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mysterytrain
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| asiannationmc wrote: |
I wouldn't want to assume that a persons ability was in any way tied to a post on a board or that it would indicate a level of skills in a classroom. Although I would find a condescending attitude, distasteful.
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I can "read" which camp you're in pretty clearly, mc. Personally, I think that a person's writing in posts on a forum are a pretty good indication of what they probably bring to a classroom, especially in regard to the knowledge and care they exercise in using the language on a board for English teachers. As I've noted before, however, I don't really care much about what you think, and I'm sure the reverse applies as well. We can probably take a mutual measure of pleasure and relief from the probable fact that we won't be meeting in person. By the way, did anybody ever explain to you what commas are for? They have a specific function and purpose, they're not just for, decoration.
That's it for me on this one. Back to the OP and his / her conundrum. |
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asiannationmc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| By the way, did anybody ever explain to you what commas are for? |
comma sutra (?)
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Bud Powell
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| mysterytrain wrote: |
By the way, did anybody ever explain to you what commas are for? They have a specific function and purpose, they're not just for, decoration.
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Said the pot to the kettle. |
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asiannationmc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Not to worry, he'll "comma" round to the right way of thinking. |
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SearchingChina
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Lol at thinking writing on a forum is any indication of what someone is like in the classroom.
Not that it should be any of your concern what another poster is like in the classroom anyway. Even if he just plays movies all lesson or sleeps off last nights hangover, that's a matter between himself and his employer, none of anyone elses concern. |
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Alien abductee
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| SearchingChina wrote: |
| Lol at thinking writing on a forum is any indication of what someone is like in the classroom. |
Maybe not minor spelling errors and such. But when posts are only semi-coherent (not uncommon here) it's a good indicator of a convoluted thought process and hard to imagine the lesson planning and delivery is any better.
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| Not that it should be any of your concern what another poster is like in the classroom anyway. Even if he just plays movies all lesson or sleeps off last nights hangover, that's a matter between himself and his employer, none of anyone elses concern. |
"Teachers" as described above are often major-league douche-bags outside the classroom as well. In smaller cities with few expats (but not limited to these places) it becomes a concern for others because douche-bag teacher's actions can affect how locals react to the rest of the FT population. So yeah, sometimes we care how others carry themselves. |
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asiannationmc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| douche-bag teacher's actions can affect how locals react to the rest of the FT population. |
U mean the ones who write a quick note on a forum or those who judge ability on a posted note. oh yeah (?)
So is there a council that would determine a "DB" status.
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it's a good indicator of a convoluted thought process and hard to imagine the lesson planning and delivery is any better.
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Imagine is the correct word when "speculat'n" |
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mysterytrain
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Not that it should be any of your concern what another poster is like in the classroom anyway. Even if he just plays movies all lesson or sleeps off last nights hangover, that's a matter between himself and his employer, none of anyone elses concern. |
None of anyone else's concern? Oh really? I see. So students, who either pay for their own education in English, have it paid for by their employers or, in the case of kids, have it paid for by their parents, grandparents, etc, are just numbers backed by cash to "enrich" the lives of "teachers" and employers?
No one with an attitude like that should be employed to teach anything to anyone, but, (sadly) many are. |
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mysterytrain
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| mysterytrain wrote: |
By the way, did anybody ever explain to you what commas are for? They have a specific function and purpose, they're not just for, decoration.
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Said the pot to the kettle. |
You've lost the, plot, Bud? |
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asiannationmc
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| That's it for me on this one. |
A man who stands by his word?
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| None of anyone else's concern? |
As in you.
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| are just numbers backed by cash to "enrich" the lives of "teachers" and employers? |
Sanctimonious ushering of false superiority.
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| I can "read" which camp you're in pretty clearly, mc. |
so can I misery train. |
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mysterytrain
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Ah, 'tis a problem with your t'inker, I see.
Come up here where the air is cleaner, lad, and get a bit more oxygen coming to that grayish matter.
Here, let me give you a hand up:
http://i.imgur.com/8x7UvXB.jpg
There's a good boy. |
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SearchingChina
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| Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| mysterytrain wrote: |
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Not that it should be any of your concern what another poster is like in the classroom anyway. Even if he just plays movies all lesson or sleeps off last nights hangover, that's a matter between himself and his employer, none of anyone elses concern. |
None of anyone else's concern? Oh really? I see. So students, who either pay for their own education in English, have it paid for by their employers or, in the case of kids, have it paid for by their parents, grandparents, etc, are just numbers backed by cash to "enrich" the lives of "teachers" and employers?
No one with an attitude like that should be employed to teach anything to anyone, but, (sadly) many are. |
If the students find the teaching to be unsatisfactory, they can complain to the FT's employer. If the employer does not uphold the complaints, the students can take their cash elsewhere.
You, on the other hand, have not paid for any lessons, so have no right to complain about other FT's unless they're impacting on your life, such as you having to pick up the slack of an employee who constantly calls in sick on a Monday morning.
Honestly if you're expecting teachers to perform on the same level as ones 'back home', despite getting vastly reduced pay and benefits, and not having the qualifications and training that would enable one to be a teacher in the West...well, you're deluded. |
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