I got a beef with people telling me things I know to be true, are false. Usually I just insult their stupidity and laugh as try rebuild there tattered self esteem. But today I got observed by "Lydia." Our new school manager. Here is the list of things she commented on:
1 - do not give free time to students.
2 - do not allow them to become distracted or distract me.
3 - always assign them more work than they need or can handle.
The second one I agree with in a normal classroom side chats are distracting and useless. BUt when trying to teach a language and the children are going out of their to practice the language that isn't directly related to the text for a minute let them. I have an entire class that does their school work for homework and the class time is used for exploration of English. Asking and answering questions, word usage, listening and understanding. We do it all. But apparently little miss knows nothing of education sees that as a waste of time.
The third point, these kids are in school for more than 12 hrs of the day including saturday not to mention extra curriculars. My students average about 6 hrs a sleep a night if that. They are awake at 6am, having gone to bed after midnight and these kids are 8 yrs old.
The first point is the one that makes me want to show her the 8 floor fall off the roof. I have spent four years at university learning about education and psychology, my damn final paper was on the attention span of young people and its affect on education. I have read more than 20 books on this subject, and they all say the same thing. KIDS CANNOT KEEP FOCUS ON ONE THING FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. They need to have breaks, to relax their brains, they need to assimilate and accomodate the information they have been given. And this stupid bitches tells me, that all forty minutes of the class should be work. No break, no relax, nothing but the book. When she told me that the last four minutes of the class, I should have assigned another assignment, I almost decked her. Not to mention in 4 minutes, you can't explain an assignment properly to these kids. But the kids can't do it, so that just adds more homework onto their busy enough lives.
Thank you for listening to me bitch, i'll keep you posted if I actually do threw anyone of the roof.
I ask as a show of support and the other side (which i usually can see but in this instance I can't. It's like trying to understand why a NEO-NATZI feels the way he does, I just don't its gonna happen for me) to post your thoughts on the 1,2,3 comments I recieved on my evaluation.
And if you think its worthwhile to have my psych and education texts sent over so I can beat her to a bloody pulp, with very large texts I have read cover to cover, telling me why I'm right and she's wrong.
Combae!
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Honestly, going with rich's comments above, I say stand up and fight for the rights of your students. Or just tell her you're doing what she said and lie.
Worse comes to worse, you get sent home for standing up for the rights of your students. That'll fuck look good on a north american resume.
You are doing the right think Lawrence. You have good points, based on good information. Most adults could not handle 4 hours of information, let alone 12 hours straight. 8 year olds? Yeah right. Maybe if you want to turn them against enducation or fry their brains.
You know what is right hun. This is your topic. Do what you must.
I say that you show this hoser ( yes I unearthed that word from the vaults of time) your texts. My stupid questions of the day are 1.) how old is this *cough* Ditctator *cough* facilitator?
2.) Does this Monstrousity have any (god forbid) children of her own?
You're dealing with a culture, however, that is set up such that when my brother went there to do what you're doing, was warned of the various "differant" behaviors he'd encounter. Among them, he was warned that it would be normal for a male friend to hold his hand while they walked, and that it would also be normal to see a husband deck his wife in public.
They aren't us, we aren't them, and as nonsensical as their way seems to you, I bet there are all -kinds- of things we do that would make them go "Good god, get that guy fired!"
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