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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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 Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: Teachers texting during class |
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I've seen this complaint on a lot of different threads so rather than responding to one or two, I thought I'd throw this out on a new thread.
The complaint is that "My Korean teacher is goofing off in the back of the room sending text messages during my class and not helping me." Or something to that effect.
Just wanted to let you know that teachers do text the parents of students. We receive regular texts from our son's teacher. Can't say that this is occurring in all of the situations out there obviously, just wanted to make some aware of a possible reason for the observed behavior. |
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alphakennyone
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Location: city heights
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| They're texting students' parents in class? Do they have a list of all the parents' cell phone numbers in front of them, or are they all saved into their phones? Also, is it common for parents to reply and a text-conversation to ensue? |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| alphakennyone wrote: |
| They're texting students' parents in class? Do they have a list of all the parents' cell phone numbers in front of them, or are they all saved into their phones? Also, is it common for parents to reply and a text-conversation to ensue? |
Like I stated in my OP, I have no idea what they are doing. I stated that my son's teacher does, and that others do text parents. I imagine most that do text parents do so after class like my son's does. I don't see it as a huge stretch to imagine some taking advantage of some down time while your teaching to multitask. |
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alphakennyone
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Understandable, it just sounds like something they would do when sitting in front of a computer with a database of all the parents phone numbers. Not when casually sitting in the back of the class and doing what appears to be a back-and-forth like it seems most teachers complain about. I think most foreign teachers would have the common sense (well, let's give them the benefit of the doubt) not to complain if the co-teacher were poring over a list of phone numbers while texting. |
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lifeinkorea
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Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, the office can contact the Korean teacher and provide that information. Then you have 2 people the Korean teacher is talking with. |
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Scouse Mouse
Joined: 07 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| alphakennyone wrote: |
| Understandable, it just sounds like something they would do when sitting in front of a computer with a database of all the parents phone numbers. Not when casually sitting in the back of the class and doing what appears to be a back-and-forth like it seems most teachers complain about. I think most foreign teachers would have the common sense (well, let's give them the benefit of the doubt) not to complain if the co-teacher were poring over a list of phone numbers while texting. |
Why not have the parents numbers in the phone? That would make it easier to check who replied after all... |
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Straphanger
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Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Scouse Mouse wrote: |
| alphakennyone wrote: |
| Understandable, it just sounds like something they would do when sitting in front of a computer with a database of all the parents phone numbers. Not when casually sitting in the back of the class and doing what appears to be a back-and-forth like it seems most teachers complain about. I think most foreign teachers would have the common sense (well, let's give them the benefit of the doubt) not to complain if the co-teacher were poring over a list of phone numbers while texting. |
Why not have the parents numbers in the phone? That would make it easier to check who replied after all... |
Scouser, when will you learn? The K-teachers are all evil, they're all out to get you, and if they're texting in class, it's not to a parent, no matter what kind of "proof" the wonjang has. They're all out to get you. |
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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| *shrug* My first experience with co-teachers is upcoming. I just thought it a rather far-fetched scenario. If the K-teachers have 100s of parents' phone numbers and are dutifully texting each and every one of them a weekly progress report, then more-power-to/sucks-to-be them |
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Elvis Gratton
Joined: 12 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: Teachers texting during class |
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| T-J wrote: |
I've seen this complaint on a lot of different threads so rather than responding to one or two, I thought I'd throw this out on a new thread.
The complaint is that "My Korean teacher is goofing off in the back of the room sending text messages during my class and not helping me." Or something to that effect.
Just wanted to let you know that teachers do text the parents of students. We receive regular texts from our son's teacher. Can't say that this is occurring in all of the situations out there obviously, just wanted to make some aware of a possible reason for the observed behavior. |
And I'm sure the students are also just texting their parents when they're playing iwth their phones, too. |
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rationality
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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I'm no Picasso
Joined: 28 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| alphakennyone wrote: |
| *shrug* My first experience with co-teachers is upcoming. I just thought it a rather far-fetched scenario. If the K-teachers have 100s of parents' phone numbers and are dutifully texting each and every one of them a weekly progress report, then more-power-to/sucks-to-be them |
It's not hundreds -- it's homeroom class students, so about forty. And whatever texting with parents may be going on in class could concern an individual issue with an individual student/student's parent, thereby being time-sensitive. Homeroom teachers also regularly receive texts from students, during after-work hours, if they are teaching at middle school or above, stating things like:
"How do I do number seven on the homework?"
"What pages were we supposed to read again?"
Or even:
"Teacher! I'm bored. And the upstairs neighbors are playing Go-Stop and making it hard for me to study.... " |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| I'm no Picasso wrote: |
| alphakennyone wrote: |
| *shrug* My first experience with co-teachers is upcoming. I just thought it a rather far-fetched scenario. If the K-teachers have 100s of parents' phone numbers and are dutifully texting each and every one of them a weekly progress report, then more-power-to/sucks-to-be them |
It's not hundreds -- it's homeroom class students, so about forty. And whatever texting with parents may be going on in class could concern an individual issue with an individual student/student's parent, thereby being time-sensitive. Homeroom teachers also regularly receive texts from students, during after-work hours, if they are teaching at middle school or above, stating things like:
"How do I do number seven on the homework?"
"What pages were we supposed to read again?"
Or even:
"Teacher! I'm bored. And the upstairs neighbors are playing Go-Stop and making it hard for me to study.... " |
This is exactly what my former co-teacher was doing. She had every student's number and that of the parents. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:35 am Post subject: |
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T-J, when my co-teacher is shopping for clothes or a new rice cooker on danawa or Gmarket is this also work related?
Seriously though, I have no real problems with co-teachers sending messages or even taking phone calls (even for personal reasons). Just has to be within reason. Not the kind of thing that happens in every class.
For the record, I've sent text messages during class and recieved phone calls. Then again this kind of thing happens on a monthly or even semesterly basis, so it isn't a problem. |
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