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[inspector gadget]

Any others witness any verbal scraps today at school in Jeollanamdo??

This morning I came into the office and it was insanity teachers screaming at eachother and the vice principal. I quietly sat down and listened to the barage of shouting that lasted about 25 minutes or so.

I asked one of the teachers what it was all about and they said that the VP and the Principal are telling the Kteachers that they must come into work once a week throughout the summer vacation.

Needless to say the kteachers don't like that so much.

Everything seemed to go back to normal throughout the morning but then at 11:40 after the students finished there last exam the VP stands up. She proceeds to b*tch out and shout out loud at the Kteachers for another half hour. Then several teachers stoodup to voice there displeasure of the whole thing.

I just finished lunch and the office is very quiet and the VP just pulled about 7 teachers into another room and I can hear the screaming once again.

I wonder what the deal is??

[laogaiguk]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Well at least it's not only us getting jerked around.

[Grotto]

Could it be? Are Korean teachers actually growing a backbone? Could the days of follow the fool be over?

Let us hope so!

[laogaiguk]

[John Henry]

Watch out! She could be sayng...Well my foreign teacher comes in over the summer, why shouldn't you guys!!!???

[inspector gadget]

I am the only foriegn teacher here and besides doing a one week camp I will not be coming to the school during summer vacation.

I have heard now that apparently it is because they have to write some kind of a report for the county educational office about the previous and upcoming semesters.

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[jacl]

That's Korea for you. Nothing like employee abuse. Even government employees.

[kiwiliz]

Lucky you Inspector Gadget. I only get two weeks off over the summer break, what with one two-week summer camp and a one week one. and I had to fight to get that those two weeks to run concurrently.

Now I am just waiting to see what will happen in the winter vacation.

[kiwiliz]

oops consecutively,......damn..why is there no dictionary when I need one...I should know how to spell that...excuse me..jsut go off and see if I can locate brain....

[rawiri]

[quote="kiwiliz"]Lucky you Inspector Gadget. I only get two weeks off over the summer break, what with one two-week summer camp and a one week one. and I had to fight to get that those two weeks to run concurrently.

Now I am just waiting to see what will happen in the winter vacation.[/quote]



uuummm...only 2 weeks? i get 3 days. It was suppose to be 5 working but 2 days of privates came up during the vacation that i put my hand up for.

exactly how long did you think you would be getting off?

[philthy]

[Unreal]

There has been a bit of fighting between the Korean teachers and the principal at my school as well but over different reasons. The students at my school live in dorms and only go home twice per month. Now the parents have banded together and pushed for making the students stay here 3 weeks per month so the principal is toying with the idea and the Korean teachers are not happy with it because hey, they already spend 2 weekends per month already here.

I don't get it. The two days the kids get to go home does wonders for their sanity while two extra days of "self-study" (ie. staring blankly at a book for hours on end) per month will likely mean zero in doing well for the university entrance exam.

[UncleAlex]

I once witnessed a physical scuffle between two female teachers after they
had been screaming at each other for a quarter of an hour. It consisted of slapping
arms and faces, kicking shins, grabbing collars, and scratching. The principal
and vp just stood there watching these two hysterical women along with the rest
of us, as a few male teachers and I chuckled until the vp called the phys ed teacher
to break them up after a few minutes.

[ilovebdt]