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PC Parrot
Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Posts: 459
Location: Moral Police Station
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| buravirgil wrote: |
| PC Parrot wrote: |
| I'm sure it would make you feel better about yourself if it were true. |
Psychology doesn't seem to be your strong suit.
Try to project less.
The criticism wasn't literal.
Coming onto a thread obviously aimed at the less experienced to dismiss its validity and crow about your estate holdings through a pun is one thing...
But that avatar! Obviously, the Cafe's "rule" about over-sized avatars doesn't apply to you and mod reports are pointless, but its patent obnoxiousness merits a grouse. |
Psychology is obviously even less of a strength of yours as you only seem to have a very superficial grasp of matters.
Dig deeper old boy. Dig deeper. |
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groovebliss
Joined: 28 Dec 2014
Posts: 19
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| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| esl_prof wrote: |
You're welcome! Not disliking English is certainly a start. I think many of the things that Jenkins suggests for re-engaging your discipline would certainly help you to engage more and begin developing a passion for the subject.
One way that you might (re)engage is by using content you are passionate about as a medium for teaching the language. You can't do that all the time but, if you can do it some of the time, it helps. For example, my syllabus dictates that I teach certain genres of essays (e.g., narrative, argumentative, comparison, etc.) but not the content of the essays. Therefore, I develop essay topics around themes that I'm passionate about and can get my students excited to write about. The syllabus objectives get covered, and I keep my sanity. It's all good.
Given your expressed passion for students, my guess is that you'll move on if and when you find that a possible lack of passion for English negatively impacts your ability to make a difference in their lives. So, no, I don't think you have to worry about this being a problem. |
Thank you, esl_prof, as always for your kind, encouraging and helpful response! You are such a warm, positive presence on this board.
| AGoodStory wrote: |
Passion is frequently overrated.  . |
I'll take that as encouragement too, AGoodStory.  |
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sixthchild
Joined: 18 Apr 2012
Posts: 298
Location: East of Eden
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| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah this is all warm and motivational and those of us who still have some of the passion and love for our students after more than 2 decades will look at this and think,,,,,,,
You know if employers gave me some of the respect I deserve that immature children don`t have the savvy for, why do I need to be a powerful teacher, just give me that monthly salary and let me do what I do I think I do well enough and that's teach even though som may think otherwise,
we think we have all the answers and look to different ways to make ourselves better but the people who pay us are a long way from where we would like them to be. |
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