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kermo · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:56 pm Post subject:

I see what you mean, but in this context, I literally have a thousand students, and having a stack of evaluations from that many happy kids looks good to me. It might look good to an employer too.

In an elementary school, kids have to be there no matter what and suck up what you dish out, whereas in a hagwan, kids register their displeasure by dropping out or sending in their disgruntled parents.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

I'd still be pretty suspicious of elementary kids - if they find it too much fun, it could either mean you rock at teaching English or rock at playing games and mucking around.

My favourite evaluations were when I worked as a uni TA. The most common compliment was that my classes were 'interesting'; the most common complaints were about the 'harsh marking', 'picky marking', 'unfair grades', etc. Then the department chair shook my hand and congratulated me for having the best evalutations in the department. Can't see that happening in Korea.

kermo · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject:

My Dad's a university prof, and he gets all sorts of evaluations (most of them raves), but one stands out in my mind. My Dad's a pretty big guy. You might call him stout, but that would probably be an understatement.

One student slyly identified his only weakness as "The hundred-yard dash."