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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:28 am Post subject: Let Me Edutain You |
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To the tune of Robbie Williams' Let Me Entertain You
(I'm in Canada still adjusting to BC time, sitting at my sister's place and had some time on my hands this morning)
Get on the plane come over here
You've signed that contract for a year
Welcome to your new career
Annyeong!
Thought you'd really teach with that degree?
Well they've got different plans, you see
You're their magic money tree,
Annyeong!
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Look me up on ESL Cafe
I've got the perfect resume
I'm young, my life's in disarray
Korea!
Pick me up off the rubbish heap
I'll sell my dignity for cheap
Make promises we both can't keep,
Korea!
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Scream and run around my class
Stick your fingers up my ass
I'll get no support from the brass
You know'it
At English Village or Ding Ding Dong
I'll sing and dance the whole day long
Yell Hi! and wave to the the kiddie throng
You know'it
You're unconcerned with how little they learn
Real education is a thing to be spurned
Dress up like a clown or a monkey or fag
Just think of your paycheque and try not to gag
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
The parents are paying fees outta sight
So play along with the farce and don't put up a fight
Let them abuse you and don't give a fig
You gotta put in your dues to get that uni gig!
So come on
Let me edutain you
Let me edutain you |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:53 am Post subject: Nice post |
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Great post. Good to see others like to write 'remakes' that parody their situations. I'm sure if you actually cut this record, it'd be a hit here.
Yes, we play several roles in TESOL:
1. Clowns. Keep 'em laughin' and they MIGHT just start believing they're learning something. And laughter will keep their minds off the truth if they don't start believing it.
2. Scapegoats. It's the fault of the one with the white face. Always.
3. Walking billboards. What can I say? White faces bring in the students. And the mulla.
4. Piggy banks. Not so much in Korea, but definitely so in a place like Toyland.
5. Designated losers. We take the jobs because sensible people won't come over here and do them. We're the Asian version of the illegal Mexican immigrant in the USA. |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Let Me Edutain You |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
To the tune of Robbie Williams' Let Me Entertain You
(I'm in Canada still adjusting to BC time, sitting at my sister's place and had some time on my hands this morning)
Get on the plane come over here
You've signed that contract for a year
Welcome to your new career
Annyeong!
Thought you'd really teach with that degree?
Well they've got different plans, you see
You're their magic money tree,
Annyeong!
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Look me up on ESL Cafe
I've got the perfect resume
I'm young, my life's in disarray
Korea!
Pick me up off the rubbish heap
I'll sell my dignity for cheap
Make promises we both can't keep,
Korea!
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Scream and run around my class
Stick your fingers up my ass
I'll get no support from the brass
You know'it
At English Village or Ding Ding Dong
I'll sing and dance the whole day long
Yell Hi! and wave to the the kiddie throng
You know'it
You're unconcerned with how little they learn
Real education is a thing to be spurned
Dress up like a clown or a monkey or fag
Just think of your paycheque and try not to gag
So come on let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
Let me edutain you
The parents are paying fees outta sight
So play along with the farce and don't put up a fight
Let them abuse you and don't give a fig
You gotta put in your dues to get that uni gig!
So come on
Let me edutain you
Let me edutain you |
Hey! Stop making fun of my chosen profession. Seeing how the NA economy is in the crapper now. I'd rather be here riding out all that nonsense. But "Eudtainment" is the right word for what we do. As much as I hate to admit it. GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR AAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH. Forigener get angry! |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Nice post |
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| Tobias wrote: |
Great post. Good to see others like to write 'remakes' that parody their situations.
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Here's one a friend of mine wrote a few years back, that I put to a midi and made a message out of.
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Oldtrucks
Don't go changing
To try and please me
I don't expect to drive that far
And don't imagine
I need a tail gate
And I don't care the body's marred
I'm moving cow dung
or maybe lumber
It's just a working truck, you see.
Conditioned air is
just for pussies
Opened windows cool for me
It's just I need to haul a load down the road
Don't care if anyone's impressed
What matter if the truck is naught but a wreck
That causes me no distress
Sooooooooooo
Don't go painting
over rustspots
Don't fix an automotive thing
I just want something
To carry junk in
When I start gardening this Spring.
