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New Year's Res: Lower My Standards!

 
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jaj



Joined: 01 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:07 am    Post subject: New Year's Res: Lower My Standards! Reply with quote

After two years of pushing my students to stop trying to get high TOEIC and TOEFL scores without really learning English, I'm giving in. I've tried to be enthusiastic and inspirational as well as create innovative new ways for them to improve their sentence construction skills and grammar, but they don't give a flying you-know-what so here's to just collecting a pay check, 2012!

(It's raining cats and dogs but I don't feel blue. I'm in a good body condition. Not drunken. I just take a rest, will PREpare...AT THAT TIME)
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Died By Bear



Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:18 pm    Post subject: Re: New Year's Res: Lower My Standards! Reply with quote

jaj wrote:
After two years of pushing my students to stop trying to get high TOEIC and TOEFL scores without really learning English, I'm giving in. I've tried to be enthusiastic and inspirational as well as create innovative new ways for them to improve their sentence construction skills and grammar, but they don't give a flying you-know-what so here's to just collecting a pay check, 2012!

(It's raining cats and dogs but I don't feel blue. I'm in a good body condition. Not drunken. I just take a rest, will PREpare...AT THAT TIME)





Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high,
You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try;
they're gonna love you.




And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
we call it Riding the Gravy Train.
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't call it lowering your standards.

I'd call it giving your customer what they want.
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jaj



Joined: 01 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One shot!
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BigBuds



Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steelrails wrote:
I wouldn't call it lowering your standards.

I'd call it giving your customer what they want.


Actually, what the customer in Korea wants, is to never have to show up for classes, never do any study, and never take any tests but still get top GPAs and a degree.

And some of them actually get it.

How big's your white envelope? Laughing
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jaj



Joined: 01 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

so-so.
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Skipperoo



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Students in 'do not like to study' shocker. Teacher's mind blown.
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jaj



Joined: 01 Oct 2011

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What is mind-blowing is that "Korea have four season."

Gasp. Imagine...
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Malislamusrex



Joined: 01 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not some.... 90%.

BigBuds wrote:
Steelrails wrote:
I wouldn't call it lowering your standards.

I'd call it giving your customer what they want.


Actually, what the customer in Korea wants, is to never have to show up for classes, never do any study, and never take any tests but still get top GPAs and a degree.

And some of them actually get it.

How big's your white envelope? Laughing
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