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william wallace
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Steppenwolf
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Something to consider..... |
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| william wallace wrote: |
So, I've seen the OP(always them,not me!) FT's on these Forums refer to the OTHERS as drunks, unemployable,slackers, pedophiles,fools,losers, uneducated and more. What would a newbie, prospective newbie, or an oldbie draw from such a community ?
And I wonder why the REAL teachers buffer themselves in a coat of arrogance and condescension. Does it truly work in the long run ? |
The REAL teachers buffet themselves in a coat of arrogance? (Highlighted by yourself, William). Really? Do you mean the other teachers - I don't see how to name them using an antonym to "real" - arenot "arrogant" too occasionally?
Not everyone is a slacker, pedophile, loser, boozer etc.; likewise not everyone is a workaholic in the classroom.
I know FTs of both extremes. Interestingly, they usually find common ground in condemning the bosses that have hired them no matter whether these FTs are an asset or a liability for them.
Trouble is that we seem to get more of the latter whining, lamenting and complaining here; the former perhaps prefer not to post too often. You may have noticed that few Brits identify themselves in this forum. Those that work for the BC for example hardly ever vent any opinion.
While the bar for the employment of non-native speakers seems to be raised higher than for native speakers and native speakers still find a lot to comment on the English proficiency of Nigerians, Singaporeans or Jamaicans it strikes me as noteworthy that no one takes issue with the various nationalist tendencies of native speakers - an issue that does affect the atmospherics in the classroom as evidenced by a discussion this forum had a while back when an U.S. American insisted that pronouncing the Roman alphabet's last letter as 'zet' is wrong - it should be 'see'. |
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vikdk
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| The REAL teachers buffet themselves in a coat of arrogance? (Highlighted by yourself, William). Really? Do you mean the other teachers - I don't see how to name them using an antonym to "real" - arenot "arrogant" too occasionally? |
don't worry WW - I know what you mean by real 
But then again there is China real - this morning the kindy - middle school in the afternoon - and ohh jolly me, the whole of tomorrow I'm a univesity lecturer. If only real was that easy back home 
By the way Brit here - what nationality are you steppenwolf?
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Popsock
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| "...an U.S. American insisted that pronouncing the Roman alphabet's last letter as 'zet' is wrong - it should be 'see'..." |
S/he was correct. "Zet" is wrong - it would be "zed".  However, surely in American English the "z" would be pronounced "zee" and not "see".[/quote] |
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