Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Scotticus]

Came into work today and found out I have two days off this week (that I, of course, only found out about because my girls told me in my first class). Gotta love the whole Korean "don't fill the foreigner in on anything unless you have to, even if it's your job."

Anyway, cheers for unexpected vacations!

[tob55]

Yes, those unexpected surprises are often a welcomed thing, since I spend the free time getting things done I normally wouldn't...Cheers to you and all the rest of us who share this sentiment with you...

[JJJ]

That's great, you're lucky. At my school, they once had a teacher's camping trip that they didn't tell me about until 4:30pm the day before. Of course it was too late for me to go BUT they said I didn't get the day off and had to show up at school anyways. They school is empty but the janitor who lives there made sure I was there. You have got to be friggin' kidding! 2 weeks to go, thank the lord.

[Scotticus]

[Gamecock]

Yes, I hate working in a public school where 6 times this semester I've been told I don't have to teach any classes, but I HAVE to hang out at school surfing the web, reading a book, doing some writing, and if I want- prepare for future classes. The audacity of them telling me I don't have to do anything, yet they still want to pay me a full day's wages!!!

Anyone who complains about this should be sentenced to 5 years hard labor/taking it up the a$$ at your nearest Wonderland.

[littlelisa]

I disagree.

I've only had this happen to me in N.A., but I'd rather be working than doing nothing. If I'm forced to stay in the school and have nothing to do (this is different if I have to prepare for classes, and then I don't mind), that really really sucks for me.

I guess some are fine with sitting there with little to do, just surfing the internet, but it would get on my nerves quickly!

The absolute worst for me was when I was a student teacher and there was a strike going on for the custodians. The teachers had to come in to prove that they were there for work, though because of picketing they couldn't go inside the building and do any actual work.

There were no other student teachers there, but I had to come in, because I had an awful CT. It took me an hour and a half to get there by bus, and they took attendance in the morning and at lunch time in the parking lot outside the school. I couldn't do any work or go home. Then, after the lunchtime attendance check, I was finally able to take the bus 1.5 hours back to my house.

I would have rather been working all day. And no, as a student teacher, I was not getting paid.