2014年7月14日月曜日

22. Do the teachers care about their quality of education?

This depends on the teacher.
I currently have a teacher who obviously does not want to teach.
He takes attendance, then opens the text book and assigns us 3 small sections, 6 questions each,
call us up to the white board where we answer a question.
When we make an mistake, he fixes it without really telling us why it's wrong, then finishes class within an hour, although its an 90 minute class.
The other day, a student asked why an comprar (to buy in spanish) was used as compras (plural word) in a singular sentence instead of compra, and he, I quote
"Compras is plural and if you put an s on the end, it sounds likes you bought a lot and buying a lot of things is cool."
I was just staring at him bewildered of his response.
If he doesn't know the answer, he should look it up or something instead of talking about how buying more things make you sound richer and cooler.
He talks on the phone during class, and texts even while a student is asking him a question.

But on the other hand, I have an teacher who listens to what each student wants to say,and makes the class enjoyable in many ways by allowing us to participate and have ownership in our work.
He allows us to learn about many issues and problems that are occurring in the world, and lets us choose what topic we want to study and learn about.
I truly believe that he is a role model teacher.
s/o to Mr.Dias for being the role model teacher!!

1 件のコメント:

  1. The description of your Spanish teacher's teaching "technique" is really shocking. It's hard to know even what to say about it.

    Thank you for the compliments. I think that truly listening to students is the best gift that a teacher can give to students. I try to do so but I don't think I always succeed.

    Clear skies,
    Joseph D.

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