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Thursday 21 March 2013
Wednesday 20 March 2013
30 Ways To Annoy your Teachers
THIS IS JUST FOR LAUGH.. AND TO TAKE THE EDGE OF THE STRESS DURING THE PROCESS OF BLOG MAKING, BEAUTIFULLING AND COMPLETING.. THATS ALL. :) ENJOY..
2. After everything your teacher says, ask why.
3. If your teacher is yelling at a classmate, wait for them to finish their tantrum then ask” DOES SOMEBODY NEED A HUG?????” very loudly.
4. If your teacher starts blowing up at you for saying that simply reply “Wow, I can tell you’re a blast at parties”
5. Dress up like L (Death Note) and walk in with no shoes.
6. If your teacher asks “why aren’t you wearing shoes” you reply by standing on the table, pointing at him/her and yelling “YOUR KIRA!!!!!!!!!!!”.
7. (Back to normal clothes) Sit in a corner and wait for everyone to stare at you. When they do, grab your head and scream “ THE LIGHT! MAKE IT STOP! ARGH IT BURNS!!!!”
8. Flick pieces of paper around the class.
9. When your teacher tells you to stop, cross your arms and say “your racist against paper aren’t you.”
10.Don’t do your Homework.
11. When your teacher asks you why you didn’t do your homework say “I dropped it while beating up this guy for saying you’re the worst teacher ever.” then smile and sit.
12. When you have a sub, wait for them to write their name on the board. Then when they say hello my name it Mr./Mrs (insert name here), you stand up and say “PROVE IT!”
13.During a test, raise your hand and wait for your teacher to walk over to you. Then when they whisper, “what do you need help on?” you smirk and whisper “I know what you did last summer” XD (A/n: gets them every time!!!!)
14. Wear your Sasuke costume to school.
15.When he/she stares at you, say “I know what your thinking, but this symbol on my back does not mean I’m a pokemon,”
16. 5 minutes after saying that throw a poke ball at your teachers head and scream “ GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!!!!!!!”
16. Accuse him/her of being Itachi Uchiha. Then give them a paranoid, bloodthirsty look.
17. (Back in normal clothes) hand candy out to everyone then walk up to your teacher and say “HA! None for you =P that’s payback for that F!” >D
18. Be Tardy. When your teacher asks why you were late say “My goldfish died.” Then burst into tears. :D
19. When turning in a paper, write this paper will self destruct in 5 seconds and the bottom.
20. When you leave the class bow and say “May the force be with you, young one.”
21. Show up to class (now they got to do their job XD SUCKERS!)
22. Everytime the PA comes on act surprised and scream “NO NOT THE VOICES AGAIN! MAKE THEM STOP!!!!!!”
23. Every time the morning announcements start look around the rooms ceiling and say “GOD? It that you?!?!”
24. Whisper to the person next to you. When the teacher comes up behind you, scream “OMG GET AWAY! RAPE! RAPE! RAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!”
25. When its time for the pledge of allegiance, while everyone says it, yell out random things (Pickle, pepto bismol, abortion, cow, etc.) and mess everyone up.
26. Walk into class dancing the Macarena.
27. Tell your teacher you heard the other teachers talking about him/her in the teachers lounge.
28. During an exam, act like you need help really badly. (wave to the teacher, say psssst a lot, jump in your seat, act like your trying to land a plane etc.)
29. When you graduate, hug your teacher and say, “I’M GONNA MISS YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
30. When you’re an adult, look up your old teacher in a phone book. Then go to their house in the middle of the night. Sneak up by their bed, Give him/her a twisted and demented look and say “Heh….I’m back….MUAHAHAHA!”
Monday 18 March 2013
Six Ways to be a Bad Teacher
Six Ways to be a Bad Teacher
by Don Skoog
When I was a kid, I had the chance to study with a well-known drum teacher in Chicago. At the first lesson, my enthusiasm turned to fear when he began to nitpick every detail of my playing, angrily, as if each tap of the drum was a personal insult. His attitude said I was hopeless, a waste of his time. I walked out of the studio, shattered. I eventually found another teacher but the damage of that one lesson affected my confidence for years to come. Later, when I began to teach, I promised myself I would never do to a student what he had done to me.
As a teacher, your influence affects the life of every student who walks into your studio. You can be a force for growth or withdrawal in the lives of the people who come to you for help, so think carefully about what type of impact you want to have on them. Here are some attitudes or personality traits that negatively impact other people. If you recognize yourself here you should think long and hard before taking up a teaching career.
1) The worst possible teacher is one who, deep down inside, really doesn't care. I have seen teachers cancel students so they could go to lunch. I knew a guy who would stare out the window while the student played, and another that would fall asleep during the lesson. Anyone that can fall asleep during a drum lesson shouldn't be teaching. Here's the bottom line––if you don't enjoy the work you won't be good at it and, even worse, you will be a negative, unhappy influence in the lives of your students. If you don't care that you're a negative influence then you really shouldn't be teaching anything.
