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Getting The Body Ready for Split Shifts. How?
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grandpa



Joined: 19 Oct 2009
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:55 pm    Post subject: Getting The Body Ready for Split Shifts. How? Reply with quote
I just started my contract at an elementary public school. I've come to realize that I prefer teaching adults.

If I end up deciding to teach adults, which is most likely a split shift job, how do I best acclimate my mangled body to handling such a schedule?

I doubt think the school will mind me suffocating some flies by closing my eyes.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't do it grandpa!
Split shifts are HELL.
I know from personal experience,... recently.
Starting 8:30am at an elementary school and finishing midnight at a hagwon, my days were tiring in the extreme. After six energizing years teaching afternoons and early evenings in a hagwon setting I thought I could handle split shifts... well, one, two, three months into it I knew I couldn't and finally had to quit after five months (this September), take a month-long vacation in Thailand to recover, and now am in search of a wise job for me: afternoon and early evenings only, no mornings, no late nights and certainly NO split shifts!
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UrbanStyle



Joined: 23 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've never done split shifts, never plan on trying. I heard its hell - there are lots of hogwans out there with early afternoon/evening shifts only - go for one of those thats what I have and i love it.
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asylum seeker



Joined: 22 Jul 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Drink some zombie juice and shoot yourself in the head.
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Moldy Rutabaga



Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My first hogwan job was teaching adults. There are pluses, in that your students might take you out for beer and your elementary students probably won't, and it's (slightly) more intellectually interesting. But yes, I got up at 5:30, taught at 7-11 and then from 6-9 PM again.

I managed by taking Mexican-style siestas through the afternoon. I would only consider such a job if you don't have a long commute home. Half an hour to work added up to two hours a day on or waiting for the damn bus.

I eventually lost that job, though, partly because I was so tired that my teaching suffered. So consider your energy levels if you really are a grandpa, or close to one like me...
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halfmanhalfbiscuit



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Moldy Rutabaga wrote:
My first hogwan job was teaching adults. There are pluses, in that your students might take you out for beer and your elementary students probably won't, and it's (slightly) more intellectually interesting. But yes, I got up at 5:30, taught at 7-11 and then from 6-9 PM again.

I managed by taking Mexican-style siestas through the afternoon. I would only consider such a job if you don't have a long commute home. Half an hour to work added up to two hours a day on or waiting for the damn bus.

I eventually lost that job, though, partly because I was so tired that my teaching suffered. So consider your energy levels if you really are a grandpa, or close to one like me...


Similar.

You'll always feel harried for time and be operating at 80%. You'll really feel impaired. Your body won't adjust, you'll just get resigned to it. Ughh.

Don't do it gramps, you'll have a heart attack.
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grandpa



Joined: 19 Oct 2009
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it easy to find a job teaching adults in the afternoons/evenings in Seoul?

Also, any books on English I should study up on to get ready for the bombardment of grammatical questions from adults? I get them on occasion from the teachers at my public school, and sometimes I don't know the exact answer.
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cashpiles



Joined: 17 Sep 2007
Location: Busan, South Korea
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll be starting a split-shift contract teaching adults.

What can I do to keep my energy up so that I can give my students quality?
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halfmanhalfbiscuit



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
grandpa wrote:
Is it easy to find a job teaching adults in the afternoons/evenings in Seoul?

Also, any books on English I should study up on to get ready for the bombardment of grammatical questions from adults? I get them on occasion from the teachers at my public school, and sometimes I don't know the exact answer.


YBM/ Pagoda churn through teachers. There are other schools.

Grammar-keep it reasonably simple. Students don't ask too many pedantic questions. "Grammar in Use" is enough. Just keep correcting them as they speak for higher students especially. Have the odd grammar focus section of class with a speaking activity to follow eg Second Conditional and asking for/giving advice.

Hmm...brave man. Say your prayers and take your vitamins.
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grandpa



Joined: 19 Oct 2009
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote:
grandpa wrote:
Is it easy to find a job teaching adults in the afternoons/evenings in Seoul?

Also, any books on English I should study up on to get ready for the bombardment of grammatical questions from adults? I get them on occasion from the teachers at my public school, and sometimes I don't know the exact answer.


YBM/ Pagoda churn through teachers. There are other schools.

Grammar-keep it reasonably simple. Students don't ask too many pedantic questions. "Grammar in Use" is enough. Just keep correcting them as they speak for higher students especially. Have the odd grammar focus section of class with a speaking activity to follow eg Second Conditional and asking for/giving advice.

Hmm...brave man. Say your prayers and take your vitamins.


How am I brave?