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[fromtheuk]

Work ethic....well spotted.

As time goes by, I feel a mild sense of outrage when asked to do something that requires effort at work. I feel like I want to do as little as possible and get paid for it.

I also feel a sense of anxiety, when asked to do anything more than what I actually want to do.

My new co-teacher seems okay so far. She hasn't asked me to do anything.

Do you like to do as little as possible while getting paid for it?

Do you feel anxious when you're asked to do something, which requires extra thought, planning and action?

[espoir]

god your lazy haha

As much as I like sitting around, I truthfully prefer to always be busy with something.

[Pwillig]

You got me on the subject :-p

In one way it's nice, I've been here since the 1st of February, and I've been paid to come in and surf the internet.

What makes me anxious is that the middle school english books suck, and I'm afraid the lessons I thought up are too easy or uninteresting.

[wayfarer]

This is generally the country to be in for an English job, if those are your feelings. Be careful in "Saudi" though. Taking pay without actually working could be considered a form of theft and they may cut off your hands.

[fromtheuk]

The topic is about Korea.

[wayfarer]

[fromtheuk]

Perhaps, this is why I feel quite comfortable here. I will consider my options carefully. While I do that, Gyeonggi is okay.

[fromtheuk]

Because I am 'in charge' of the class, I make sure we finish class on time, or even a bit before time. This year is going to be easy if I manage to renew my contract in May.

I make sure the students leave class at the end on their own, instead of me standing at the door every time, as enfored by my last handler.

I am making life as easy and stress free as possible, my co-teacher is happy to go with the flow and not instruct me in any way. Life is good right now. What a major contrast to last year.

[FMPJ]

I work hard.

[Underwaterbob]

I was at the point mentioned in the OP a while ago. They really took it easy on my during the last half of last year: no extra classes and it seemed half of my classes were canceled each week. Anytime I was asked to do something, I would have to suppress this little ball of seething anger boiling inside my head.

Now it's a new year and everyone is being ambitious and giving me loads of work. We got a new English lab and I have to adapt three years' worth of lesson plans to use the new equipment, and they're trying to dump more extra classes on me than ever before. The outrage has been replaced by guilt at having had minimal working hours for the last eight months, and I'm currently working my ass off.

[nycgrl99]

[Juregen]

[fromtheuk]

I have worked hard before, but now I have the opportunity to relax and do what I want. I don't work myself into the ground, I take it easy.

After the stress of last year, I am so relieved to be in this position.

I like it.

[fromtheuk]

Before, I had to print out lesson plans for my twice-a-week after school class. My last co-teacher even asked for a particular layout to them, which I reluctantly agreed to.

I've just raised the issue of after school lesson plans with my co-teacher. She has already told me I don't need to print out lesson plans for regular class, because I already have them in a folder in my desk.

Last year, I had to print lesson plans out each week and write my ideas on them. This year my co-teacher has given me permission to do nothing at all.

As regards last years after school class, she inquired if the students found them interesting, I replied in the affirmative. She stated I don't need to print out any lesson plans for after school class either.

This means any work I had to do outside of teaching, has been scrapped altogether by my co-teacher. I love life.

[hugekebab]