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Blingcosa
Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Guangdong
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Nexus
Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 189 Location: Moscow
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:19 am Post subject: |
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Unbelievable! I watched the first 2 minutes and couldn't go on.
Don't be put off, no local high school of that standard would ever be recruiting foreign EFL teachers.
I also have some concerns about the quality of language that is being taught in English classes in China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyaSmntFmaE
(бля is a common Russian expletive - the meat in the sandwich of Russian swearing) |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Feral youth gone wild. No, this is not typical of most classrooms here. Perhaps it is a reform school somewhere. Hard to follow what is being said - mainly swear words. Trying to look hard, but one babooshka would be all it would take to put manners on them.
I certainly wouldn't let a crappy video of some gopnik teens doing what they do best put you off coming to Russia. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:21 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I managed only about two minutes too. |
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Nexus
Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 189 Location: Moscow
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Yes, the way the teachers stand back in that reserved, non-confrontational way does suggest it's a class for people with behavioural issues.
If it was a normal high school, I'd expect the teacher to break a metre-rule over the kid's head (I'm told that's not unheard of). |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Yes, that's a point. Add to that the first teacher is male. Not typical in Russia to have a male teacher. So, perhaps he's specially trained for these hooligans.
There was something to be said for shipping this antisocial type to Siberia with no provisions... |
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coledavis
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Nyet. Siberians are civilised people; you can't send them there.
Don't worry, while language schools aren't completely exempt from problems, you are unlikely to experience this level of misbehaviour. |
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Avogadro's Number
Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 14 Location: North Caucasus
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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In a few years those boys will be in the army where they can enjoy some good, old-fashioned dedushchina.
If you search on youtube, you can find similar examples from classrooms in the USA, and probably other countries as well. I wouldn't let this discourage you from coming over. |
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coledavis
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:48 am Post subject: |
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I think you'll find British classrooms less than sedate as well. |
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jonniboy
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 751 Location: Panama City, Panama
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:12 am Post subject: |
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I watched the film Class of 1984 the other night, it's set in an American school a bit like this and portrays the most extreme example possible of poorly disciplined students. For what it's worth I've found Russian teens far more respectful towards teachers than Spanish ones. |
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coledavis
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1838
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:23 am Post subject: |
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The kids on the video reminded me of quite disturbed adolescents I have worked with in the past. Not the worst, as much of the violence was in fact controlled and intended to be annoying rather than dangerous. Anyway, I agree, these are unusual for Russia. Most adolescents in Russia are quite respectful. |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Send them to live in the English Midlands. They would fit in very well with "Modren English Yoof". |
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macedonianmike
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 64
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I think you could see something similar at the worse public schools in any country, certainly in the US.
Anyway, foreign teachers never teach in public schools in Russia as far as I know. |
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