Today was filled with totally unnecessary drama concerning the school and my teaching methods.
Apparently they're starting a new policy where students can complain directly to the chairman (aka the head honcho) if they are unhappy with their classes.
Well... I had ONE (keep in mind, I have 200) student complain about my class and they made Max (head of the foreign teachers) come talk to me and tell me that they would be monitoring one of my classes to see how I was teaching. Well, I should have known that they are too lazy for that, so Max comes by my last class of the day and says he instead needs to survey my students. Never mind the fact that I was in the middle of having them do dialogues. I leave early and he asks them how I'm doing.
Their response: Great! She speaks a little too fast, and sometimes we have a hard time understanding. She is very nice.
So now they're not going to sit in on my class. Everything is fine.
Can I just say how RIDICULOUS it was for this to even have happened in the first place?!
A. It's only the third week into school. And apparently I got 'rave' reviews the first week. The only thing that's changed is, oh, I started making the students do actual work.
B. The student not only didn't complain to me first, they didn't complain to Max, or even the next guy up from Max. They went straight to the top.
C. They didn't even tell me what the complaint was. So I have no clue.
D. I don't think they realize that I have about 3 different levels of students in my class. Some of very low, beginner level, some are intermediate, and some are very good speakers. Which is a HUGE problem, because there is only one of me and thirty of them and I don't have time to get them all to the same level. For some of the smarter kids they may get bored, but I have to cater to the majority, and the majority of the students are still at the beginner level.
E. A lot of my students are lazy and shy. It is like pulling teeth to get them to speak. Max says they just need one on one encouragement, but I don't have time to give them all individual attention. I'm not here to make them feel good about themselves, I'm here to provide them with the information and they are the ones who are supposed to actually take that information and run with it. GAH!!!! I can not spend the entire class fluffing their egos.
F. Do these sound like college kids to you? Honestly, I think they gave me high schoolers and lied about it.
I'm already getting tired of this place, and you're crazy if you think I'm going to be re-signing my contract once it's up.
No more Mrs. Nice Teacher.
No more watching tv shows at the beginning of class (which we watched the Apprentice because it pertains to their major; business).
No more nice power point presentations.
No more using the book as an aid to write their dialogues.
If they're going to act like high school kids, they're going to be treated like high school kids.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ingrates
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