own_king
Joined: 17 Apr 2004
Location: here
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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Grotto wrote: |
| I told them that I would not lie on the report cards.....if they didnt like it then dont ask me to write the report cards! |
Grotto, said it exactly right. I had a grade changed one time and the next time reports were due, I dumped all of the cards for that class on the offending Korean teacher's desk and told her to do them herself, if she was just going to put what she wanted anyway. Her grade change also didn't match one of the comments on that report card. So we both could have ended up looking bad. I guess word got around, because noone tried it again. I had a couple Korean teachers implore to remove an F and another D-, but I refused and the matter was dropped. OP - you should remember you are a valuable commodity here (invested airfare, training, recruitment fees, hassle of finding another teacher, etc). They can get anyone to do a Korean teacher's job, so I would suggest you stand firm and write honest evaluations. And, yes, I know the kids here may have a lot of work to do, but does that automatically make them successful in your class and able to speak English? Not necessarily. These kids will have a huge wake up call when they get to middle/high school. It should be noted before I get flamed by the bleeding heart malteachers out there who whine "Did you have to work so hard in school? In Canada/USA/wherever blah blah blah" that this is in no way an endorsement or condemnation of the Korean education system, but this is a reality these kids will have to face sooner or later. Maybe, it will be a wake-up call to the parents, that their kid has too much on their plate, but somehow I doubt it. |
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