Not going to complain about a job that pays me more than I'd make at home even though all I do is nap under my desk right after watching the beisbol, but I'd probably feel differently were I on the policy side of things. Take, for instance, a listening class I teach three times a week. For some reason it's called CNN Listening, which ooooooohhhhh, Koreans' love of brand names! Doesn't mean much since I spend 10 minutes the day before downloading scripts off the BBC instead, but whatevs. Point is the class was so in demand when first offered that they asked if I'd teach it before the start of school rather than after, like the rest of the supplementary curriculum. Most students have to run off to their cram schools straightaway after the final bell and could only enroll if I assented to three hours' less sleep each week, so okay since I can just make up the time under my desk.
It's now almost three years on and I still resent the early mornings, but I keep up appearances without much complaint because, er, I get paid an extra $2500 a year to basically jam this:
Bwah to the 63rd power, for the realz. Every single course follows the same pattern: about 15 kids enroll and show up the first day; only 9 come the second class because tea-cheo, too early; 14 are at the third because I called their mamas; halfway through the 20-session course only 4 or 5 are showing up regularly; and by the 13th class it's only the single homegirl, who will come to class even if she had broken ears. Think we're friends now since I'll occasionally buy an extra kimbap for her when I stop for brekkie on my way to school. Guess this sort of thing is pretty normal and not just because I'm the worst teacher ever, but still, I get paid for this?
