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[kat2]

My public school is getting really nasty. The kids haven't been here in over two weeks so NOTHING is getting cleaned. The bathroom smells terrible since it would be a sin to actually flush toilet paper. The sink has mildew in it, although I think i'm the only one to notice since i'm probably the only one to wash my hands.

Please tell me they bring in a troupe of kids halfway throuh summer break to clean up!

Also, who decided that 11 year old kids were capable of actually cleaning? Sure they can push a mop around, but they don't actually clean. I've seen the way they clean their classrooms, and I wouldn't call it cleaning.

[LateBloomer]

I am experiencing the same thing. But at my school, they've solved the problem of paper piling up by removing all of it. There's no toilet paper or paper towels in the washroom and there's no one around (who speaks English) to complain to. So, I ended up bringing in my own paper supplies.

I thought the situation at my school was due to the fact that they may not have had a summer camp there before (don't know that for sure, but I am the first foreign teacher at a fairly new school).

[rawiri]

Here's an idea, Do it your friggin self.

Here's another one. Don't refer to your students as slaves.

[ChopChaeJoe]

Why should a teacher have to pull janitor duties.

Or children for that matter.

Are there no adjummas in that neck of the woods?

[laogaiguk]

[ChopChaeJoe]

I guess I'm fortunate in that respect. They wanted me to haul the recyclables, about a 120 m carry, to the piles outside and i refused. They pressed the issue as a special favor and I made a couple of the kids do it. They haven't asked me to do menial labor since.

I do sometimes haul water upstairs for my kids when no one else does it, but I see that as different. Kids need water.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Nambucaveman]

YBS,

I hear you on that one. It's kind of strange not seeing janitors in my public school.

Today some of the kids were here cleaning (I'm not sure why though since it's summer break). It was nice to see a few of them though.