I would think better. Not in a life changing way, just it can suck your life away with the constant checking, and when you remove it, your focus comes back for more important, fulfilling things. Like drinking everyday on holiday, it's nice, but it kind of takes away your normal self and can becomes a habit, then you stop drinking for a bit and you find yourself doing more useful things and feeling better on holiday. Bad analogy, maybe.
Speaking test time. Some students are inevitably absent during the class so they'll come to the office later on at random times to take the test. So they wander in, I'll stop what I'm doing and ask them to write their name down, student number and we'll start the test.Me: Question 1Student: "No"Me: Question 2Student: "No"and so on.Why go to all the trouble of coming to see me just to sit there and reply "No" to every question? Jesus, it bugs me.
Quote from: alexisalex on October 04, 2018, 09:09:04 amSpeaking test time. Some students are inevitably absent during the class so they'll come to the office later on at random times to take the test. So they wander in, I'll stop what I'm doing and ask them to write their name down, student number and we'll start the test.Me: Question 1Student: "No"Me: Question 2Student: "No"and so on.Why go to all the trouble of coming to see me just to sit there and reply "No" to every question? Jesus, it bugs me.is it because they'll still get 7/10 for doing absolutely nothing? used to happen at my old school
Quote from: oglop on October 04, 2018, 09:11:52 amQuote from: alexisalex on October 04, 2018, 09:09:04 amSpeaking test time. Some students are inevitably absent during the class so they'll come to the office later on at random times to take the test. So they wander in, I'll stop what I'm doing and ask them to write their name down, student number and we'll start the test.Me: Question 1Student: "No"Me: Question 2Student: "No"and so on.Why go to all the trouble of coming to see me just to sit there and reply "No" to every question? Jesus, it bugs me.is it because they'll still get 7/10 for doing absolutely nothing? used to happen at my old schoolIn my first school/s it was like that when I done it.At my current schools, I'm the one that gives them their grade, and my co-teacher won't change my grading; or if she does, she hasn't told me :p
Quote from: Kayos on October 04, 2018, 09:17:18 amQuote from: oglop on October 04, 2018, 09:11:52 amQuote from: alexisalex on October 04, 2018, 09:09:04 amSpeaking test time. Some students are inevitably absent during the class so they'll come to the office later on at random times to take the test. So they wander in, I'll stop what I'm doing and ask them to write their name down, student number and we'll start the test.Me: Question 1Student: "No"Me: Question 2Student: "No"and so on.Why go to all the trouble of coming to see me just to sit there and reply "No" to every question? Jesus, it bugs me.is it because they'll still get 7/10 for doing absolutely nothing? used to happen at my old schoolIn my first school/s it was like that when I done it.At my current schools, I'm the one that gives them their grade, and my co-teacher won't change my grading; or if she does, she hasn't told me :pGod I still remember one year, my coteacher was worried about the students' scores being too low so she changed the grading system to move in increments of five (100,95,90,85,80) instead of ten (100,90,80,70,60). So even if a student said nothing they would still score 80
Quote from: Chinguetti on October 04, 2018, 10:47:46 amSpeaking tests are the worst. The frustration and boredom I go through kills me a little every semester.There aren't many things that really drive the disappointment home for me like speaking tests do.
Speaking tests are the worst. The frustration and boredom I go through kills me a little every semester.
So I recently just found out that one of the lowest level and biggest problem students in my school is actually from a fairly affluent and wealthy family. He's still in middle school but he's supposed to be in high school (that's right, it IS possible to get held back a grade in Korea, but you've really got to make the effort, and this boy has apparently excelled).His scores are literally at the bottom for every class, and he honestly and truly is as ignorant as he behaves, despite his family's background. He's actually very uneducated, almost as if he'd been kept locked up in a basement somewhere, but he's not stupid, and he doesn't have a learning disability of any kind. He doesn't have any of those disadvantages. He just refuses to learn anything, like, at all.He honestly and truly doesn't fit the profile that most students with his kind of behavioral and academic problems have. I'd like to know what his story is.
Regarding my student, he definitely doesn't have a learning disability. I've found him to actually be quite intelligent, and, if you can manipulate him just right, he catches on to things just fine. I'm pretty sure his problems can be traced back to his family. He's probably one of if not the youngest member of his family who ended up developing a rebellious streak early on, but instead of dealing with it his family probably chose to ignore both him and it, and at most they just try to hide him away where he can "stay out of trouble." He's definitely spoiled, tries to talk down to everyone, including the teachers, and he feels entitled to everything. Might explain why he's at my school (it's not a bad school, but a kid with his background wouldn't normally be here). One of my coteachers said that his family life is normal, but I'm very doubtful of that. It's normal as far as the family wants anyone to know, but the boy's lack of anxiety over any consequences for any of his behavior indicates some kind of major dysfunction in his personal background. So, lack of interest and discipline from his parents, is my best guess.But it is still anyone's guess.
Webpages and news sites that have videos that autoplay at full volume.**** off with that shit.
But did the Ed Sheeran kid win?
Had an absolute laugh yesterday. My CT begged me to reschedule my lessons at my other school so that I could leave early and drive across town to judge the school speech contest.