after lunch time. I know the girl who had to do it really hated it.

When regular hagwon offer Kindergarten classes, they have to offer something extra in order to attract parents. this usually means things like serving lunch.


Personally, I don't think regular haggies should be allowed to hold Kindergarten classes. They are not equipped or trained for it and it usually ends up being a mess for all concerned.


Good luck.

[Jotun_Symph]

Oh I finished that job a long time ago. And yes it was a total disaster. The kids made an absolute mess, and guess who was expected to clean it up? The worst was when the kids sneeze or cough all over your food.

[Son Deureo!]

At my first hogwon, the foreign teachers were expected to help serve lunch, eat with the kids, and lead them in saying grace.

[rayray123]

[hogwonguy1979]

and people take these jobs? man it must be a tough market

let me guess, its a wonderland?

[mgafunnell]

serving lunch would have been wonderful compared to what i had to do at my hagwon. the teachers at my hagwon were responsible for cleaning the place. not only that, the owner wanted me to stay late and call the kids at home (none of whom could speak English) and to top it all off, he wanted me to get a perm and obtain an international driver's license so i could drive the students home between classes.

i fled that dump within months and korea a short time later with no regrets.

[Vix]

Yeah I need to serve them lunch everyday too. It's a pain since they consider this a break and I have to eat the school food or the kids go nuts. On the bright side they basically eat in silence since they can't speak Korean in school.

[furtakk]

when i worked at a kindy hagwon i did.

the lunches were actually quite good (it was a very expensive hagwon) and i genuinely enjoyed eating with the kids on most days. we actually didn't have to eat with the kids, but the teacher's lounge was quite small so my choices were: eating with my very awkward director and manager or eating with the kids. the latter won every time.

i was kind of lucky as i taught the oldest kinder class (6 years old western age) so they had been pretty well trained by that point (as far as lunch etiquette goes). rarely any big messes and the kids were polite. if you're teaching 4 year olds, i can definitely understand the pain.

although it should be clear that i actually enjoyed teaching kinder. if you hate doing that kind of job, i could understand why you'd also hate having lunch with the kids.

[rednblack]

Fucking brilliant! Be careful nappies are next.

[ontheway]

[jamesd]

What's wrong with serving and eating lunches with your students? If it's small enough, it shouldn't really matter.

[Son Deureo!]

[Jotun_Symph]

[jamesd]