Monday, September 12, 2005

u guys ever have classes like this?

san nensei, saruhashi. target: unit 1 - 5 review. game: jeopardy. categories: turkey, passive, 'have', 'a mother's lullaby', ~ to ~:
this is how the class went:
the JTE and i would take turns reading the questions. only, none of the students would answer. we would just stand there, staring at the class, and absolutely no on would answer. and we're talking easy questions like "have you ever been to australia?" instead, boys were hitting each other and stealing each other's pencils, one boy was drawing all over his desk in chalk. four of them were sleeping. one was playing with an exacto knife up and down, up and down 'CREEEEK CREEEEK CREEEEK'. there was a boy in the corner who kept walking in and out of class, slamming the doors as he did. when he was in the class he took a ping pong ball and was bouncing it on the floor 'PONG! PONG! PONG!' then of course there were girls writing letters, and several groups of boys talking, loudly, in their normal voices, about whatever the hell they talk about in class.
the teacher would read the question then the two of us would stand in front of the class, while no one was paying any attention to us. this JTE seems to have quite a high tolerance for feeling useless, because this teacher would stand there patiently, waiting for someone to answer. sometimes the JTE would resort to asking each student, one by one, for the answer. they would all ignore the JTE, or sometimes reply in a whiny wakaaaaanaaaiii! after about five minutes ago the JTE would just say, 'time up' and tell them the answer (after of course translating it directly word for word into japanese.
why am i here?

10 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Easy Question! "have you ever Been to Austrailia?"

thats where the problem lies DUTCH.

That country just got anniliated at the hands of the English cricket team yesterday. No wonder your kids they didnt understand. And who the fuck would want to go to a nation that thought winning in England would be as easy as playing Shiritori.

Im surprised they havent announced a day of mourning and reflection down under.

I know this in no way aides your problem and i get the fustration.

And "why are we here?". I ponder it to but think of what enters our bank account on the 21st of every month and however big it will generate a smile. Its NOT the soul reason we are here; but its an incentive.

CHIN UP- Life could be worse. You could have lost to the best cricket team in the world.

England didnt.

10:40 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i just noticed... in the photo of you on the blog, the one where you're on a bike. you've got my bag!

10:48 p.m.  
Blogger Justine said...

thanks for your words of wisdom, hit.
i'm still working on your email.

10:49 p.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can I ask a question...
Does anyone ever get asked to do stuff for classes that they are not participating in i.e. to make materials for classes when they will not be there on the day the class is taught?

12:25 a.m.  
Blogger Justine said...

mj: oh, u just noticed? i've had that bag for AGES! it's starting to get pretty ratty...
ryan: in the whole plus year i've been teaching here i've maybe helped a teacher twice with a lesson i wasn't teaching. does this happen to you a lot?

12:28 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh and by the way Mr.Mistry... Lets please note that the man who saved the day for England is actually a South AFrican and has actually played against england in the past, only became an Endglish International 3 years ago when attempted to escape South Africas racial quotas in cricket... Therefore one could technically say that a South African(however much of a traitor he is) won the ashes... :-)

12:28 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No never happened before... Just this lady asked me to do stuff today and I really don`t mind doing it but 5 minutes before she gave me this stuff I was sitting thinking I wished there were 3 hours more in every day so I could actually achieve all the things that I want to get done... Therefore, if its not necessarily my job or the norm, in future I won`t feel bad if I have to tell her I`m crazy busy and can`t do it regardless of how much I want to help her(which I do)... Alhough if others have to do these things, I`ll just have to halt one of my non-job related things to do it if asked again...

12:45 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

justine, yes i have had many classes like that but only with jtes who are inept. did you discuss it with the jte afterwards? you are right, there is no point in bringing you to a class where there is no control and no student participation. i would point this out but at the end of the day it is not your problem,it is theirs (as in the schools). i have managed to change a class' attitude/made them answer/participate/be genki/behave but only when i have had the jte's support and in classes where the kids know me. i truely understand how frustrating that class was but like hiten says, think of the paycheck and ganbarre. there isn't a hell of a lot you can do.

ryan, depends on the school but in some i am expected to prepare everything for english classes not just t.t. it is rediculous though and technically not our job. a favour is one thing but taking the piss is quite another.

12:55 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ryan,just read your last post. a favour is fine. i'm like you,i'm always happy to help out if i'm not too busy.one teacher is fine, helping 6 and planning your own lessons is not easy as was the case in my horrible school last semester. so just make sure they don't start abusing it.

1:01 a.m.  
Blogger Justine said...

yeah, i totally agree with kelly. sometimes i'd be happy for a teacher to ask for my help on something to pass the long hours at my desk. but if i'm busy or if it becomes a habit, that's when i might become more concerned about it.
and kell, yeah, it is a matter of the ability of the jte...(with regards to class control)

1:42 a.m.  

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