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crazylemongirl
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 Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: Do these kids get too many days off? |
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So today marks yet another day where I've had classes off. Since March 2nd, when school offically started, I've missed 22 classes.
In the first week of may I teach on friday due to tests.
The second week of may my students are away again for 3 days for MT.
Is is just me or is there is too much wasted time in this system. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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In high school, they don't get squat.
I get test time off, however.  |
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crazylemongirl
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
In high school, they don't get squat.
I get test time off, however. |
we had to cancel classes today so taht the korean and socities teachers could attend a vitally important meeting on dokdo and go gogoriyeo. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| it's a middle school thing. My classes have been cancelled at most maybe 4 days so far. My co teacher went to the dokdo thing, so I just taught solo. |
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JacktheCat
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Derrek wrote: |
In high school, they don't get squat.
I get test time off, however. |
Yeah, seems to me the middle schoolers get more time off to do fun things like field trips and activities. Nothing wrong with that however. Lord knows, kids in Korea get far too little time to just goof off and be a kid.
At my high school, it's nose to the grind stone for the students, with one test or another every other week. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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At hogwan I'm amazed by how much some of the kids are absent. With the good kids, it has a really big effect on their learning. The upside to this is that it shows that they must be learning something in my class when they attend regularly.
As for the high schoolers, I often see them trudging home between 10 and 11. No wonder so many young adults seem so dysfunctional. What the hell do they study for so long - as it's obviously not English to any great extent? |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| JacktheCat wrote: |
Yeah, seems to me the middle schoolers get more time off to do fun things like field trips and activities. Nothing wrong with that however. Lord knows, kids in Korea get far too little time to just goof off and be a kid.
At my high school, it's nose to the grind stone for the students, with one test or another every other week. |
Actually only 6 classes can be attributed to fun stuff. the boys had their science day and flew airplanes around.
Most of it can be attributed to stupid random admin crap.
Eg,Taking students height and weight = 1 day off
Students getting xrayed = 2 classes off
Meet the parents = 1 afternoon off
Attending open class=1 afternoon off
Principal wants to rant at me about dokdo = 1 class off.
Other teachers get ranted at about dokdo = 1 afternoon off
Getting paperwork ready for gyeonggi do on notice = 1 morning off
Plus of course various standardized tests listening, speaking and the other subjects. |
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