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09/13/2007
Teachers Should be Allowed to Choose their Students
My boss finally decided to hire a new foreign teacher. Thank goodness. Not complaining here but handling all 150 students in a week, for 6 hours everyday, is probably like having sex with an NFL team on a weekly basis. (I dunno why I made that analogy. I just thought of that.) I am terribly exhausted at the end of each class and often wonder if I'd be able to work again the following day.
And since I can now consider myself a senior teacher, I have the option of choosing which class to handle for the homeroom.
Should I choose the parrot like students?
Me: Class, repeat after me.
Class: Class, repeat after me.
Me: Read from the top.
Class: Read from the top.
Or the smart assess who never fail to give me a migraine.
Me: (Reading from the book) And Herman Cortes, the conquistador, after coming back from Mexico, presented the King of Spain with the cacao seeds from the Mayans and that started the popularity of chocolate in Europe.
Smart Ass 1: Why Cortes give King only chocolate?
Me: Maybe because the King likes chocolates?
Smart Ass 2: Kings don't like chocolates.
Me: How did you know that? Do you know any king who hates chocolate?
Smart Ass 2: No teacher. Do you?
Me: (Silently prayed, God grant me the serenity...)
Smart Ass 3: Why Cortes not give King gold?
Smart Ass 4: Yes, teacher. Why no necklace?
Smart Ass 5: I'm Cortes, I give King gold watch.
Me: (On the verge of hysteria) Perhaps Cortes also brought with him some gold and jewelries. But we are talking about the origin of chocolate here that's why the other gifts are not mentioned.
Smart Ass 6: Maybe Cortes is poor.
Me: Whatever! Can you guys just please google the answers to your other questions? That's your homework! (Continued her prayers)
I forgot, the smart-asses' parents personally requested ME to handle the Elite Class, as they don't trust the new teacher (whom they haven't even met yet).
Guess I have not much choice huh?
02:20 Posted in Me Korea Adventure | Permalink | Comments (15) | Email this | Tags: blog, journal, school life
Comments
That's hilarious! Not your agony, of course, ok maybe it is a little funny. I would choose the elite class, otherwise you won't have any fun stories to tell us!
Posted by: Marissa | 09/13/2007
You know Marissa, I have a strong feeling that the Elite class gathers ever weekend to scheme little evil ways of slowly torturing me to death. Why, they never ran out of antics to pester me.
Posted by: deity | 09/13/2007
well.. in your chosen career path there are going to be so speedbumps.. no matter what school, no matter what country.. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THE CLASS CLOWN... even if 1 is smarter than the other ('parrot' or 'elite') so..pick your battles and take a tylenol-or 3!
hugs n kisses to the teacher
Posted by: me | 09/13/2007
*some speedbumps
--sorry.
Posted by: me | 09/13/2007
Hello darling girl,
How are you doing ?
I don't get on the internet a lot these days... trying to enjoy life outside... well, I hope you are doing fine, I have to catch up on your blog but haven't got the time right now but I promise I will ... soon !!!!
All my love, always,
Alice
*hugs*
Posted by: Alice | 09/13/2007
mousie dear, i guess i inadvertently made myself the class clown. gah! i am taking tylenol on a daily basis. if i get a raptured liver one of these days, i'm going to sue my students. ha!
Posted by: deity | 09/14/2007
ally, glad you're enjoying the outdoor. i know you need that. wish there's an outdoor life i could enjoy, too. haha. koreans all look the same, the buildings all look the same, the mountains, the galleries, etc... i'm almost bored to death.
be well!
Posted by: deity | 09/14/2007
C'mon Mj, you can't tell me you were just like that when you were in school..or worse..
Posted by: Robbie Seabolt | 09/16/2007
i was busy not paying attention to my teachers to even argue with them. i swear. the only time i was thrown out of the class back in college was when the teacher asked me some questions and she had to call out my name several times before i realized i was dozing off. bleh!
ask my former classmates. lol!
Posted by: deity | 09/16/2007
tagged you...
hmmm...
i like your students... i like to throw them out of the window... lol
Posted by: rhey | 09/18/2007
yes, please do the honors for me. just shove them all out.
i'll do the tag thing-y later this week. promise!
Posted by: deity | 09/19/2007
haa! my o my.. i must have exploded if i were in your shoes. hehe.. anyway, i just paid tribute to a teacher i had back in high school at a blog-post. guess he had a hard time handling the notorious class that i belong to... };-}
Posted by: velvet | 09/26/2007
katty!!! fancy seeing you here. i should link you. our duo blog's inaccessible for some reasons.
i bet you're a bad girl when you were a student! ;p
Posted by: deity | 09/26/2007
gee.. i actually almost never use my real name over the web .. hehe but its ok lol. ;-) now that im at work maybe i can spare some minutes for the meme.. hihi
Posted by: k | 09/26/2007
oh i am sowee. lol! promise i won't call you by your real name again! gawd! lol! go ahead and let me know when you're done:)
Posted by: deity | 09/26/2007