Korean Job Discussion Forums

[shawner88]

1. the window watcher - this student has arrived early and hangs out in the hallway staring into your classroom window and distracting your students. This student is always there and will not go away.


2. the perpetually late student - this student arrives late everyday and pops in just after you've painstakingly explained the days lesson/activity using konglish and,or body language


3. the fastest student in Korea - this student finishes everything you give him in record time no matter what it is, anywhere from 5-20 minutes before the other kids have finished. He has no idea what he's just done, his sole purpose was to finish and shout "da haeseyo!" Then he's bored and roams around the room causing trouble.


4. the mollayo student - no matter how hard you try, this student nevers knows what you're saying, what you mean, how to do anything, how to breathe on his own...

Please feel free to add more types of kids you have taught.

[Mr. Pink]

The sleeper - doesn't matter what you do, they are always so tired they sleep during your class.

The talker - always has to talk with others in the class and NOT listen to the teacher. This type of student can also be...

The whiner - whines when you punish them. whines when they don't get a candy or some other reward that they didn't deserve.

Of course there are good students too, my favorite being:

The Teacher's Pet - this student listens to everything you say, will do homework and assignments without complaint and on time. This student will also try their best in class no matter how hard the content is. This student will also want to carry your books/things. They will erase the board for you and sometimes tell the other students to shut up.

Honestly, as a teacher, who doesnt like a little pet?

[some waygug-in]

The bully - walks around the class hitting other students, usually much smaller than he. Refuses to do any classwork, spends a lot of classtime sitting in the hall.

The screamer - can shatter glass with his/her voice, and does so as often as possible.

The gamer - brings a game or toy to every class and will cry to the director if you try to take it away, refuses to do anything but play with his game.

Rude boy - gets attention by seeing how rude and obnoxious he can be, expecially to the foreign teacher. Usually complains about everything and even makes otherwise fun activities into a stress-management workout.

Rude girl - same as rude boy but usually spends more time distracting other students, refuses to do any classwork.

Then there are the students who do the work and want to learn. They are great when you get them together in one class, but are bored out of their minds when they are in with a bunch of deadbeats.

[shawner88]

Hahah, the whiner and the gamer are classics.


How about these:

the spy - this student is the boss's son/daughter


the rich kid - doesn't have to do a damn thing cause his/her parents can buy and sell you


taekwando tom - this student arrives in his kungfu outfit and jumps and kicks everything in his path, including you

[rapier]

Theres always *"the spontaneous chair leaper."
Whenever class gets the least bit exciting he leaps from his chair and starts running around. Making him stand all lesson once in a while provides only a temporary cure.
*"The out of sync kid"
whenever you drill read a passage together, he purposely goes slower than the rest to disrupt the coherency of the reading. Ask him to speed up, and he will go at silly garbled pace. Eventually you just throw him out.

[Corporal]

The questioner. Can't just sit quietly and wait for all to be revealed in good time--has to ask about everything imaginable. As soon as you hand him a paper, he asks, "What's this? What are we supposed to do? Do I start now? I don't understand how to do this. Do I start at the top? Do I have to write my name? In Korean, or in English? Teacher, I don't know how to write my name in English! *has a panic attack* Does anyone else know how to write their name in English? Can I start now? Should I use my pencil or a pen? Is it time to start yet?"

...usually all these questions are asked before you've even finished passing out the paper. Sometimes he asks some of them twice or three times for good measure.

[shawner88]

[VincentVulgati]

The hermit -- will disappear under his desk, a table, or a chair as soon as your not looking.

The climber -- always on furniture he shouldn't be, likes piggy back rides, and thinks the foreign teacher's a jungle gym.

The monkey -- he thinks monkeys are really funny, and so he tries to act like one as much as possible.

There are plenty of good students, and good students are simply good students . . . but one little devil can completely ruin what would have been a stellar class, or make a bad day oh-so-much worse. It's the little devils that drive me to drink . . .

VV

[Rand Al Thor]

[rapier]

The urgent distractor:
this wild-eyed kid will grab you by the arm mid- lesson, and drag you, pester you to urgently come and examine the worrying spot on his hand, or some other infinitely insignificant distraction.

the spelling corrector:
this kid will hold up the entire lesson and insist that you spell his name correctly on the board. Justifiably so, "Tweetie" is spelled with a "y" on the end!!!

[riverboy]

Here is the big enigma.

THE TOPIC CHANGER They are usually very bright and inquisitive and thier english is quite good as well. But they have a great nack for asking a series of questions which takes the teacher competly astray from the daily lesson plan. By the time you figure it out, the class is nearly over and you have to scramble to fill in what you missed.

[Medic]

I had a cryer when I was teaching at a middle school. This kid was always crying. The rest of the class would go "Ahhhh here he goes again" whenever he 'd start. Was never able to figure out what the problem was.

[shawner88]

[Juggertha]

hehe.. the topic changer.. i've got a whole class of Lets Go 6 girl that have me pegged. The majority of the class is them trying their hardest to find a subject that'll get me going.. so as to avoid the lesson.


smart girls

[Sejong]

Man, these are all spot-on -- it's scary. I have about eight of these types in one class alone.

In addition:

The Lump -- part of the same genus as the Moolayo student, but without the actual speech capability. Just sits there and stares at you like a frightened turtle when you ask him/her (usually her) to do/say/read anything. At all.