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Justin Trullinger · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

I need a goof monitor for my typing.

I meant "good" monitoring...but I can see how it still fits.

Justin

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Jizzo T. Clown · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject:

If your DOS has a girlfriend/wife, you could:

mouth off to her

sleep with her

talk about him behind his back

or all three.

Another "trick" is to let students out of class 45 minutes early because you've "Taught all they needed to know for tonight." I knew a guy who was fired for doing this.

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject:

I guess that good hiring practices can help avoid the hiring of those who really can't teach, but if you accidentally get one, I still feel that fairness to the teacher means offering opportunities and feedback to help that person improve.

If someone is unwilling to make this effort, then it's time to show him or her the door. Most frequently, I've seen this done through the "starvation" technique- where a teacher simply isn't given enough hours to survive. Then they tend to leave on their own, without the fuss of having to fire them.

Regards,
Justin

guangho · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 476 Location: in transit

Failing students does the trick. So does being hard on them, translated in Korea as being "mean." Basically, students are customers and whitey is the product. Being of the wrong look, religion, accent, etc. are all good ways of getting canned. As last resort, I recommend melatonin shots.

Aramas · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:43 am Post subject:

Being in 'Asia', couldn't one just spend a month in bed smoking opium and complaining of having 'no power'? Once the tiger pen1s and monkey rectum soup is seen to have no effect, what alternative is there to letting you go?

dajiang · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 663 Location: Guilin!

Hmm. A colleague of mine was fired a couple of years back at a private school for being ill too often. (dunno how often that was btw).
We were all quite suprised, cuz we didn't think it was possible either...

However, I think it was because at the time there was a whole bunch of teachers working there and student numbers declined, so the DOS needed to ditch a teacher. He just took the first opportunity when someone reported in sick.

So, I suppose one way to get fired is to get your own (better) replacement teacher, or a whole bunch of em, and stay in bed the whole time calling in sick.

Doing a whole lessonseries on Taiwan or the Dalai Lama might do the trick too. Though you run the risk of being sent to a rehabilitation centre in Gansu somewhere.

Dajiang

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

I imagine drop-kicking the school owner in the 'nads would work.
Of course, that might also get you thrown in jail, but hey, there's a price for everything.

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JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Boy Wonder · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 453 Location: Clacton on sea

Being mad in TEFL won't get you fired...you'll probably get moved sideways to Materials writing or promoted to DOS...!
You have to be mad and bad to get fired.....insultingly, offensively bad!!