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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei 6 Nov \ on: Stacker Saloon
Happiness Journal 6/11/24
- Parent-Teacher’s Meeting today.
Every year, with a new batch of students, I inadvertently find myself overusing a phrase to the extent that my students mimick the way I speak. With an unmotivated sixth grader class three years ago, I patented AM I RIGHT OR AM I WRONG? (The only acceptable answer is, “Yes, Mr Heng, you are always right.”)
This year, it seemed that at least one student has not only caught on to my catchphrase super not amused, but also has told her parents about me. Thank goodness her mother thinks that I am funny. (Though it beats me why she would categorise my bellowing of super not amused under a funny mannerism.)
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I think it depends on the luck of the draw. Generally speaking, parents are better educated these days and may have higher expectations for their child’s teachers. So it can be quite tiring to meet these expectations.
Teaching is more demanding these days because we need to be able to guide students to think critically and creatively, navigate Gen AI platforms, design online lessons. These are challenges that my teachers didn’t have to face when teaching me 2-3 decades ago
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It depends on the level of the kids. The most difficult level, IMHO, is chu-Ichi, ne, san nensei!
They are enough to try a saint. Super not amused is a fairly innocuous thing to be saying to them. You could be saying a lot worse, but teachers have to keep their cool, otherwise the kids win. We can’t be having that, now, can we?
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