So yeah that was a long weekend...
After Saturday I just rested...Monday started a whole new week of all new HELL. I say Hell because this week is exam two week.
I think these students literally have no idea what a teacher goes through. I know this to be a fact because when I was in school I didn't think about what the teacher goes through one iota and I was a student that LIKED school. Now that I am a teacher I feel bad for all the teachers that I didn't do my homework for, didn't pay attention in school to, talked in their class when they were talking, etc.
Why do I give them homework, they may wonder? Well, since studying is boring to most people, I have to give them a purpose. If they are more willing to do it since it's called homework then so be it. It's kinda hard to grade someone that says they studied since there is nothing tangible to look at.
Why do I give quizes? Well, since students who don't like to study are given homework and since the same students that don't like to do homework end up doing it at the last minute, right before class the next day, I have to find out if they really studied or just copied the homework from another student, which happens a lot. In the end usually the students figure out things the backwards way. I have to study for my quizes because they help me for my exam. I have to do my homework because it helps me to study for my quizes. I have to listen in class in order to find out what the homework is about and what the homework actually is.
Unfortunately these students don't understand this until 1/3 of the way through the term when they have already taken the first exam and pretty much screwed themselves over. This is when I get a lot of long faces and a lot of questions like this:
Oh teacher I don't know what to do!
How can I make my grade better?
Why are my grades bad?
The funny thing is that these questions usually come from the people that come to class late, are not coming to class at all, don't do their homework, do poorly on quizes, ask me to repeat myself due to them talk during class.
The funny thing...as a teacher, the smallest things make me happy. One of my students made me a cd of different music the other day. Some other things I have received were drawings, candy, lots of hugs and kisses (from the little ones), and tons of smiles.
I really do enjoy being a teacher believe it or not!
<3 Lotus
I think these students literally have no idea what a teacher goes through. I know this to be a fact because when I was in school I didn't think about what the teacher goes through one iota and I was a student that LIKED school. Now that I am a teacher I feel bad for all the teachers that I didn't do my homework for, didn't pay attention in school to, talked in their class when they were talking, etc.
Why do I give them homework, they may wonder? Well, since studying is boring to most people, I have to give them a purpose. If they are more willing to do it since it's called homework then so be it. It's kinda hard to grade someone that says they studied since there is nothing tangible to look at.
Why do I give quizes? Well, since students who don't like to study are given homework and since the same students that don't like to do homework end up doing it at the last minute, right before class the next day, I have to find out if they really studied or just copied the homework from another student, which happens a lot. In the end usually the students figure out things the backwards way. I have to study for my quizes because they help me for my exam. I have to do my homework because it helps me to study for my quizes. I have to listen in class in order to find out what the homework is about and what the homework actually is.
Unfortunately these students don't understand this until 1/3 of the way through the term when they have already taken the first exam and pretty much screwed themselves over. This is when I get a lot of long faces and a lot of questions like this:
Oh teacher I don't know what to do!
How can I make my grade better?
Why are my grades bad?
The funny thing is that these questions usually come from the people that come to class late, are not coming to class at all, don't do their homework, do poorly on quizes, ask me to repeat myself due to them talk during class.
The funny thing...as a teacher, the smallest things make me happy. One of my students made me a cd of different music the other day. Some other things I have received were drawings, candy, lots of hugs and kisses (from the little ones), and tons of smiles.
I really do enjoy being a teacher believe it or not!
<3 Lotus
posted by Lotus @ 11/23/2005 10:47:00 AM
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