I share an office with 5 co workers.
Browsing Shutterstock for a vector graphic that expresses 'empire' and I came across this:
WE ARE TEACHING ENGLISH!! NOT KOREAN, STOP TRYING TO MAKE ENGLISH KOREAN!!!! WTF ****!!!Seriously, if you asked me the word for something in English, and then I tell, but it's not what you expected don't make a ****** cringe face at me and say, "I don't know, that's not what we would say in Korean...." SORRY BITCH, THERE IS NO SPECIAL WORD WE USE!!!! WHY THE **** do the textbooks constantly teach about Korea, and urinara BS in English? Learn about some western culture using the western language, MAYBE, JUST ****** MAYBE, the kids might find learning a bit more interesting... OKAY CLASS, TODAY"S VOCABULARY!!! HANGWA, HANBOK, PANSORI, YUNNORI!!!! GOOD ****** JOB!!!! Stop asking AFTER THE ****** FACT, if you grammar or whatever is correct, or my advice on something, only to say YOU ALREADY ****** TAUGHT IT THE WRONG WAY, SO THAT"S WHAT WE HAVE TO TEACH! It's WRONG you ****** Dimwit!!!!! "Well, I don't know, are you sure Tom can't be a girls name, because I already made the picture card..." A:JDAKJSDKAJSHDLKJEOJ LDC:SLKJFEOIFI need one of those Irish horse leg-chopper swords or whatever, so I can end swing along the same plane as the shitty half-wall cubicle dividers and take everyone's head at once!ARRRRGHHHH!!!
Today I played a game with my students that involved answering questions for which they were rewarded with points, or given a challenge to complete. I tried to make the challenges easy and/or goofy, to keep things light and not make things too hard.One of the challenges was to sing the ABC song. Easy peasy, right? After all, the class in question was a middle school 3rd grade class. Surely after seven years of English education, they'll all be able to sing the ABC song.Oh ho ho, Mister Tim, not so fast! One mustn't make such assumptions!On the team that received that particular challenge, every single student was either unable to correctly sing (or even just recite) the entire alphabet, or completely unwilling to sing because they're too cool for that sort of thing.I'd even have settled for a terribly sung konglish version, with its Eppoos, Aychees, and Bwees, but it was not to be.Sigh.
Quote from: Mister Tim on October 12, 2015, 03:20:22 pmToday I played a game with my students that involved answering questions for which they were rewarded with points, or given a challenge to complete. I tried to make the challenges easy and/or goofy, to keep things light and not make things too hard.One of the challenges was to sing the ABC song. Easy peasy, right? After all, the class in question was a middle school 3rd grade class. Surely after seven years of English education, they'll all be able to sing the ABC song.Oh ho ho, Mister Tim, not so fast! One mustn't make such assumptions!On the team that received that particular challenge, every single student was either unable to correctly sing (or even just recite) the entire alphabet, or completely unwilling to sing because they're too cool for that sort of thing.I'd even have settled for a terribly sung konglish version, with its Eppoos, Aychees, and Bwees, but it was not to be.Sigh.you thought it was a good idea to make 14 year olds sing the ABC song in front of the entire class?Have you NEVER been a teenager before? It baffling how you thought this was a good idea. Some students might be incredibly shy, others are OF COURSE too cool to sing the ****** ABCs in front of the class.Next time, you might as well have them show the whole class they know the time song! Or perhaps even something simpler and have them touch their toesies with their hands!
... I am rage. I am fury. I am wroth!!!... The speakers have been left turned on... they emit a low dull hum... Woe is me!There's always fire. Pretty, pretty fire.
Quote from: richardtang1991 on October 12, 2015, 03:59:39 pmQuote from: Mister Tim on October 12, 2015, 03:20:22 pmToday I played a game with my students that involved answering questions for which they were rewarded with points, or given a challenge to complete. I tried to make the challenges easy and/or goofy, to keep things light and not make things too hard.One of the challenges was to sing the ABC song. Easy peasy, right? After all, the class in question was a middle school 3rd grade class. Surely after seven years of English education, they'll all be able to sing the ABC song.Oh ho ho, Mister Tim, not so fast! One mustn't make such assumptions!On the team that received that particular challenge, every single student was either unable to correctly sing (or even just recite) the entire alphabet, or completely unwilling to sing because they're too cool for that sort of thing.I'd even have settled for a terribly sung konglish version, with its Eppoos, Aychees, and Bwees, but it was not to be.Sigh.you thought it was a good idea to make 14 year olds sing the ABC song in front of the entire class?Have you NEVER been a teenager before? It baffling how you thought this was a good idea. Some students might be incredibly shy, others are OF COURSE too cool to sing the ****** ABCs in front of the class.Next time, you might as well have them show the whole class they know the time song! Or perhaps even something simpler and have them touch their toesies with their hands!Really, it baffles you? It just BLOWS YOUR MIND that I might expect that, given a group of eleven students, one of them would have both the ability and the testicular fortitude to sing a silly song? When you were a high school freshman, if and your team had to sing Row Row Row Your Boat to earn your team some points for a competitive game, you think nobody would've done it?The point was that it was a simple, goofy challenge. You know, like I said in the post you quoted. It was supposed to be a little embarrassing and silly. They weren't all too cool or shy for it, but the ones who were "brave" enough for it didn't know their friggin' ABCs. There were even students on the other teams who started singing it to try to encourage the shy kids on that team, and to help them remember the "words."So yeah, I expected that at least one student in each group would have balls and know their ABCs. Yes, I though it was a good idea. It thought it'd be silly and fun. If that "baffles" you, then I can say with certainty I'd never want to be in the same room as you during a party.EDITED to remove unnecessary hostility.
