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| lovefootball) | Date: Sunday, 03.04.2011, 21:02 | Message # 31 |
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| You're right but what about the authority? Sometimes just one look is enough to encourage a student, make him hesitate or think harder. And in other cases techers can strain to the utmost to drub an idea into a student's head but all in vain because they don't command respect. H'm, but maybe it's not a question of age?
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| Nekavaen | Date: Tuesday, 05.04.2011, 16:21 | Message # 32 |
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| Every teacher has authority because he or she is a guru for the whole class and is more knowledgeable and experienced. But the degrees of such power can be different. I think the more real authority a person has, the more confident and calm he or she is. And if a person feels that he or she got a post undeservedly or isn’t yet ready for bearing such a responsibility, he or she gets nervous and tries to demonstrate power all the time. But if you are respected, you don’t have to demonstrate your power. Others will treat you with owe and listen to you words anyway. If a student wants to study and understands the importance of good education in the modern world, he or she will do everything without total control and strict commands. A teacher should just explain why this or that task is important and let the learners demonstrate their creativity. I personally feel uncomfortable and can’t show all my knowledge when teachers overuse their authority. It’s funny when a teacher turns a lesson into a “theatre of one actor” and treats the students as gnats and then asks: “Why are you so shy? Why don’t you say anything? Are you really TOTALLY lazy and stupid?” I know it’s better not to interfere in such moments or say “Yes, I’m stupid. I don’t know what to say. I’ll never be as clever as you are” but it’s not right!
It is not human to be without shame and without desire. (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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| lovefootball) | Date: Thursday, 07.04.2011, 19:25 | Message # 33 |
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| But can these things be avoided? If we consider experienced teachers, it's their 'style' and they won't change it. Such people are very unpleasant, they can even be called dictators and the only way out for their pupils is to keep silent and say yes from time to time pretending to be devoted admirers. Of course, it's disgusting but on the other hand it prepares young people for their future life (maybe, children will have such bosses). That's how things are concerning mature teachers. But is there any chance for young ones? How should beginners fight against their shyness and fears in order to remain nice and open?
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| Nekavaen | Date: Thursday, 14.04.2011, 13:29 | Message # 34 |
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| Shyness is good in everyday life, but it can ruin one’s career…
I think that when a person chooses future job, he or she should think whether it’s really suitable for him or her. Fighting your own fears is a good thing, but when it comes to deciding what to be, we should be reasonable first of all. If you are afraid of heights, will you become a pilot? Of course, not. How can a person who can’t command, is not used to speaking in public and is afraid of children be a teacher then? I can hardly imagine that.
At the same time almost all jobs presuppose direct or mediate contacts with other people. At least everyone has a boss… That’s why initiating and supporting various discussions, presenting your message to others and explaining your point of view are essential skills we all need to develop. How? By taking part in psychological trainings; visiting different seminars devoted to public speaking; writing monologues and pronouncing them out loud first in front of the mirror, then in front of relatives and friends and then in class; provoking arguments and so on.
It is not human to be without shame and without desire. (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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| lovefootball) | Date: Saturday, 23.04.2011, 19:26 | Message # 35 |
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| And what if one's dream is to be a teacher but his/her qualities don't make it possible? Does it mean that this dream is merely a figment of the imagination? Maybe, everything is vice versa? I mean this future profession can be a kind of a lighthouse that will guide this person and help him through possible difficulties. And in the end we'll see a specialist who has overcome shyness and fears... I know it sounds improbable but still is it possible to conquer drawbacks (or simply peculiarities) and get what you want? Or it's just self-deception and not more?
