managing your professional relationships. managing relationships is the art of the possible
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So, you don’t have the ideal So, you don’t have the ideal situationsituation
What do you do? What do you do?
How can you live with it? How can you live with it?
1. You get to your 1. You get to your school and the school and the
classroom is a mess! classroom is a mess! There aren’t any basic There aren’t any basic
items and the items and the computer is broke! computer is broke! What do you do?What do you do?
2. Your apartment is 2. Your apartment is great! But you have to pay great! But you have to pay 130,000 won a month for 130,000 won a month for “maintenance fees”. You “maintenance fees”. You are upset. This wasn’t in are upset. This wasn’t in the contract! What do the contract! What do
you do?you do?
3. Your coteacher is nice and 3. Your coteacher is nice and helpful. Unfortunately, his/her helpful. Unfortunately, his/her English is very poor and they English is very poor and they
won’t help you in class. won’t help you in class. Usually they just sit at the Usually they just sit at the
back or sometimes don’t even back or sometimes don’t even come to class! This bothers come to class! This bothers you a lot. What do you do? you a lot. What do you do?
4. You have planned a great 4. You have planned a great lesson but at the last minute, lesson but at the last minute,
your coteacher comes and says your coteacher comes and says that class is cancelled. The that class is cancelled. The students have to study for a students have to study for a Korean language test. This Korean language test. This
happens often and some classes happens often and some classes you don’t see very often. You are you don’t see very often. You are
frustrated. What do you do?frustrated. What do you do?
5. You have a good relationship with 5. You have a good relationship with your students. They are very eager your students. They are very eager
to learn and love your class. to learn and love your class. Unfortunately, whenever there is a Unfortunately, whenever there is a
small classroom management small classroom management problem, your coteacher jumps up problem, your coteacher jumps up
and scolds the student harshly. and scolds the student harshly. He/She also translates into Korean He/She also translates into Korean
for the students constantly. You for the students constantly. You don’t like this. What do you do? don’t like this. What do you do?
6. You have to teach at 6. You have to teach at a winter camp. Your a winter camp. Your
school wants a 30 page school wants a 30 page book of lessons in 3 book of lessons in 3
days. You can’t believe days. You can’t believe it! What do you do? it! What do you do?
7. Your coteacher says you 7. Your coteacher says you have a “demo” lesson in 2 have a “demo” lesson in 2 weeks. They want to script weeks. They want to script and practice with the class and practice with the class
over and over. You over and over. You disagree and feel like a disagree and feel like a
“parrot”. What do you do? “parrot”. What do you do?
8. You are teaching some 8. You are teaching some extra after school classes. extra after school classes. You’ve asked constantly You’ve asked constantly
about when you will be paid. about when you will be paid. You can’t get a straight You can’t get a straight
answer and don’t even know answer and don’t even know how much you are going to how much you are going to be paid. What do you do? be paid. What do you do?
9. You think that you 9. You think that you should be paid more should be paid more than you are getting. than you are getting.
You asked your You asked your coteacher about it but coteacher about it but haven’t got an answer. haven’t got an answer.
What do you do? What do you do?
10. You don’t want to 10. You don’t want to eat the Korean eat the Korean
cafeteria food at your cafeteria food at your school. Your coteacher school. Your coteacher has already arranged it. has already arranged it.
What do you do? What do you do?