Comments on: A terrible, no good, very bad day. http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/830 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John from Daejeon http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/830/comment-page-1#comment-3251 John from Daejeon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:10:07 +0000 http://blog.torgodevil.com/?p=830#comment-3251 Sounds like my week last week when I thought I would be on a plane home after the nonsense that played out in some of my classes. There was even a full-blown scene from "The Exorcist" after I sent a couple of students in to "talk" over their problems with the owner. This student lost it once they returned back to my class--screaming, crying, and tossing of everything within their reach. The other kids weren't too freaked out because this happenes on a regular basis in their public school as well. This student has serious mental issues, but I can't get them any help here because of the loss of face that the family would incur. So, depending on the day, I either get a great student, or one who makes the class a living hell. When it gets too bad, I just have to remember that I'm not suffering in a Gulag up North with those who have more than just a few bad days every now and again. Luckliy, I have a few days in between when most of the classes really get it and do give me some hope for the future; however, these days are declining in frequency. Sounds like my week last week when I thought I would be on a plane home after the nonsense that played out in some of my classes. There was even a full-blown scene from “The Exorcist” after I sent a couple of students in to “talk” over their problems with the owner. This student lost it once they returned back to my class–screaming, crying, and tossing of everything within their reach. The other kids weren’t too freaked out because this happenes on a regular basis in their public school as well. This student has serious mental issues, but I can’t get them any help here because of the loss of face that the family would incur.

So, depending on the day, I either get a great student, or one who makes the class a living hell. When it gets too bad, I just have to remember that I’m not suffering in a Gulag up North with those who have more than just a few bad days every now and again.

Luckliy, I have a few days in between when most of the classes really get it and do give me some hope for the future; however, these days are declining in frequency.

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