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exported_kiwi · Mon 11-Dec-06, 08:32 PM

I do have a plan, trust me on that! The thing is that with plans, it's too easy to be too rigid and that's something I don't like to be. We all have our own teaching styles, no one way is right just as no one way is wrong. Mine works for me but possibly wouldn't work for someone else so I don't extol the virtues of it for anyone else but me.

Usually, I have a clear idea of what I want to achieve in the class and it's not uncommon to achieve it, but I also make allowances for the most difficult of variables....... the students and their personalities and differences. No one lesson is going to be suitable for them all so when I go in there and say hi etc, I kind of gauge the mood and go from there. This way I can include them all, and they feel included which is part of the battle when teaching I guess, making them feel that they actually belong there. It kind of empowers them and in doing so, makes them try that little bit harder, push themselves a little more.

I don't want them to learn because they like me, or not, as the case may be. I want them to learn because, God knows, it's gonna be a crap future out there if they have a pitiful education. None of them want to be a cab driver or a waiter, but it's inevitable that some will be sadly. Guess that's a market economy for ya huh? I just try and give them the will to learn, the means to learn and the environment to build confidence. Doing this doesn't need a lesson plan persay. It needs empathy and a heart. It also needs discipline and a willingness to wield the stick when, and if, necessary. I manage to combine good cop bad cop roles and in doing so, they learn, lesson plan or not.

I'm not gifted, nor am I special. I'm just me and this is the way I teach. Those who use lesson plans are no worse, or better. They have their own style and students and they know best what works for them. We're all just different and thank God, or it'd be a damned boring ole world wouldn't it! Also, as a final thought, if we were all the same, would any of us be actually adding anything to China, adding value to the students lives....and lets face it, that's what we're here to do isn't it? That is unless you're one of those beer swilling miscreants that come here to get drunk, get laid and get fired every couple of months because you were trash back home, so why shouldn't you be so here as well!

Just a thought!
A few cents more,

Mon 11-Dec-06, 08:32 PM	#27 (permalink)
exported_kiwi Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Nationality: Kiwi who's been exported! Occupation: Beer taster, hehehehehe! Location: Posts: 238	Re: preparing for interview with recruiters I do have a plan, trust me on that! The thing is that with plans, it's too easy to be too rigid and that's something I don't like to be. We all have our own teaching styles, no one way is right just as no one way is wrong. Mine works for me but possibly wouldn't work for someone else so I don't extol the virtues of it for anyone else but me. Usually, I have a clear idea of what I want to achieve in the class and it's not uncommon to achieve it, but I also make allowances for the most difficult of variables....... the students and their personalities and differences. No one lesson is going to be suitable for them all so when I go in there and say hi etc, I kind of gauge the mood and go from there. This way I can include them all, and they feel included which is part of the battle when teaching I guess, making them feel that they actually belong there. It kind of empowers them and in doing so, makes them try that little bit harder, push themselves a little more. I don't want them to learn because they like me, or not, as the case may be. I want them to learn because, God knows, it's gonna be a crap future out there if they have a pitiful education. None of them want to be a cab driver or a waiter, but it's inevitable that some will be sadly. Guess that's a market economy for ya huh? I just try and give them the will to learn, the means to learn and the environment to build confidence. Doing this doesn't need a lesson plan persay. It needs empathy and a heart. It also needs discipline and a willingness to wield the stick when, and if, necessary. I manage to combine good cop bad cop roles and in doing so, they learn, lesson plan or not. I'm not gifted, nor am I special. I'm just me and this is the way I teach. Those who use lesson plans are no worse, or better. They have their own style and students and they know best what works for them. We're all just different and thank God, or it'd be a damned boring ole world wouldn't it! Also, as a final thought, if we were all the same, would any of us be actually adding anything to China, adding value to the students lives....and lets face it, that's what we're here to do isn't it? That is unless you're one of those beer swilling miscreants that come here to get drunk, get laid and get fired every couple of months because you were trash back home, so why shouldn't you be so here as well! Just a thought! A few cents more, __________________ Think only of those things that can be done!