Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Holden]

I have made Xs on my Calendar for the past 7 months. I can't wait to finish this job. 5 more long months! Argh!

[t bear]

Yeah I do the same. In my work diary I cross off the days. Only 8 more to go for me
Its a good feeling looking back over the days you have done, can be awful looking at the days too come though.

[rapier]

You poor guys...I'd just leave if I was that unhappy. Life's too short. if you're not enjoying it, your teaching will be bad also...

[Demophobe]

No doubt rapier. There is one other group that I know of who regularly does this "X"ing....convicts.
They, however, have no choice but to wait.

[crazylemongirl]

last year I was marking the days.. but I love my current job (even the bad days here are far better than good days at my last place) so time just seems to be flying by/

[Real Reality]

Making Xs on the calendar is common for some people in particular places.
Marking off days is popular in prison, right?

[t bear]

Thanks for the advice rapier, but I'll think I hold out these last 8 days for the last pay and severance. 8 divided by last pay equals roughly 450000won per day, my work place isn't that great but I'm gonna see it out.

[Demophobe]

[shawner88]

[jay-shi]

I've been crossing the days off since I moved into my new place. The foreign teacher that I replaced left a really nice and big mural Korean Navy calendar and he was crossing off the days, so I have just kept on doing it.

No reason other than that really, so far the job has been fine and I am in no way counting down the days until it's over.

It even helps me prepare me for my usual first sentence for every class: "So what day is it today?..."

[clever not beautiful]

My first year here I did it. I crossed out days in the back of my diary, so it wasn't right there in front of me all the time. I could tell when things were going really well because I would realize that I hadn't crossed off any days for a while, and would have to go back and x out two weeks.

This time around, it didn't even occur to me to start. I don't know why, I seem to be having a lot more problems with this job than my first one.

[mindmetoo]

[Homer]

[just because]

What you should do is start counting down the classes to go. The you will see a more rapid drop.

[inkoreaforgood]

My first job here was a pisser, and I counted the months, usually on payday. The last two weeks were stressful, and I was counting the days, the hours, etc. It makes time crawl. I was checking the clock every 5 minutes in class, waiting to be finished teaching. Basically, I hated it. The stress can be overwhelming. Really, find something else to do, something interesting. I suggest martial arts (cause that's what I did/do to keep the voices away ), it's good for exercise, and getting out/expressing aggression. Great to kick that sandbag while imagining the face of yopr boss/student/ex/whatever. Plus it's everywhere around here.