I needed to download some information for my students in one of my classes and the office sent me to the first floor and then they sent me back to the office. Then they said I needed some money for an ID in order to print some things from the Internet. At that point I was sent somewhere else to download what I wanted from someone computer and printed it. I was asked how many pages did I intend to print? I was getting frustrated.
Then I have been asking all week for the third book of English Instruction for my special student. I was told to wait for permission next week although the office knew I was to teach him this weekend in Seoul. My special student is considered a genus and already went through the second book. I knew I needed to download some lesson plans from the Internet. At this point I am pulling my hair out of my head.
I asked a fellow professor to help me buy a printer. I saw no other way of getting around it. We went to Home Plus, a store in Daejeon and he helped me buy an Epson that was not expensive. I downloaded the needed material for the students in the evening class and the needed lesson plans from the BBC for the special student for this weekend. For 10,000 wons or about $10.00 they delivered the printer and hooked it up for me to my lap top that I have at home. I have the Internet at home. The university will give me an office but no Internet. Since I live across the street from the university, I work from home. The printer costs 162,000 wons or about 162 dollars or a bit less. It is an ink jet. I was puzelled that the Samsong printers did not have better prices and the sales man said they did not sell their inkjets at the store. Samsong owns the store along with a British company. I had intended to buy a Samsong printer. The store would also not install it. I decided on the Epson since they did install it and I had an Epson years ago and I loved it.
Sometimes, when I am writing a story or a poem, I need to just print it and make corrections by hand. I will be able to do that now. It doesn't happen very often, but it happens now and then. When I leave Korea, I will be leaving the printer behind as I will be leaving my furniture, dishes and other odds and ends. It is a shame that I had to go this length to do my job.
Then I have been asking all week for the third book of English Instruction for my special student. I was told to wait for permission next week although the office knew I was to teach him this weekend in Seoul. My special student is considered a genus and already went through the second book. I knew I needed to download some lesson plans from the Internet. At this point I am pulling my hair out of my head.
I asked a fellow professor to help me buy a printer. I saw no other way of getting around it. We went to Home Plus, a store in Daejeon and he helped me buy an Epson that was not expensive. I downloaded the needed material for the students in the evening class and the needed lesson plans from the BBC for the special student for this weekend. For 10,000 wons or about $10.00 they delivered the printer and hooked it up for me to my lap top that I have at home. I have the Internet at home. The university will give me an office but no Internet. Since I live across the street from the university, I work from home. The printer costs 162,000 wons or about 162 dollars or a bit less. It is an ink jet. I was puzelled that the Samsong printers did not have better prices and the sales man said they did not sell their inkjets at the store. Samsong owns the store along with a British company. I had intended to buy a Samsong printer. The store would also not install it. I decided on the Epson since they did install it and I had an Epson years ago and I loved it.
Sometimes, when I am writing a story or a poem, I need to just print it and make corrections by hand. I will be able to do that now. It doesn't happen very often, but it happens now and then. When I leave Korea, I will be leaving the printer behind as I will be leaving my furniture, dishes and other odds and ends. It is a shame that I had to go this length to do my job.
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