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80% of English Teachers Should be Fired
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Newbie



Joined: 07 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:41 pm    Post subject: 80% of English Teachers Should be Fired Reply with quote
80% of Korean teachers should be fired for being completely useless with the English langauge (okay, I'm being nice. It's about 95%)

80% of Foreign English teachers should be fired for not caring and not putting much effort into their work.

Fair assessment?
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spyro25



Joined: 23 Nov 2004
PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
you can say that for people in most industries though. 80% of the human race is generally worthless.
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potblackettle



Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
spyro25 wrote:
you can say that for people in most industries though. 80% of the human race is generally worthless.


I'm with him.
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cannon fodder in the upcoming water wars. Thats a use.
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potblackettle



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jkelly80 wrote:
Cannon fodder in the upcoming water wars. Thats a use.


I just consider most people as being put on earth to amuse me. But then I'm a bit of a solipsist. Very Happy
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:09 pm    Post subject: Re: 80% of English Teachers Should be Fired Reply with quote
Newbie wrote:
80% of Korean teachers should be fired for being completely useless with the English langauge (okay, I'm being nice. It's about 95%)

80% of Foreign English teachers should be fired for not caring and not putting much effort into their work.

Fair assessment?


Probably. I'd say that the number of FTs who would care if their work situations weren't so bad or ridiculous would be a bit higher than 20%.
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denistron



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The cup is half full y'all.
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HijackedTwilight



Joined: 15 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The numbers may be about right in terms of professionalism, but you don't get fired just because you're unprofessional. You only get fired if you're so unprofessional that management hears about it, repeatedly, and, just as importantly, determines it's no longer profitable to keep you on. If they think it's unprofitable, they usually won't hesitate to fire you.

Then again, that's not quite right, either, because lots of managers are unprofessional, too.
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Tjames426



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
80% of Foreign English teachers should be fired for not caring and not putting much effort into their work.

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try **incompetent** instead.

How many of the Foreign English Teachers have an Education degree, or Teaching / TESOL certificate with actual classroom experience? 20%????
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Hanson



Joined: 20 Oct 2004
PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:18 am    Post subject: Re: 80% of English Teachers Should be Fired Reply with quote
Newbie wrote:
80% of Korean teachers should be fired for being completely useless with the English langauge (okay, I'm being nice. It's about 95%)

80% of Foreign English teachers should be fired for not caring and not putting much effort into their work.

Fair assessment?


Going by that rationale, what percentage of school/university/hagwon management would you say should be fired? I know my own amount of effort and care is directly proportional to that exhibited by management in the places I have worked.

Which comes first - the chicken or the egg?
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
HijackedTwilight wrote:
The numbers may be about right in terms of professionalism, but you don't get fired just because you're unprofessional. You only get fired if you're so unprofessional that management hears about it, repeatedly, and, just as importantly, determines it's no longer profitable to keep you on. If they think it's unprofitable, they usually won't hesitate to fire you.


No, you get fired for being sick, boring, ugly, making someone lose face, or being the victim of false accusations. If none of those things happen, it's pretty hard to get fired merely for being unprofessional.
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