2) One good way to tell if your heart's in the right place is to ask yourself if you're only in it for the money. If the paycheck is really your main motivation then you probably shouldn't be teaching. It takes a lot of thought and preparation time to be a good teacher. Unpaid preparation time. If you're not prepared then you won't do well, and you won't be very successful anyway, so put your heart into something you will enjoy.
3) Sarcastic, cynical people should not go into teaching. This seems obvious yet many teachers have no real empathy for their students. I know a teacher who says she has fifty students but none of them are any good. What does that say about her? I tease my students to ease the tension and make them laugh at themselves and at me, but real sarcasm hurts. And cynicism defeats the whole purpose of teaching. If you've gone negative on people, or the art itself, then what will you impart to others?
4) Quitters should seek employment elsewhere. A good drum teacher must also be an active player. I consider myself a drummer who teaches, and so should you. How can you guide someone else's career if you have given up on your own? Someone who is no longer practicing has nothing new to bring to the lesson, and the evolving art of music is leaving him behind. If you have quit on your own artistic development you are on the way out. So do the music world a favor and don't take your students with you.
5) Know-it-alls should keep it to themselves. Every artist is still a student, and every musician, not just teachers, should be regularly receiving instruction. The first time I went to Cuba, I was humbled by the realization of how much I didn't know about their music. I spent a lot of time pointing and saying, what’s that? The panorama of drumming is indeed vast, spanning the geography and history of the world in a rainbow of cultures. There is no way anyone can know everything about percussion, or music in general, so being honest about your grasp of the art and enthusiastic about your own growth helps you to be honest and enthusiastic about your students'. An arrogant teacher (an attitude best described as ‘I know something you don’t know . . . nah . . nah . . nah nah . . nah’) is a real downer for his students.
Some years ago, I talked to Anthony Braxton after he gave a brilliant lecture. He told me that he had to get home because he had a piano lesson the next day and needed to practice. (He said his teacher yelled at him when he wasn't prepared.) Here was one of the finest minds in contemporary Jazz racing home to practice a Bach fugue. For someone who has accomplished so much, he was remarkably funny and self-effacing. Undoubtedly, Braxton's commitment to self-growth, and his sense of humor, enrich his teaching as well.
6) Last but definitely not least, is the insecure teacher. This is a guy who is actually worried that his students will become better players than he is. He is the worst possible teacher because he will unconsciously try to undermine his students’ confidence and deliberately slow down their progress. He doesn’t realize that his reputation is based on his achievements, not theirs. He doesn’t want to look bad in comparison so he sabotages anyone who shows signs of real talent. I regularly deal with students who have more natural talent than I do (but I’m still craftier and way more experienced than they are). To me, it’s an honor to be entrusted with the guardianship of such treasures. Regardless of what I achieve as a musician, I’m determined that others will remember me as the one who helped them towards their dreams––not as the guy who tried to screw them up.
Everyone brings baggage to the teaching studio. Will you let your personal disappointments warp the growth of those who come to you for guidance? Or will you use the opportunity you’ve been given to really help someone else along? You can’t control what has been done to you, but you can decide how you will treat others. By teaching well, you can choose to make your corner of the world a little better place. And by paving the road for others, perhaps you can ease your own journey as well.
As a teacher, your influence affects the life of every student who walks into your studio. You can be a force for growth or withdrawal in the lives of the people who come to you for help, so think carefully about what type of impact you want to have on them. Here are some attitudes or personality traits that negatively impact other people. If you recognize yourself here you should think long and hard before taking up a teaching career.
1) The worst possible teacher is one who, deep down inside, really doesn't care. I have seen teachers cancel students so they could go to lunch. I knew a guy who would stare out the window while the student played, and another that would fall asleep during the lesson. Anyone that can fall asleep during a drum lesson shouldn't be teaching. Here's the bottom line––if you don't enjoy the work you won't be good at it and, even worse, you will be a negative, unhappy influence in the lives of your students. If you don't care that you're a negative influence then you really shouldn't be teaching anything.
2) One good way to tell if your heart's in the right place is to ask yourself if you're only in it for the money. If the paycheck is really your main motivation then you probably shouldn't be teaching. It takes a lot of thought and preparation time to be a good teacher. Unpaid preparation time. If you're not prepared then you won't do well, and you won't be very successful anyway, so put your heart into something you will enjoy.
3) Sarcastic, cynical people should not go into teaching. This seems obvious yet many teachers have no real empathy for their students. I know a teacher who says she has fifty students but none of them are any good. What does that say about her? I tease my students to ease the tension and make them laugh at themselves and at me, but real sarcasm hurts. And cynicism defeats the whole purpose of teaching. If you've gone negative on people, or the art itself, then what will you impart to others?
