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Part 5: Reading about Ato’s experiences made me remind myself that I’m getting p - a - i – d, PAID. Now mind you that I am thankful considering the state of the economy and all but I just had to spell it out. The bottom line is that I refuse to get stressed over what’s going on in my classroom. When suckers start working my nerves, (students and teachers alike) I just stare at the far wall and look over their heads. I’m looking forward to the evening, the pretty girl I’m going to see after work, the vacation I’m planning to hit a fly onsen.
Teaching English with Ato: I'm Ghost!
Submitted by zurui on September 20, 2008 – 10:32 amNo Comment
Part 5: Reading about Ato’s experiences made me remind myself that I’m getting p - a - i – d, PAID. Now mind you that I am thankful considering the state of the economy and all but I just had to spell it out. The bottom line is that I refuse to get stressed over what’s going on in my classroom. When suckers start working my nerves, (students and teachers alike) I just stare at the far wall and look over their heads. I’m looking forward to the evening, the pretty girl I’m going to see after work, the vacation I’m planning to hit a fly onsen.Hmmm! Is someone starting to fall into the same trap as some of the Japanese teachers?
Then if I really get pissed off, woe to my next sparring partner at the dojo. But seriously, let me give you some advise: ”DON’T TRY TO DISCIPLINE THE STUDENTS be it verbal or otherwise! I used to do it but then I found that some of the students will try to turn the tables on you to gain favor. I used to yell “SHut the F*CK up!” or “shhh!” be quiet, etc.
But you know, when some of these spoiled brats are use to getting their way and find out that they aren’t going to prevail over “authoritative” figures in the classroom, they will come up with some crap like CRYING (out of fear) and/or complaining to their parents at home. Their parents will then later voice their grievances with the PTA and subsequently the faculty will come under fire and usually the expendable ones a.k.a. the scapegoats many of the times will be one of the foreigners (that’s “gaijin” to some of you).
Thus, instead of the powers that be owning up to the fact that THEY themselves didn’t handle their biz, namely CONTROLLING their class and maintaining order, they’ll instead come down on YOU. I guess this makes THEM look good.
With that said, I let you in on something: I was the recipient of this type of decision by the powers that be and I was reassigned to another assignment because I stood up to help another teacher. The leadership didn’t have enough backbone to stand up for me and my actions so instead, they used me as an example to say “Hey, I’m looking out for your best interests, I got rid of that MEAN ‘gaijin’, so you should respect me, okay?” So from now on, I just let them sink with their own vessels.
A loud, obnoxious class is exactly that, and when the bell rings, I’m g-h-o-s-t, GHOST.
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