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ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

I have just walked through the main teacher's room at my public school and the annual desk move is in progress.

Does anyone know the story behind this annual ritual?

ilovebdt

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

We started ours last Friday.Still going today,I'd had enough and left.

It's bizarre isn't it.You'd think someone would just roughly measure the room,number of desks,internet ports,photocopiers and wotnot,draw a plan and we could get it done quicksmart.

I think though that with the start of the new year,everybody's promotions have to be reflected in a big neverending pungsu exercise.

That and the Korean men couldn't organise a piss-up in a brothel.I watched them trying to add on one desk at the end.They couldn't just go around,EVERYTHING had to be unplugged and shifted so they could go through the middle.

Farccccccckkkkkkk.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Ours starts tomorrow.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

In my private school, they like grouping the homeroom teacher's desks of the same grade together.

At the public schools, every year some teachers are rotated in and out to other schools.

formerflautist · Joined: 30 May 2006

I haven't been there in over a week. I'll show up on Friday because that's when classes start. I guess I'm not missed.

Boodleheimer · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:36 am Post subject:

i've done it twice--- once on friday to a different building, once today to a different desk, which was then switched round facing the other direction.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

I believe ours will be tomorrow when all the teachers get back from vacation. Most of the teachers look like they've already packed up their stuff and are ready to move.

poet13 · Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject:

So that's why I have to go to school tomorrow.....guess I'll be wearing jeans and a sweat-shirt...

xox · Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Bundang

desk moving at my school was fun
everyone shifting moving around screaming at the person for not taking care of their desk better and seeing what lurks within.
good laughs

blynch · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: UCLA

i love it.

its fun...

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

On the third day of it.... Confused

Printer still not connected.Supervisor told me who and how to ask,I asked her,she tried,disappeared for a couple of hours then avoided me,I relay everything through my supervisors computer.

left at 1pm.

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

after the first year I bitched so much and made sure I mentioned my computer problems every single day. I can't print, The internet keeps dropping, ad nauseim...since then they haven't moved me since. I have gotten a new desk but everyone around me has to move...hee hee.

Sometimes you just have to play the right game.

Jade.