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| Nekavaen | Date: Monday, 25.04.2011, 09:38 | Message # 36 |
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| In most cases choosing a job that’s not suitable for you at all turns out to be the shortest way to self-destruction. And the main problem is not our own dissatisfaction – if you have to work with people, they also suffer from your unprofessionalism. Self-affirmation at the cost of other people’s tears and fears is a cruel way to success…
It is not human to be without shame and without desire. (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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| lovefootball) | Date: Wednesday, 14.12.2011, 20:18 | Message # 37 |
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| It's not necessarily concerned with being non-professional, I didn't mean it at all. Of course such things happen now and then but what I'm speaking about is a bit different. Maybe, I'm being too subjective judging by myself. So, I never allow any neglect of duty no matter whether I hate or adore it))) That's the point.This rule is applicable to one's work. So the colleagues don'r suffer anyhow. Still another thing is your mood and inner state on the whole as it's reflected even in the eyes.
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| Zuzu | Date: Tuesday, 20.12.2011, 13:32 | Message # 38 |
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| When I was a first-year student, some teachers neglected us, didn't respect, didn't value, and moreover humiliated us justifying themselves by the words" we are not students yet, we are still schoolchildren ". They mustn't behave like that, they should remember that we are human beings too as well as they are.
Another thing I can't bear is having favourite persons. All students are equal.And if teachers have some, they shouldn't show that.
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| lovefootball) | Date: Tuesday, 20.12.2011, 21:32 | Message # 39 |
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| I do believe you but there're cases when unexperienced teachers are just provoked on purpose or try to establish informal relations with students while others take it for humiliation. H'm, it's also concerned with the teacher's sense of humour and actually the adequacy of his/her self-esteem because if there're certaim problems with either of these two things, the situation is as good as lost...))) As for pet students it's also easy to be misled here as ordinary friendly (of course within the norms of subordination!) terms may be considered by enviers as injustice or flattery.
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| Former-Teacher | Date: Thursday, 22.12.2011, 14:40 | Message # 40 |
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| I try to keep the distance. The main thing I do is teaching young people what I know and can do well or show them where and how they can get the knowledge the need. I never have favourites. Some students are more competent, capable and industrious than others. Some students are often unwilling and rebellious when it comes to making their minds work and progress. They usually start saying that they are humiliated or ignored or wrongly assessed.
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| lovefootball) | Date: Friday, 23.12.2011, 20:43 | Message # 41 |
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| That's true indeed!!!! I know some girls who have a ready excuse almost for everything,"All of you were praised except me! The teacher doesn't ask me on purpose!" And so on and so forth... By the way such students aren't necessarily unwilling non-achievers, no! I'm afraid it's just a lifestyle: pretending to be a victim of circumstances all the time is soooo comfortable. There's no need to bother at all, and what for!) Still I do admit that sometimes there're cases of humiliation, the point is just not to mix them up with what I've mentioned above.
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| Former-Teacher | Date: Wednesday, 25.01.2012, 13:53 | Message # 42 |
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| Quote (lovefootball)) sometimes there're cases of humiliation
Yes, there are. Advice - never allow that to happen! Stand up for your rights and opinions! When students work well, such things never happen. When reculcitrant and slipshod students grow in number and when sensible educational means fail to produce an effect, teachers happen to lose their temper and defend themselves by humiliating students.
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| lovefootball) | Date: Thursday, 26.01.2012, 19:10 | Message # 43 |
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| H'm, to tell the truth I think that sometimes it's much more reasonable to keep silent and be as polite as possible just not to do any harm to yourself first of all because people may be revengeful and mean especially if they possess power (of any kind). What is more, quick temper and kickback aren't typical of a far-seeing person)
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| strawberry | Date: Monday, 17.09.2012, 10:49 | Message # 44 |
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| A teacher should prepare by becoming acquainted with the child's support services team, by getting training on hearing impairment, learning effective strategies for teaching a child with hearing loss. The teacher can provide advice and give the student academic support (such as in a resource room or in class).
Even the classroom the child will be placed in should be checked in advance. The room needs to be quiet enough for the implanted child to be able to hear well. Turn on all the heating and cooling equipment in the classroom with the classroom empty, and check the noise level. Any background noise then heard in the empty classroom is called ambient noise.
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