~Editec~,
Childrens' Books Online |
(he was a teacher too) |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Where can I get a set of Mickey Mouse ears? |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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My own feeling is that those teachers who scream and shake their head at teachers with energy and teachers who "entertain" are just sadly unaware of
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Sad that so many teachers really are unaware of research into how one learns language NOR secure enough to not fall back into old, tired, trite models of the teacher as a drill sergeant, commander, wise one and worksheet wunderkind... My suspicion is that even in these "traditional" classrooms -- 90% of the learning is incidental and just from the teacher being in the classroom. Why?
The prime commandment of learning a language is "he who doesn't know they are learning, is learning." Language is totally a subconsciously driven activity and process and so let the entertainment begin!
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Hey! Weird Al didn't do so shabby, he even a Saturday morning show. Although some of you weren't even born when he did "Another One Rides the Bus". 
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: Agreed |
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Yes, kids need something to distract them from the learning process so the process itself can work its magic. If they're thinking about learning and/or consciously trying to learn, they become bored and the process breaks down. So we have edu-tainment.
This is the main reason I don't teach kids. My teaching kids would be akin to Stalin singing songs on Sesame Street. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
My own feeling is that those teachers who scream and shake their head at teachers with energy and teachers who "entertain" are just sadly unaware of
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Sad that so many teachers really are unaware of research into how one learns language NOR secure enough to not fall back into old, tired, trite models of the teacher as a drill sergeant, commander, wise one and worksheet wunderkind... My suspicion is that even in these "traditional" classrooms -- 90% of the learning is incidental and just from the teacher being in the classroom. Why?
The prime commandment of learning a language is "he who doesn't know they are learning, is learning." Language is totally a subconsciously driven activity and process and so let the entertainment begin!
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
Not to mention when students come up with a creative excuse to miss after school classes. The great thing about this is I don't have to do anything to initiate it and it usually results in fewer students to edutain. Killing two birds with one stone and Requiring very little effort from the NET. |
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Colorado
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Public School with too much time on my hands.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the chuckles Mr. Yu.
Enjoy your holiday and know that you deserve every minute of it. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
My own feeling is that those teachers who scream and shake their head at teachers with energy and teachers who "entertain" are just sadly unaware of
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Sad that so many teachers really are unaware of research into how one learns language NOR secure enough to not fall back into old, tired, trite models of the teacher as a drill sergeant, commander, wise one and worksheet wunderkind... My suspicion is that even in these "traditional" classrooms -- 90% of the learning is incidental and just from the teacher being in the classroom. Why?
The prime commandment of learning a language is "he who doesn't know they are learning, is learning." Language is totally a subconsciously driven activity and process and so let the entertainment begin!
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
Which kind of class do you think is more teacher-centred, one in which the students take notes and work with pencils and notebooks where students work together to complete tasks, with the expectation that they'll use language to come up with something original, or Koreans' idea of edutainment? |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: |
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That was lame. Robbie Williams. Yay.
I think it's time you got out of that school. |
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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| . . . or Koreans' idea of edutainment? |
So, what is "Koreans' idea of edutatinment?" |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| not edutaining enough. can i trade you in for a russian? |
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R. S. Refugee
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Shangra La, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
My own feeling is that those teachers who scream and shake their head at teachers with energy and teachers who "entertain" are just sadly unaware of
HOW CHILDREN LEARN.
Sad that so many teachers really are unaware of research into how one learns language NOR secure enough to not fall back into old, tired, trite models of the teacher as a drill sergeant, commander, wise one and worksheet wunderkind... My suspicion is that even in these "traditional" classrooms -- 90% of the learning is incidental and just from the teacher being in the classroom. Why?
The prime commandment of learning a language is "he who doesn't know they are learning, is learning." Language is totally a subconsciously driven activity and process and so let the entertainment begin!
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
I agree 100% with this statement. As a goal, this is really challenging for the teacher, but very worthwhile for the teacher and for the students. |
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