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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:30 am Post subject: Positive things about public schools and pub vs. uni |
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I'm curious to hear positive aspects about public schools from current employees.
On a different note, what are the differences of public schools vs. universities (besides the obvious level of students and vacation time)? |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| One thinks he's respected and the other thinks he's distinguished. |
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Bibbitybop
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Universities are a crap shoot and range in professionalism. You may get more vacation time depending upon the school.
Public schools tend to be more uniform, though individual school may try to enfore their own arbitrary and illegal rules. Usually, the uniformity trumps the irregularity, though it may be a stain on your personal ties with the school. |
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icnelly
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Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| One thinks he's respected and the other thinks he's distinguished. |
Yeah, I guess no women teach in either, right? But good looks on choosing one gender and going with it; I'm tired of seeing he/she, it's like a bad horror flick or something with all that slashing.
Um, I think the rules for public schools are quite uniform, but how the school treats you and your position is def. on a school by school basis. If your principal doesn't give a sh-t about English, then I doubt your going to be given much priority. Your co-teachers are the next biggest concerns; what's their deal? Do they think they are commander in chief of the classroom or are they willing to share, and those are things that are not uniform between the schools at all.
I've got a great public gig; my principal gave me an air conditioner in the classroom a week ago, and is buying me a mini fridge because he wishes me, or my food to have more privacy in the teacher's office  
My CTs are great and the teaching is highly rewarding because I can work with my CTs and plan any kind of activity there is to dream up. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| icnelly wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| One thinks he's respected and the other thinks he's distinguished. |
Yeah, I guess no women teach in either, right? But good looks on choosing one gender and going with it; I'm tired of seeing he/she, it's like a bad horror flick or something with all that slashing.
Um, I think the rules for public schools are quite uniform, but how the school treats you and your position is def. on a school by school basis. If your principal doesn't give a sh-t about English, then I doubt your going to be given much priority. Your co-teachers are the next biggest concerns; what's their deal? Do they think they are commander in chief of the classroom or are they willing to share, and those are things that are not uniform between the schools at all.
I've got a great public gig; my principal gave me an air conditioner in the classroom a week ago, and is buying me a mini fridge because he wishes me, or my food to have more privacy in the teacher's office
My CTs are great and the teaching is highly rewarding because I can work with my CTs and plan any kind of activity there is to dream up. |
Yeah. He or she, he/she,... Just a pain in the neck.
Anyway, I would think comparing public schools and universities would be like comparing apples and oranges or something. And it depends what you get. |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:04 am Post subject: |
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I get around all the slashing by using the 3rd person plural possessive pronoun 'their'.
"Another solution is to change the antecedent pronoun or noun from singular to plural so that the plural pronouns they, their, and them can be used: All who agree should raise their right hands. All writers know that their first books are not likely to be bestsellers."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/their |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| Thiuda wrote: |
I get around all the slashing by using the 3rd person plural possessive pronoun 'their'.
"Another solution is to change the antecedent pronoun or noun from singular to plural so that the plural pronouns they, their, and them can be used: All who agree should raise their right hands. All writers know that their first books are not likely to be bestsellers."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/their |
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