View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:20 am Post subject: My adult students are so kind.... |
|
|
My boss made an adult class. At first I was apprehensive. I thought "damn, now I have to actually prepare and teach"...what I've discovered, however, is that adults are very appreciative and kind. They take me to dinner every Friday. Tonight 2 of them took me for Sushi. We had a glorious dinner and they told me about their room salon experiences. They paid 100,000 for the meal. What a great class. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
whatthefunk
Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:25 am Post subject: |
|
|
Why are there two of these threads? There's one in the Job forum also... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
little mixed girl
Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Location: shin hyesung's bed~
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
.....
Last edited by little mixed girl on Sat May 10, 2008 4:54 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
William Beckerson Guest
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:06 am Post subject: Re: My adult students are so kind.... |
|
|
shawner88 wrote: |
My boss made an adult class. At first I was apprehensive. I thought "damn, now I have to actually prepare and teach"...what I've discovered, however, is that adults are very appreciative and kind. They take me to dinner every Friday. Tonight 2 of them took me for Sushi. We had a glorious dinner and they told me about their room salon experiences. They paid 100,000 for the meal. What a great class. |
Great.
Try to remember that when they start to assume that they can pretty much get whatever they want since the teacher is their buddy.
Here's term I've always found useful when dealing with adult students: Arm's length
Big, gibbons monkey, length arms... |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Austin
Joined: 23 May 2003 Location: In the kitchen
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:29 am Post subject: Yes... |
|
|
Yes, arms length for sure, but do not forget to reciprocate their kindness and generosity (too many ugly foreigners never give back). A little goes a long ways. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Joe Thanks
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Dudleyville
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:21 am Post subject: Re: My adult students are so kind.... |
|
|
shawner88 wrote: |
My boss made an adult class. At first I was apprehensive. I thought "damn, now I have to actually prepare and teach"...what I've discovered, however, is that adults are very appreciative and kind. They take me to dinner every Friday. Tonight 2 of them took me for Sushi. We had a glorious dinner and they told me about their room salon experiences. They paid 100,000 for the meal. What a great class. |
My only word of caution is if an adult student drops the school and still tries to hang with you. That�s not bad per say (sic?), but your school might suspect you of doing private lessons when you are not. I had this problem once, but the twist was my friend had been a student of the hagwon before I ever worked there. He left before I arrived and he was a friend. Not a leech. The school tried to blackball me by accusing me of doing privates (I didn�t do �em). They painted a picture that he was using me for English. Meanwhile I was taken into his home and embraced by his entire family (including the Grandfather, father, my friend�s wife and their children) and remain friends to this day.
I rarely spend a lot of time with adult students. If I see them in public (this holds true for any country I teach in), I do make the extra effort to say hello and start up a conversation. This is a free �perk� for them and gives them face because their kids and family or friends or coworkers can see that the guy/gal is legitimate with their language studies. It also keeps them coming to classes and shows that I do give a damn about them � while maintaining my private life and autonomy away from school.
More than two cents,
Joe |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: My adult students are so kind.... |
|
|
Joe Thanks wrote: |
This is a free “perk” for them and gives them face because... |
Gives them face? GIVES THEM FACE?!?!?!?!?
Actually, I'm just noticing that I've never once seen the word "face" used in a positive sense rather than a negative sense unto now. I was wondering where the heck all the face that hogwon owners have been losing has been going.
Maybe I'll get it all this Monday. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Joe Thanks
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Dudleyville
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject: Re: My adult students are so kind.... |
|
|
Son Deureo! wrote: |
Joe Thanks wrote: |
This is a free “perk” for them and gives them face because... |
Gives them face? GIVES THEM FACE?!?!?!?!?
Actually, I'm just noticing that I've never once seen the word "face" used in a positive sense rather than a negative sense unto now. I was wondering where the heck all the face that hogwon owners have been losing has been going.
Maybe I'll get it all this Monday. |
Respect is "face," but cultures certainly have odd terms for some moments of giving "face."
Cheers,
Joe |
|
Back to top |
|
|
BTM
Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Back in the saddle.
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Giving face is still illegal in some American states! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
|
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 9:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Adults are cool, yeah, particularly the women. Hanging out with a man's class is not adviseable, been there done that. They'll bore you to death with their soju and pricky conversation, and then go off you when you speak up against their BS chauvinist attitudes.
Hang with the women, they'll lokk after you, but be careful about giving too much free english. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
|
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
rapier knows |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
|
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:03 am Post subject: |
|
|
little mixed girl wrote: |
are they hot guys?
hook me up...
unless they are old guys then never mind...but if they are sexy old like bill clinton or junichiro koizumi then heck yeah |
Bill & Junichiro are sexy-old?
There's hope for me yet!
P.S. I think you are sexy-mild, just like Meg Ryan!
Uh, that's a joke- Meg Ryan did those Sexy-mild shampoo ads for Korean tv once upon a time... really dating myself here |
|
Back to top |
|
|
shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
|
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
Yeah, to tell you the truth, the sushi dinner in itself was nice, but the conversation was very typical. One guy told his sob story of trying to marry some girl and start a family but she wasn't ready so they broke up. He couldn't understand how she could say no to him (he's 33 and lives at home). The other guy was old and bragged about how many bottles of soju he could drink and still climb a mountain every morning. He drank over 2 bottles and had to drive home. Also, the room salon stories were wonderful. 400,000 for booze, 200,000 for the full extra service. The old guy frequents them, he said.
Last edited by shawner88 on Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:57 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kimcheeking Guest
|
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 3:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
Bulsajo wrote: |
Uh, that's a joke- Meg Ryan did those Sexy-mild shampoo ads for Korean tv once upon a time... really dating myself here |
And my students still talk about how meg ryan is a bad person because she said something on Leno about how kimchee smells or somethign like that. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
|
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
kimcheeking wrote: |
Bulsajo wrote: |
Uh, that's a joke- Meg Ryan did those Sexy-mild shampoo ads for Korean tv once upon a time... really dating myself here |
And my students still talk about how meg ryan is a bad person because she said something on Leno about how kimchee smells or somethign like that. |
It was Letterman, and what she said was more along the lines of "I went to a small Asian country and did silly things in front of a camera." |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|