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101 ways to get fired
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tekirdag



Joined: 13 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:03 am    Post subject: 101 ways to get fired Reply with quote

(Yes, I am avoiding planning my lessons this morning...)

EDITED FEB 11.

1.If you are a man, dress like a woman and go to your lessons. Tell the students you are comfortable that way and suggest to your male students that they try it.

2.Burst into your boss�s office while he is in an important meeting . Shout and scream that he�s a blooming bleeding liar.

3. Strip naked to illustrate a body parts lesson.

4.Hand out your �card� to your students which advertises your private lessons. Offer special discounts for students who have lessons with you instead of coming to the dershane.

5.Insist on debating Atat�rk�s accomplishments in your higher level lessons. You play devil�s advocate.

6.Devise a humourous present perfect lesson using an imagined conversation between the President and Apo, the captured leader of the PKK.

7. Look at your watch every three minutes and sigh often.

8. Start a fist fight in your classroom.

9.Do things people �normally do alone� in your flat with the curtains open. Allow an audience to gather on a nearby balcony.

10.Inform your students that grammar isn�t very important and, hey, you can talk right gud and doesn�t know any grammar sew they doesn�t need two study any.

11. If a student's pron is off even a little, hit them on the head with a rolled up newspaper and scream "WRONG WRONG! WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE?!"

12.Go to the teacher trainer and ask for help with your lesson planning.

13.Drink and eat loudly in front of your adult students during Ramazan and ask them just how hard it is to fast.

14.Phone in sick, repeatedly, so you can go to the British Council Library and study for your DIP.

15. Tell Ahmet, who sits in the corner, that he smells bad and you can't take it anymore.

ANYMORE?? or ANY BETTER?

16. Talk to yourself a lot and twitch.


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Baba Alex



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:19 am    Post subject: Re: 101 ways to get fired Reply with quote

tekirdag wrote:


12.Go to the teacher trainer and ask for help with your lesson planning.


tee he he

I once drew a camel on the board and called it Mustafa, but I managed to wipe it off before anyone realised what I'd done.
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dmb



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tekirdag, they all happened at a certain place where we used to work..... and usually people weren't fired.....
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tekirdag



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

True....well not everything happened there. But nasty rumors have 12 being true.

Anyway....lemme have some fun, will ya? Wink

Then, what COULD get me fired? Any advice?
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dmb



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Then, what COULD get me fired? Any advice?
I still bump into lost souls from there and wouldn't want them to twitch too much by giving away secrets Wink
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Otterman Ollie



Joined: 23 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:39 am    Post subject: How to do it Reply with quote

Sure fire way to get your marching orders ,try telling your boss how to do his job and if that fails bonk a student ,male or female doesn't really matter .
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dmb



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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and if that fails bonk a student
Nah, the teacher usually ends up marrying the student. You can't get fired for getting married.
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sandyhoney2



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes - marriage is punishment in itself Twisted Evil
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Sheikh Inal Ovar



Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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Location: Melo Drama School

PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sandyhoney2 wrote:
Yes - marriage is punishment in itself Twisted Evil


Speak for yourself ....

.. maybe if you could work out those Kinder toys ... Rolling Eyes
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turkishlover25



Joined: 27 Sep 2005
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Location: Charleston, IL USA

PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so how many teacher here DO or HAVE gotten/been involved with students? How did that workout?
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Golightly



Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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Location: in the bar, next to the raki

PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, in my case, I was in the papers and everything when I got married to my (ex-) student. I even got a phone call from the Prime Minister.
REALLY.
Beat that, Baba. Very Happy
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kanattas



Joined: 23 May 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:34 pm    Post subject: How to get fired? Heck, that's easy... Reply with quote

Just be rational and candid, and take them at their (published) words.
(for example, Bogazici U's Code of Ethics).

These hyper-sensitive, sentimentalist, tribalist Turks will feel so threatened by your operating on a higher plane, by your failure to worship their most important cultural value/idol (don't rock the insecure emotional boat) that they will sack you asap, rather than face their hypocrisy and self-delusion.

Oh, to see the day when Turks' words can be trusted...

Does anyone know a good employment discrimination lawyer or a good person at Y�K and or in the media who mıght want to help EDUCATE these "educators", for the future progress of Turkey?

Maybe the European Court of Justice?

for better,

[email protected]
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Baba Alex



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Golightly wrote:
well, in my case, I was in the papers and everything when I got married to my (ex-) student. I even got a phone call from the Prime Minister.
REALLY.
Beat that, Baba. Very Happy


I bet you've never eaten a WHOLE cherry pie in one go.

A big one.
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Golightly



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll see your cherry pie and raise you a whole chicken.
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Baba Alex



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Golightly wrote:
I'll see your cherry pie and raise you a whole chicken.


pfffft.

A whole roasty leg of lamb and a four pack woodpecker cider, follow by a tirimisu and quart of Danish blue.
























with chips
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