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Austin · Joined: 23 May 2003 Location: In the kitchen

Try reading the post again.

There was no "boasting."

Austin

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Just one comment. Yes, sometimes it is the teacher's fault, but sometimes it has nothing to do with the teacher or their ability in the classroom.

Sometimes the boss is just an idiot who sees foreign teachers as expendable slave labour.

It's very easy to blame the teacher and say, well the classes aren't lively and fun.

But perhaps if the directors of some of these places were making sure that the teacher had adequate resources and support, the problem would have solved itself.

If parents are complaining, why don't the directors try and help the teacher to make things more acceptable. Instead, they just hurl threats and accusations and naively expect that somehow this will make you a better teacher.

If the school isn't doing it's part, as in making sure ALL the necessary supplies and resources are available to the teacher, then they have no grounds to complain about "boring classes" or ineffective teaching methods.

If the school is doing things like moving students from level 2 to level 5, just because a parent says so, and then blaming the teacher when the class turns out to be a "problem", then the school is to blame.

There are a whole host of other things that schools could do to help support their teachers. If they don't, they are going to have problems and usually they will lay the blame on the teacher's shoulders.

That's just how it is here.

Austin makes some good points, but I don't think he takes into consideration that some "schools" are just plain bad for all concerned.

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