Ass-hattery!

Things are kind of getting back to normal with my co-teacher. Whenever she brings up the subject of last week, I opt out of the discussion. While I'm no push-over, I don't like fighting and I certainly don't see any point in getting into it. Nothing good can come out of 'discussing' it further.

I'm still pretty peeved with my principal and vice-principal though. When they found out I may be going to Vietnam in July, they expressed concern that I wouldn't come back. When it was looking like I'd be going to New Zealand in August, they expressed concern that I wouldn't come back. I laughed it off those times but when we had the meeting last week and I said I wouldn't take the tests/re-sign, they again expressed concern that I would fail to finish my contract by - you guessed it - running away. And today, they seemed surprised that I'd returned from Seoul and turned up to work. It's gone past the point where I can laugh it off.

And my response to this is "F**k you, you ass-hats!" I've always been on time and prepared for class. I've been out of town on numerous occasions and always came back. I've taken 2 sick days since I've been here. I've dragged my arse into school when I've had bronchitis and laryngitis and pretty much mimed my classes and when I sprained my back and couldn't stand up straight. I've done absolutely nothing to merit this kind of distrust.

Today they're trying to be extra nice to me but every time I see them, I'm paranoid that they're thinking something like:

"There's our waegookin. I hope she's hasn't been shooting smack into her eyeballs, molesting our students & spreading her HIVness. Wait, she was in Seoul this weekend? And she didn't run away!? Wow, we dodged a bullet there! Wait, she was in Seoul this weekend & she came back! Oh shit, we should check her for swine flu!"

I think I need to spend some more time out of Ulsan. Or maybe I just need to go for a run.