4) Quitters should seek employment elsewhere. A good drum teacher must also be an active player. I consider myself a drummer who teaches, and so should you. How can you guide someone else's career if you have given up on your own? Someone who is no longer practicing has nothing new to bring to the lesson, and the evolving art of music is leaving him behind. If you have quit on your own artistic development you are on the way out. So do the music world a favor and don't take your students with you.
5) Know-it-alls should keep it to themselves. Every artist is still a student, and every musician, not just teachers, should be regularly receiving instruction. The first time I went to Cuba, I was humbled by the realization of how much I didn't know about their music. I spent a lot of time pointing and saying, what’s that? The panorama of drumming is indeed vast, spanning the geography and history of the world in a rainbow of cultures. There is no way anyone can know everything about percussion, or music in general, so being honest about your grasp of the art and enthusiastic about your own growth helps you to be honest and enthusiastic about your students'. An arrogant teacher (an attitude best described as ‘I know something you don’t know . . . nah . . nah . . nah nah . . nah’) is a real downer for his students.
Some years ago, I talked to Anthony Braxton after he gave a brilliant lecture. He told me that he had to get home because he had a piano lesson the next day and needed to practice. (He said his teacher yelled at him when he wasn't prepared.) Here was one of the finest minds in contemporary Jazz racing home to practice a Bach fugue. For someone who has accomplished so much, he was remarkably funny and self-effacing. Undoubtedly, Braxton's commitment to self-growth, and his sense of humor, enrich his teaching as well.
6) Last but definitely not least, is the insecure teacher. This is a guy who is actually worried that his students will become better players than he is. He is the worst possible teacher because he will unconsciously try to undermine his students’ confidence and deliberately slow down their progress. He doesn’t realize that his reputation is based on his achievements, not theirs. He doesn’t want to look bad in comparison so he sabotages anyone who shows signs of real talent. I regularly deal with students who have more natural talent than I do (but I’m still craftier and way more experienced than they are). To me, it’s an honor to be entrusted with the guardianship of such treasures. Regardless of what I achieve as a musician, I’m determined that others will remember me as the one who helped them towards their dreams––not as the guy who tried to screw them up.
Everyone brings baggage to the teaching studio. Will you let your personal disappointments warp the growth of those who come to you for guidance? Or will you use the opportunity you’ve been given to really help someone else along? You can’t control what has been done to you, but you can decide how you will treat others. By teaching well, you can choose to make your corner of the world a little better place. And by paving the road for others, perhaps you can ease your own journey as well.
Sunday 17 March 2013
HOW TO BE A GOOD TEACHER
Being a good teacher can be the most rewarding and exciting job in the world - however, being a teacher that doesn't work effectively can be stressful, painful, and exhausting. Here are some great tips to being the best teacher you can be.
Set the example. Remember that you are the teacher. It is important for you to be like a "superhero" figure in their eyes. Remember that your students look up to you and will thus try to mimic your dispositions. If you are rude or inappropriate, they will have an inappropriate model for their behavior. It is vital that students see you as a person with confidence, so that they follow your lead, and feel comfortable trusting you. Students, of all ages, need someone they can lean on, look up to, and be able to trust.
Have well-defined consequences. Set specific consequences for breaking the rules. Decide what those consequences are and then implement them consistently. Your consequences should follow a procedure that starts with a non-verbal signal (such as just looking at the student), to a verbal signal (asking the student to please stop talking), to a verbal warning (if this continues there will be consequences), to the implementation of the consequence. The consequences are up to you and depend on the program of the school. Many schools have a detention system (students do despise detentions), or perhaps writing lines, or sitting away from other students.
Be compassionate. Great educators form strong relationships with their students and show that they care about them as people. They are warm, accessible, enthusiastic and caring. Be open to staying at school after-hours to help students or get involved in school-wide committees and activities, and they demonstrate a commitment to the school.
Set some ground rules. You should have 3-5 rules that the students know about. These are the rules that, when broken, are subject to the consequence scheme outlined above. Try allowing the class to suggest the ground rules: have a class discussion and write ideas, it makes the class feel they are listened to and that you care about their opinions and input while also setting some groundwork that they will feel loyal to because they've made it. Act as a mediator to make sure that the rules decided upon are appropriate. Some may be, for instance, be quiet when the teacher is talking, respect each other, and finish the homework and classwork.
THE CONCEPT OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
The classroom management refers to a process that teachers guarantee the classroom instruction, the order, the effectiveness, deal with some matters, and arrange the time and space, and some other factors. The classroom management refers to managing the student, studying in classroom, the teacher and student's behavior and the activity; it is the way teachers organize what goes on in the classroom. It contributes directly to the efficiency of teaching and learning as the most effective activities can be made almost useless if the teacher does not organize them efficiently. But discipline has different meanings. In other words, the teacher adopts certain methods and measures to deal with student's misbehavior issues.
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