hey, HAIR HELMET ~ I have a name
I had to turn down yet another invitation to dine with the teachers this evening. It was 5:15, I had just finished ASA, and Ct1 says “Teachers having dinner here. We must go. Now.” I reminded her that I have plans every Wednesday evening (I’ve blacked it out on the social calendar, regardless of any plans to actually get together) with the foreign teachers. To which she responded, “No! Teachers must eat here. Now.” You probably can see where this is going …
I said, “No. I already have plans. You can go without me.” I thought she was going to start crying ~ she may have forgotten to tell me (which means that she will be in trouble), but it was probably another last-minute “mandatory” dinners (which means she will likely be in trouble for not making me go), or she could just be desperate for my company because she hates going out with the teachers as much as I do.
I don’t know, and I don’t really care ~ I hate the social functions, because no one talks to me ~ in fact, many go to great lengths to avoid any contact with me, for fear that they may have to eeeek out a word or two in English.
OK, I’m not really being fair to the few who do try to talk with me. There are the four “Konglish” teachers, who serve as “translators”; the super-friendly PE teacher who knows about 10 English phrases and uses them very enthusiastically in every conversation, regardless of context; the Principal, who desperately wants to speak English with me (but I can’t understand anything he says); and two sweet ladies who don’t understand a single word of English, but nod and smile enthusiastically every time I speak. Doesn’t that sound like fun? That’s how it is ~ all day, every day, every meal, every function …
Most of teachers are very nice and very kind. There is only one teacher that really gets on my nerves. He consistently refers to me as the “weagookin” (foreigner), as if I won’t know that he’s talking about me.
My desk (well, my workspace) is in a room with 4 other people ~ Ct1 (whose desk is a few inches away), “Doris Ding-a-Ling” (I don’t’ know her name or exactly what she does … something administrative), and the “Discipline Counselors” (one male, one female), who are both very nice and very reserved. Anyway, there is one other teacher than enjoys taking coffee breaks (morning, lunch, afternoon) in our office/room ~ he just sits there, slurping his coffee, chatting with the discipline officers and observing me. And making weagookin comments …
I swear, one of these days I am going to whip around in my chair and say (in English, of course), “Hey, hair helmet. I know what weagookin means. I have a name ~ use it! And, if you would bring your freakin’ cup to within six inches your mouth, you wouldn’t have to slurp!” I could add a few more comments, but it would all be wasted ~ he can’t understand anything I say anyway.
One of these days … I swear …
But my favorite guy is the person we would call the “Maintenance Supervisor” or “Janitor” or something like that ~ he’s an older guy (late 60s, maybe?), doesn’t speak any English, but he greets me at the door every morning with a bow and a handshake, chatters away happily in Korean with a big grin on his face … I adore him!! Today he came into my ASA classroom and (as near as I can translate) told the boys they had to clean up and clear the chalkboard before they could leave. And then nodded his head to me and left.
It’s the little things …
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