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I think I hate my students. I can't say it for all of them. I mean there are those who are quite smart and try, but still. Today they didn't do the 6 page reading assignment I gave them and said they can't do work over Ramadan. (They had a week.) The other teachers said this was crap and they were lying too me (Not that I believed not eating during the day could stop them from reading 6 pages - Still when people try to trick you it certainly doesn't feel good). After receiving so many papers copied from the internet I am so frustrated with the level of education.
The teachers just describe the students as lazy and keep telling me to push them. To threaten them with a bad grade. But its hard when you want to fail an entire class. There must be another explaination why they don't care. I have to get to the root of the problem.... I don't want to threaten them , I want to figure out the promblem and make them care. Students don't work while in school like at home and each of my classes only meets once a week. So the question is: What the hell do they do with their time? And a lot of time they don't even come to class.
I don't know how to describe what I'm thinking or phrase this. I just know their has to be a cultural explaination as to why education isn't givin the importance it is at home. Or maybe thats just my culture and I want to make them more like me??? I don't know. How can their be such low expectations from a university?
And really how will learning any of the stupid classes I'm teaching help them in the long run. It might help them get a job I suppose, but really American Literature... But still the same thing can say about most of the classes I've taken in College. But I cared. And I don't know how to make them care.
I'm afraid I'm going to loose my temper when I try to explain plagerism tomorrow. I just don't understand why this is ever considered ok?? And the other teachers say it happens all the time??? Thats just the most rediculous thing I've ever heard. Really how can this even be called an education?
I just have lots of time to think. I've gotten very good at doing nothing. Sometimes I just stare at the wall and think. Something I'd never do at home because well I have better things to do. Places to go, people to see. Time flies and I'm hoping it'll continue to fly too. Randomly the most exciting thing I've been doing is watching Six Feet Under which really rocks my world. That show is sooooooo good. They have the most random TV shows on DVD.
Other random things... hmmm. I'm trying to describe Native American history cause we were looking at Native American myths. The students kinda laughed at the photos I showed. I kinda wanna me be like um do you see what you guys wear? Just weird cause they wear such elebrate wedding outfits and I would say if you change the feather headdress to something made out of gold they'd be quite similar. Cultural sensitivity people!!!!
On Friday I'm going to Medan (the biggest city in Sumatra) and then going to find some Orangutans at this NP outside the city. Indos think I'm so weird for wanting to see Orangutans. But really its completely normal.
Also found out theres a lot of gossip about me in the office. Like stupid things like I only eat one meal a day. (?) Not sure where that comes from.
Also I've found I've been lacking a little thing called patience. I used to have it. Now it is all used up. I feel like I'm constantly behaving like an ugly american or I want to rearrange a system to make it more efficent. Alright I'll end my rant there.
The teachers just describe the students as lazy and keep telling me to push them. To threaten them with a bad grade. But its hard when you want to fail an entire class. There must be another explaination why they don't care. I have to get to the root of the problem.... I don't want to threaten them , I want to figure out the promblem and make them care. Students don't work while in school like at home and each of my classes only meets once a week. So the question is: What the hell do they do with their time? And a lot of time they don't even come to class.
I don't know how to describe what I'm thinking or phrase this. I just know their has to be a cultural explaination as to why education isn't givin the importance it is at home. Or maybe thats just my culture and I want to make them more like me??? I don't know. How can their be such low expectations from a university?
And really how will learning any of the stupid classes I'm teaching help them in the long run. It might help them get a job I suppose, but really American Literature... But still the same thing can say about most of the classes I've taken in College. But I cared. And I don't know how to make them care.
I'm afraid I'm going to loose my temper when I try to explain plagerism tomorrow. I just don't understand why this is ever considered ok?? And the other teachers say it happens all the time??? Thats just the most rediculous thing I've ever heard. Really how can this even be called an education?
I just have lots of time to think. I've gotten very good at doing nothing. Sometimes I just stare at the wall and think. Something I'd never do at home because well I have better things to do. Places to go, people to see. Time flies and I'm hoping it'll continue to fly too. Randomly the most exciting thing I've been doing is watching Six Feet Under which really rocks my world. That show is sooooooo good. They have the most random TV shows on DVD.
Other random things... hmmm. I'm trying to describe Native American history cause we were looking at Native American myths. The students kinda laughed at the photos I showed. I kinda wanna me be like um do you see what you guys wear? Just weird cause they wear such elebrate wedding outfits and I would say if you change the feather headdress to something made out of gold they'd be quite similar. Cultural sensitivity people!!!!
On Friday I'm going to Medan (the biggest city in Sumatra) and then going to find some Orangutans at this NP outside the city. Indos think I'm so weird for wanting to see Orangutans. But really its completely normal.
Also found out theres a lot of gossip about me in the office. Like stupid things like I only eat one meal a day. (?) Not sure where that comes from.
Also I've found I've been lacking a little thing called patience. I used to have it. Now it is all used up. I feel like I'm constantly behaving like an ugly american or I want to rearrange a system to make it more efficent. Alright I'll end my rant there.