my experience in korea is that a lot of the time the answer to something is simply: laziness.
도 치 피 치 피 보 족
Quote from: CO2 on March 28, 2017, 08:07:00 pm도 치 피 치 피 보 족요기요!! ㅋㅋhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3a-mmCCoeU
I'm a teacher in China(legally obligated to state that when posting on here )I was talking about working at the same school with one of my co-workers what she would think if I worked at the same school for a new contract and she said it would be nice since they seem to like me enough but I need to improve a lot as a teacher as well.Which is fair enough. I don't think I ever claimed to be a good teacher and whenever a class didn't go well I would feel genuinely upset...I mean, up to a certain point. Honestly, it just kind of felt like the school stopped caring how well I did or how well my classes went based on how much help I was getting or how little people were saying. But, ya know, we live in a world where people don't like talking to each other directly, so I was honestly pretty appreciative of this kind of honest feedback.Though, the one thing she said that made me pause for thought...no, actually, I just blatantly disagreed was the fact that "all of the students are eager to talk with you and learn English" which is just...like...huh? That kind of statement makes me think she's never worked with a student before...especially a middle school student...she pointed out one of her students as an example of someone who's eager to learn English...the good student, the one who was going to try to learn regardless.I've dealt with high school students in the US and I'm dealing with middle school students in this country and a lot of kids really just don't give a shit at all. I remember in the middle school I went to in the US, we had a substitute teacher whose English ability was really low and he had a hard to communicating with the students. Also, it seemed like we were dealing with the fact that he was afraid of losing his job if he complained too much. Anyway, I'm basically that person here because the students are giving me the same respect that that substitute had at my middle school. Give the students no reason to care and not care they will.I don't really want to complain too much about my students and my school because I know these are just challenges I need to overcome, but a statement like that is just so... -_-
Was told earlier in the week that I needed to complete a textbook activity with my grade 2s, which is a writing activity, and writing activities from the textbook take ****** forever to do in my classes because half of students require intense, step-by-step explanations, while the other half require constant supervision to ensure that they're actually doing the ****** work. The content normally doesn't have anything to do with what I'm supposed to go over and teach, too -- this is for the KTs. But stuck with this activity I done got. So... I did it. Went as well as I expected. Took forever, too, because the kids really dragged their feet today.KT was surprised that the students didn't enjoy this ****** boring and incompatible activity. adfjaldgjladAt least she's relented and said that I can abandon that piece-of-shit activity and focus more on the activity I'd originally planned to go with MY lesson. But not before she had to see how worthless the textbook writing activities are for my classes as demonstrated by the worst ****** class in the entire grade. I'm just done for today.
Today there is a note in the file for me to fill out the daily lesson journal. I ask what they want in the journal (because it is set out pretty much the same way as my already completed lesson plans) and they tell me to write the lesson plan. I show them the full, typed, printed lesson plans in the back of the file. All 38 of them. I get told that "yes, you must write what is on these plans into the daily lesson journal". I am sure it is a miscommunication. It better be a miscommunication.
Quote from: What?What? on March 29, 2017, 01:20:34 pmToday there is a note in the file for me to fill out the daily lesson journal. I ask what they want in the journal (because it is set out pretty much the same way as my already completed lesson plans) and they tell me to write the lesson plan. I show them the full, typed, printed lesson plans in the back of the file. All 38 of them. I get told that "yes, you must write what is on these plans into the daily lesson journal". I am sure it is a miscommunication. It better be a miscommunication.Just make copies of your LPs (after resizing them to 20%) and staple them to the pages of the journal. Job done!
Quote from: kyndo on March 29, 2017, 01:45:09 pmQuote from: What?What? on March 29, 2017, 01:20:34 pmToday there is a note in the file for me to fill out the daily lesson journal. I ask what they want in the journal (because it is set out pretty much the same way as my already completed lesson plans) and they tell me to write the lesson plan. I show them the full, typed, printed lesson plans in the back of the file. All 38 of them. I get told that "yes, you must write what is on these plans into the daily lesson journal". I am sure it is a miscommunication. It better be a miscommunication.Just make copies of your LPs (after resizing them to 20%) and staple them to the pages of the journal. Job done! I'd do the exact same thing.
Dear Taxi Driver,I did hear you honking your horn. You might have noticed my right turn signal, and the woman crossing the side street. I don't know what she might have done to get you angry, but your horn did little to convince me that I should run her over. She didn't appear to be in a hurry, and neither was I.Best,-jnm
Quote from: JNM on March 29, 2017, 03:56:47 pmDear Taxi Driver,I did hear you honking your horn. You might have noticed my right turn signal, and the woman crossing the side street. I don't know what she might have done to get you angry, but your horn did little to convince me that I should run her over. She didn't appear to be in a hurry, and neither was I.Best,-jnmPeople honking at me when I'm stopped at a red light or waiting for a pedestrian to finish crossing the road makes me want to install a smoke screen function à la "Spy Hunter".
Quote from: JNM on March 29, 2017, 03:56:47 pmDear Taxi Driver,I did hear you honking your horn. You might have noticed my right turn signal, and the woman crossing the side street. I don't know what she might have done to get you angry, but your horn did little to convince me that I should run her over. She didn't appear to be in a hurry, and neither was I.Best,-jnmI was in this exact scenario yesterday, but I was the woman crossing the street.