All Points of Bullshit have been resolved positively, thank god. I am going to Australia tomorrow morning for the full length of my original ticket.
Point of Resolution the first is that the DMOE got our schedule out finally. It was not a favorable schedule for me in the least. I had 11 days of camp, the second most of everyone in EPIK in Daegu. That's 135 people. And I had a camp during my intended first week in Australia. This snag in my schedule was rectified through my persistence in bothering my coordinator. I finally convinced him to let me find a substitute for the camp by asking him why the hell I couldn't find a substitute repeatedly, and asking why exactly it was so hard for his office to change my name on some paper work to another teacher's name, which is all that actually had to be done. The fortuitous result of this badgering leads to Point of Resolution the Second.
Point of Resolution the second is that I will not have to fake swine flu in order to receive my refund via my cancellation insurance. Because I was able to find a kind-hearted soul to cover my camp for me (one of the 45 EPIK teachers in Daegu with four or less days of camp), I will be using my original ticket.
Point of Resolution the Third is a simple one. My school won't pay me for the seven extra working days that I will be on vacation. This is an entirely negligible penalty as my vacation is far more important than a couple hundred dollars, or whatever measly sum that loss of payment works out to.
