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seoulman1

Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: How hard do you work? |
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| I walk out of most of my classes feeling like I have work harder than what was expected. Ive gradually learnt to take it easy... |
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Zark

Joined: 12 May 2003 Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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I find I work quite hard at a new school, until I get the students and expectations of the school down.
Then, after a while, things can become pretty automatic. Takes me about six months to get there though. |
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faster

Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| I work hard, but not very much. |
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boyne11

Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| I try to work hard, but they don't let me. They don't want me working hard because it will make them look bad. |
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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I work hard, but I get paid for it.  |
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oneofthesarahs

Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| I work probably harder than I have to, but it all evens out in the end because my teaching hours are way down this season of classes. |
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| I work exactly hard enough. It's an art. I think I might have mastered it. |
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SuperHero

Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Beaver is the only person I know who works harder than I do. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I think I've mastered the art of doing enough. As in coming in half an hour early to work everyday in order to appear to my boss that I'm "prepping" but in reality I cruise the net or read a book. Of course, this is my third time round teaching the same books (been there a year).
For paperwork, I am the fastest one around, always on time, always well done.
I just think that I don't need to be a super-teacher but I need to be good enough that I fly under the radar and get no complaints/no one really notices me. |
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Lizara

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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A lot harder before I found out that money they've been deducting for "pension" hasn't gone anywhere near a pension office.
/bitter. |
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shetan

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Location: In front of my PC.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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I work hard at looking like Im working hard....  |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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A lot harder before I found out that money they've been deducting for "pension" hasn't gone anywhere near a pension office.
/bitter. |
What happened? How did you find out?
Can you get your money back by going to the Labour Board or something? |
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xeno439
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| It's gotten better of late, but I used to work way to hard. Hope it lasts. |
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PRagic

Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Some people work hard, and some work smart. If you work hard and smart, then you get ahead. If you just work hard, you're getting used. The golden rule of thumb is to decrease the number of hours you dedicate to work while increasing your income, or, if you're into it, keeping the same number of working hours, but increasing your income. Seems like a no-brainer, but I still know a ton of people running all over the city doing work for peanuts, or people taking on buckets of overtime for crap wages. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
| Some people work hard, and some work smart. If you work hard and smart, then you get ahead. If you just work hard, you're getting used. The golden rule of thumb is to decrease the number of hours you dedicate to work while increasing your income, or, if you're into it, keeping the same number of working hours, but increasing your income. Seems like a no-brainer, but I still know a ton of people running all over the city doing work for peanuts, or people taking on buckets of overtime for crap wages. |
Couldn't agree more. People my parent's age seem to think that long hours equals a loyal employee. Like they find their worth in working that much or something. It seems like people my age (20-30s) seem to be content with working less and making enough to get by.
I am all about working efficiently. |
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