tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post4477568537862090491..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: An American on mute.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-2502897751462943392011-04-20T14:10:08.334+09:002011-04-20T14:10:08.334+09:00Ah gotcha. Guess I should work on my reading comp...Ah gotcha. Guess I should work on my reading comprehension. ^^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463481353432903712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-62253867756730285952011-04-20T13:52:04.303+09:002011-04-20T13:52:04.303+09:00SuperA1 -- Thanks. Haha.
Spock -- I'm sticki...SuperA1 -- Thanks. Haha. <br /><br />Spock -- I'm sticking with that first part, but it's not really doing me any good. A lot of it is things I don't really have a choice about. I'm the only one who can do them. And I'd feel ugly saying no. It's just that it's too much on top of four extra lesson plans a week, on top of four fewer lesson planning hours a week. <br /><br />Saharial -- Not a bad idea. Just to kind of get the point the across. <br /><br />Jake -- The mug is what I'm trying to control in the first place. My mugs tend to be automatic. <br /><br />Monica -- I think you misunderstood. I can't unload on the S.O. about the situation WITH the S.O. I can bitch to him all I want about work. He has a boatload to say about his own as well. It's just that in our personal situation, I have to be careful how I word and handle things, because my way of dealing with conflict is much, much more direct and blunt than his is.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-26684988054249114042011-04-20T12:57:58.678+09:002011-04-20T12:57:58.678+09:00"I can't unload everything that I'm t..."I can't unload everything that I'm thinking and feeling on the S.O., because he's not going to respond well to that, given how blunt and ugly and direct it looks in his culture."<br /><br />I get that you can't straight-up tell your head teacher what you're feeling, but why can't you tell your boyfriend about the situation? It's not like those emotions don't exist in Koreans, certainly he could understand where you're coming from and maybe he could give you advice about how to approach the problem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463481353432903712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-30285749008141647392011-04-20T09:09:27.467+09:002011-04-20T09:09:27.467+09:00Go ahead and accept your co-teacher's addition...Go ahead and accept your co-teacher's additional requests, and throw her a mean mug while you're at it. It's my experience that the mean mug is universally understood.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980469587362971676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-79783249783515514322011-04-19T23:25:53.641+09:002011-04-19T23:25:53.641+09:00Perhaps when she asks you to do another task you c...Perhaps when she asks you to do another task you can 'ask' which task has priority - that way she gets an idea (hopefully) that you have a lot to do and adding to current tasks is not wise. Thats all i can think of to help with face saving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-17303859717095027232011-04-19T22:49:30.113+09:002011-04-19T22:49:30.113+09:00Is there any way in the world that you can simply ...Is there any way in the world that you can simply tell her "My prep work is keeping me very busy. I don't have time to do these other things." ? I am lucky that my co-workers are all very respectful of my time. She sounds like she is too dense to realize that it's her fault, but she could understand that she can't throw extras at you and expect them in a timely fashion...Mr. Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125299410825437145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-6323870627822014102011-04-19T22:13:26.524+09:002011-04-19T22:13:26.524+09:00Hate that messed-in-the-head helpless wanna-punch...Hate that messed-in-the-head helpless wanna-punch-everyone-I-see feeling.<br />힘내. :(superA1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10697524178358206053noreply@blogger.com