Quote from: Mister Tim on October 12, 2015, 05:04:04 pmyou thought it was a good idea to make 14 year olds sing the ABC song in front of the entire class?Have you NEVER been a teenager before? It baffling how you thought this was a good idea. Some students might be incredibly shy, others are OF COURSE too cool to sing the ****** ABCs in front of the class.Next time, you might as well have them show the whole class they know the time song! Or perhaps even something simpler and have them touch their toesies with their hands!Really, it baffles you? It just BLOWS YOUR MIND that I might expect that, given a group of eleven students, one of them would have both the ability and the testicular fortitude to sing a silly song? When you were a high school freshman, if and your team had to sing Row Row Row Your Boat to earn your team some points for a competitive game, you think nobody would've done it?The point was that it was a simple, goofy challenge. You know, like I said in the post you quoted. It was supposed to be a little embarrassing and silly. They weren't all too cool or shy for it, but the ones who were "brave" enough for it didn't know their friggin' ABCs. There were even students on the other teams who started singing it to try to encourage the shy kids on that team, and to help them remember the "words."So yeah, I expected that at least one student in each group would have balls and know their ABCs. Yes, I though it was a good idea. It thought it'd be silly and fun. If that "baffles" you, then I can say with certainty I'd never want to be in the same room as you during a party.EDITED to remove unnecessary hostility.
you thought it was a good idea to make 14 year olds sing the ABC song in front of the entire class?Have you NEVER been a teenager before? It baffling how you thought this was a good idea. Some students might be incredibly shy, others are OF COURSE too cool to sing the ****** ABCs in front of the class.Next time, you might as well have them show the whole class they know the time song! Or perhaps even something simpler and have them touch their toesies with their hands!
QuoteQuote from: Mister Tim on October 12, 2015, 05:04:04 pmyou thought it was a good idea to make 14 year olds sing the ABC song in front of the entire class?Have you NEVER been a teenager before? It baffling how you thought this was a good idea. Some students might be incredibly shy, others are OF COURSE too cool to sing the ****** ABCs in front of the class.Next time, you might as well have them show the whole class they know the time song! Or perhaps even something simpler and have them touch their toesies with their hands!Really, it baffles you? It just BLOWS YOUR MIND that I might expect that, given a group of eleven students, one of them would have both the ability and the testicular fortitude to sing a silly song? When you were a high school freshman, if and your team had to sing Row Row Row Your Boat to earn your team some points for a competitive game, you think nobody would've done it?The point was that it was a simple, goofy challenge. You know, like I said in the post you quoted. It was supposed to be a little embarrassing and silly. They weren't all too cool or shy for it, but the ones who were "brave" enough for it didn't know their friggin' ABCs. There were even students on the other teams who started singing it to try to encourage the shy kids on that team, and to help them remember the "words."So yeah, I expected that at least one student in each group would have balls and know their ABCs. Yes, I though it was a good idea. It thought it'd be silly and fun. If that "baffles" you, then I can say with certainty I'd never want to be in the same room as you during a party.EDITED to remove unnecessary hostility.Buddy, if you think a party is the same as class, then you are either completely delirious or way too confident in your ability as a teacher. But from your response, I gather that you'd like it if you went to work while all the teachers are teaching, and they ask you to do the most mundane tests. Then when you finish, they give you a pat on the head, a belly rub, and tell you what a good boy you are. Skill level proficiency is not equivalent to maturity. I also wouldn't ask a group of corporate adult EFL students to sing the god damn ABCs. Your intentions are that of goofy doesn't mean it was interpreted that way. . I also wonder whether or not the group just stayed quiet the ENTIRE class, or they answered other questions.
