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theanimaster · 12th December 2007, 08:55

In my class for the 'Christmas Season' lessons I'm making the students do a pop-up Christmas card. Not your usual boring pop-up either. This one is really "3D" pop-up, not just some flat thing that pops-up, but rather a criss-cross bunch of pieces that pop-up to form a solid shape. Well, so much for explanations anyways.

So what happens?

First week, 90 percent -- NINETY PERCENT don't bring shit to class. This despite me telling them, writing it on the board, having them recite what was written on the board, and having the Thai teacher tell them what it is. That's 50 students a class and only 5 students bring their materials. No money to buy materials? Bullshit. I had the assistant teacher collect the money so they can have something for the next week to work on (only get one period a week per class).

Second week. Still, most of the students don't have their stuff, even though we've bought the stuff for them. Keep in mind that this is a SPECIAL kind of card that you don't find just anywhere. This particular pattern (a gift box) is also dead-easy to make and put together. Some students are finished with their cards -- well fuck, I told them NOT to try it themselves (that's the whole point of the class) so in the end they have crappy-looking, smudgey-poop-for-cards. Mary Crhrtimas Mam and Dod.

I'm in the third week now. Out of 50 students per class, it seems only 2-3 managed a proper-looking greeting card.

So fuck having something nice and clever as motivation. The only thing that will motivate these losers are ILLEGAL DRUGS and MONEY. I've wasted my time on trying out nice things with them.. and hey, I'll continue to waste my time because I get paid for it, and that's all the school really cares about -- keeping these losers company.

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theanimaster theanimaster is a dedicated Windoze Basher Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: BKK Posts: 1,301 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 235	Re: Motivating Mathayom Students In my class for the 'Christmas Season' lessons I'm making the students do a pop-up Christmas card. Not your usual boring pop-up either. This one is really "3D" pop-up, not just some flat thing that pops-up, but rather a criss-cross bunch of pieces that pop-up to form a solid shape. Well, so much for explanations anyways. So what happens? First week, 90 percent -- NINETY PERCENT don't bring shit to class. This despite me telling them, writing it on the board, having them recite what was written on the board, and having the Thai teacher tell them what it is. That's 50 students a class and only 5 students bring their materials. No money to buy materials? Bullshit. I had the assistant teacher collect the money so they can have something for the next week to work on (only get one period a week per class). Second week. Still, most of the students don't have their stuff, even though we've bought the stuff for them. Keep in mind that this is a SPECIAL kind of card that you don't find just anywhere. This particular pattern (a gift box) is also dead-easy to make and put together. Some students are finished with their cards -- well fuck, I told them NOT to try it themselves (that's the whole point of the class) so in the end they have crappy-looking, smudgey-poop-for-cards. Mary Crhrtimas Mam and Dod. I'm in the third week now. Out of 50 students per class, it seems only 2-3 managed a proper-looking greeting card. So fuck having something nice and clever as motivation. The only thing that will motivate these losers are ILLEGAL DRUGS and MONEY. I've wasted my time on trying out nice things with them.. and hey, I'll continue to waste my time because I get paid for it, and that's all the school really cares about -- keeping these losers company. __________________ Just Buy a Mac To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.