The Whole Truth

Things that are irritating me right now:
1. Korea
2. Korea
3. Korea
4. Korea
5. Korean food
6. Someone stole something that belonged to me out of my classroom.
7. This probably happened during cleaning time, which is useless because if they're cleaning it at all, it's in a most perfunctory way.
8. Being reprimanded, twice, by a co-teacher because kids complain I don't call on them when they want to answer (amazing the difference giving stamps makes!). There were 10 questions on the worksheet and 33 students in the class. You do the math.
9. For the second week in a row, the copy room has printed my worksheets one-sided, despite my requesting double on the form. That's about 1000 sheets of paper used needlessly. It's also a bitch to hand out.
10. Another co-teacher who emailed me the group charts 1 1/2 weeks late and changed the groups without telling me (since we give stamps to groups for participation, this wreaked havoc with the reward system). When the kids complained, she told them I did it.
11. Constant hunger & its various manifestations.
12. Kids mocking me openly in class has gone from almost non-existant to rampant in the space of about 2 weeks.
13. The teacher who's in charge of me now is afraid to speak to me, so I only find out about stuff if someone else thinks to let me know.
14. It takes an hour to go anywhere, even if it's 5 miles away.
15. How hard is walking in a straight line, really?
16. Constant noise & people.
17. Kids' behavior in general has taken a distinct dive of late. It's not just me; other teachers are noticing as well.
18. Co-teachers who show up late or not at all and/or chat with the kids while I'm trying to teach.
19. One co-teacher who keeps remarking, over and over, how few responsibilities I have compared to everyone else.

I don't need any encouraging comments, and I hope this will pass in time (like 4 months! :) ), but I'm taking a savage pleasure at venting my spleen at Korea, and how convenient that I have a forum to do it publicly!