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withgusto
Joined: 11 Mar 2010
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 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject: Duty |
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So, you�re leaving a school (uni/college/hag/pub) and you know that it would be a pretty horrible situation for almost anyone. You don�t take much of the issues with discrepancies very personal.
Is it your duty to speak with the teacher that is replacing you, so that you may give them fair warning? Obviously, if you are contacted by a teacher then the beans should be spilled. But, I was reading a former post, and the new teacher had a discussion with the one on their way out the door. Why wouldn�t you address the newcomer with the bad news? Unless I missed something, the teacher on their way out is just as unscrupulous as the shiesty owner.
Thoughts? Do you have experience with this?
I would have addressed it in the OP, but there were other specific issues they were dealing with. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Duty |
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| withgusto wrote: |
| Is it your duty to speak with the teacher that is replacing you, so that you may give them fair warning? |
After what the school tells him about you, you're going to end up looking like the shaky, burned out remains of a person who couldn't take it here, who will come up to any white person who gets off the plane going "Turn back!! It's not too late!!!"
Let it go. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Most long term posters will tell you this. Your old school will definitely not tell the new guy/gal why you left. It's always your fault, not theirs.
It usually takes about 2 months for that creeping/sickening feeling in the new guy's stomach to get to the point where he realises that he's been scammed. |
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Whitey Otez
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: The suburbs of Seoul
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Long timer here, just went through OP's situation. It's really a question of whether you have integrity or not. Lucky for me, my replacement was timed such that we never crossed paths. I wrote a training manual for him, and he e-mailed me a few times to ask dumb questions about the locations of certain books and supplements.
Your replacement might be new to Korea, thus on that honeymoon high where it's all new and great. The kids will be busy feeling him out and not trying to test his boundaries for a few weeks. You don't want to ruin that momentum for the guy.
So yes, tell the truth about how you feel it went if the next teacher asks, but also tell your director well ahead of time to think about what you might have to say. Nothing else I ever said to my last boss turned him around as much as when I asked him what I was supposed to tell my replacement (and the whole Internet - hey, he made me angry) about working for him. |
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