My recent bad class (K10) is my Mon. night that I just picked up a couple of months ago. I've been teaching them for awhile now but they are all pretty naughty. They are almost to an advanced level however they don't do the corrections and some of them don't even do their homework. They don't really do that with my Chinese teacher though and it makes me angry and today I got a huge headache because I saw how badly they did on their homework. They are so lazy and finally I got angry.
I had my Chinese teacher call one of the parents to make one of my students stay after class to finish his homework. He had to stay an extra hour because he didn't do a lesson. I was just mad at him for not doing the work and writing short answers like yes and no.
I was tired and in a bad mood and I think the students could tell since my tone of voice was low and intense. I wanted to yell and freak out but I didn't want to do that since I don't think yelling is the best key and I know when I get mad, I speak a mile of minute (yes, I know speak fast :)), and with these students they wouldn't understand a word I would be saying. So I just told them calmly that if they don't do the correction, then I will make them do voc x 5 and I will doc off 10 points off their homework. Today I had to review so much and I didn't even have enough time to finish the book.
Partially the main reasons why I get frustrated with this class is because my other 2 K10 classes are smart and they can mostly do the homework. I also just got done teaching another K10 and they did a fantastic job so I know this class is capable of it. I just hope they listen and try to do better on their homework and I'm glad I finally showed that I'm not a pushover and I can be strict!
-Chihchat
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