Today I had the last two BAC sections so I again did the same type of lecture--Will Smith's charity video to practice listening and the 'Would you rather game?' to practice expressing and justifying oneself. If you have been keeping up with my previous posts you would know the 1 BAC 1st group class was amazing, and the 1 BAC 2nd group was the complete opposite. Today I had the 1 BAC 3rd and fourth group back to back. Let us start with the 3rd...
They definitely had the lowest comprehension of all the BAC classes. I felt like I was speaking some foreign alien language that no one has ever heard of before. The blank stares worried me, and I wasn't sure if it was because they were just normally quiet, or if they had no idea what I was saying so... I did what any teacher would do and resorted to name calling. Now, being a previous student not to long ago, this is what I hated the most--name calling. If I raise my hand, I know the answer; if I don't raise my hand, then I don't--simple as that, but now being on the other side, I can see why they would have to call on you at random if literally no one responds. So basically after every question or every answer, I called on someone to ask them--"What did I just say?" or "What was the response he just gave?" They were probably 1 for 10 with this one as no one seemed to be paying attention. That class was very frustrating as I tried to speak slower and use more basic vocabulary for them to understand. This will definitely be my biggest challenge--trying to get students to be passionate about something they abhor. They don't need to be passionate about it really, but I want them to be at least comfortable engaging in class and asking questions.
My last BAC class was awesome. They loved the game we played at the end, and they understood the charity video well. One student got the "Would you rather be rich and ugly or poor and good looking?" question, and I decided to open this up to the rest of the class to see what people would choose. All the girls chose the second as they believed they would be able to marry rich because of their good looks. I can see why girls would choose this one as we, females, are naturally insecure about a lot of things. The boy who picked this question chose to be rich and ugly as he could, according to him, "pay for all his beaches." In this case, I will keep it at beaches although we all know what was really said. I replied and said why not use the money for plastic surgery? Ironically enough, the teacher that was supervising me that day came up to me at the end of class and said "Why did the students laugh so much? Because he chose to have beaches?" For the sake of the student, I told the teacher yes he said "beaches". Anyways, I started off a bit bitter after the first BAC class that day but ended my day feeling good!
Yours truly,
TLT
They definitely had the lowest comprehension of all the BAC classes. I felt like I was speaking some foreign alien language that no one has ever heard of before. The blank stares worried me, and I wasn't sure if it was because they were just normally quiet, or if they had no idea what I was saying so... I did what any teacher would do and resorted to name calling. Now, being a previous student not to long ago, this is what I hated the most--name calling. If I raise my hand, I know the answer; if I don't raise my hand, then I don't--simple as that, but now being on the other side, I can see why they would have to call on you at random if literally no one responds. So basically after every question or every answer, I called on someone to ask them--"What did I just say?" or "What was the response he just gave?" They were probably 1 for 10 with this one as no one seemed to be paying attention. That class was very frustrating as I tried to speak slower and use more basic vocabulary for them to understand. This will definitely be my biggest challenge--trying to get students to be passionate about something they abhor. They don't need to be passionate about it really, but I want them to be at least comfortable engaging in class and asking questions.
My last BAC class was awesome. They loved the game we played at the end, and they understood the charity video well. One student got the "Would you rather be rich and ugly or poor and good looking?" question, and I decided to open this up to the rest of the class to see what people would choose. All the girls chose the second as they believed they would be able to marry rich because of their good looks. I can see why girls would choose this one as we, females, are naturally insecure about a lot of things. The boy who picked this question chose to be rich and ugly as he could, according to him, "pay for all his beaches." In this case, I will keep it at beaches although we all know what was really said. I replied and said why not use the money for plastic surgery? Ironically enough, the teacher that was supervising me that day came up to me at the end of class and said "Why did the students laugh so much? Because he chose to have beaches?" For the sake of the student, I told the teacher yes he said "beaches". Anyways, I started off a bit bitter after the first BAC class that day but ended my day feeling good!
Yours truly,
TLT