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25 observations about another teachers lesson After another mind bogglingly frustrating week of attempted teaching and attempting to get the hell done with checking papers, tests and somewhere following an education I thought it would be somewhat educational to observe another teacher's lesson on the work site where I have to spend so much time against my will... And, since one man's frustration is another man's short moment of amusement I thought I'd place those observations here.
Lesson begins. Students entering the work area. An unspeakable cacophony of ten sorts of noise. From screaming to bags being thrown. Dear god, the horror. -- Teacher has resorted to shouting a lot sooner then usual -- Right, there seems to be some order now. The teacher has gone totally red though. -- How can these morons not understand the assignment? Read it, google some random shit and you’re done. It couldn’t be simpler if we spelled it out. -- Teacher is spelling it out. In short steps. -- Still a lot of looks of blatant confusion. The stupid is strong in these ones…. -- Ah, the first pen has been thrown. I wondered when that would happen. Teacher has not noticed. -- That was a nice thrown. Damn thing’s lodged in the ceiling. I should congratulate him on that. -- From my position I can see that virtually noone is actually working on the assignment. I see 3 monitors displaying Hyves and another 2 show racing games. Less then usual. -- You may want to leave that giant file cabinet boy.. Oh, too late. Such a marvelous collision of the laws of physics and the stupidity of youth. -- Oh, teacher has noticed someone was on Hyves. cool, there is screaming involved. -- I love watching other teacher’s scream at a student. Its like a lava lamp. Strangely hypnotizing… -- Second pen has hit the ceiling. Tss, stupid girl. You need to throw it a lot harder if you want to make it stick. -- Sweet mother of Sparrow! That one kid has pulled a wire from the computer. I should warn the teacher of this.. -- Haven’t warned the teacher and am continuing to observe slow destruction of computer. Kid has complained that his monitor is no longer working. -- Another class is rampaging past the worksite to their classrooms. This is the joy of split class breaks in action. -- Teacher has left the class for some reason. Silly man. Doesn’t he know that 14 year olds + sensitive electronic equipment equals FUN? -- Damage seems to be mild when he returns. The pole holding all the wires into the ceiling has gone crooked though. Damn, I didn’t think he’d be able to pull that free. Wrote his name down for the janitor. -- Most of the students seem to be pretending to work just fine. Teacher has called for order. Amazingly, he seems to get it. For several seconds. I am impressed. -- A fight has broken out between students. As far as I can tell it’s about a sheet of orange paper. Ah well, I suppose punches have been thrown for worse reasons. -- Teacher has noticed another Hyves page and is taking steps. Students is screaming audibly through supposedly sound proof glass that she feels discriminated. -- Time to turn in assignments. Teacher looks unhappy. Several students complain about something, probably about the lack of time they had to complete it in between their racing games. -- Lessons comes to natural end. Students coming past door of my workbooth complain about ‘fascist dictatorship’ at school. -- They march straight into my classroom, awaiting my arrival.
Crap.
Teaching can really suck...
Back to the world of sucks and rules
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