Thread: Mathayom 3..little sh1ts....

Originally Posted by THX 1133

The above illustrates that the worst students who disrupt the class want attention; so give them positive attention in front of the whole class and they get a big face from the farang teacher. This worked more times than I can remember.

This gold is not only applicable to M3...I had one-o-dem too cool for school type boys in a first year Uni class...he missed the first 2 classes came into the third class with that attitude that has you wanting to crush his larynx...that lay-down-in-the-desk-legs-spread-eagle-slouch, the smirks out the side of his mouth every time you say something to the class...you know the type...

Well a couple classes later I called on him to repeat after me and once he did I gave him a big smile and a thumbs up and said "perfect"...you should have seen the pride in his face...after that he became one of the best students in that class...showing up 10 min early sitting in the front row...participating and he was actually a bright light once he opened up...he ended up doing very well...

Originally Posted by Thaitanium

Well a couple classes later I called on him to repeat after me and once he did I gave him a big smile and a thumbs up and said "perfect"...you should have seen the pride in his face...after that he became one of the best students in that class...showing up 10 min early sitting in the front row...participating and he was actually a bright light once he opened up...he ended up doing very well...

Amazing, no? You got it.

My first M3's (first year teaching), I also had the pleasure of teaching as M6's. They were my M6/7 sports class. Basically good guys. I knew they weren't keen on English, so I tried to make it easy on them.
I gave them M3 lessons; my mistake was not deleting the M3 heading on their lesson plans. So, I walked into class the next week and was immediately confronted by my best student; he wanted to know why I was giving them M3 lesson plans. I told him frankly and he replied that the whole class was upset and insulted. He went on to say they (all of them) wanted M6 lessons. I polled the class and sure enough, it was true.
Made my fucking year. What a great bunch of guys (my only all male class). Everything went swimmingly after that; one of my favorite classes.

I've found running them around the exercise track a few times burns off their extra energy and makes them open to communication.