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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask us about working in a Chinese high school
 
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Skoll
Jul 26, 2013

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Fleta Mcgurn posted:

That's loving rude. And not what I meant, incidentally.


Ignoring the random act of cruelty, nobody has a crush on any teacher, as far as I know. Rihanna used to have a crush on Indian Math Guy last year and was really into studying Hinduism as a way to get to know him. I still haven't told her he's actually a Mormon because I like the idea of my kids studying other cultures.

How is you deliberately misleading one of your students in any way not as rude as that guy?

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Skoll
Jul 26, 2013

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Grimey Drawer

Fleta Mcgurn posted:

Oh, I didn't realize that not disclosing something personal about a coworker that would have had no effect on my student except discouraging her from independently researching a topic she previously had no knowledge about was deliberately misleading. Perhaps you would like an English lesson? I usually get about $50 USD per hour.

I should probably close this thread, if all people are going to do is insult me randomly.

I'm not insulting you and I find this thread, and the China thread ( which I've been reading three days straight now ) absolutely fascinating. It just seemed sort of like a double standard to me.

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Skoll
Jul 26, 2013

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Fleta Mcgurn posted:

If I overreacted, I apologize, but my personal life and the personal lives of my coworkers are not something that is owed to our students. Especially concerning talking about religion. Oh, man, are we ever not supposed to talk about religion. China, remember?

Me encouraging my student to be autodidactic and look things up when she's interested in them- which is rare for kids to do here and absolutely a skill they need to develop- is not at all representative of a double standard. Light trickery? Sure, I guess, if you really gotta assign a negative connotation, I'll give you light trickery. In the long run, the important thing is she became proactive about answering her own questions and relied on herself. My students almost never do that unless we make them.



I can understand and respect that. Sorry for the misunderstanding then. Since we're on the subject of religion, do any students ever actually show an affinity towards The Three ways or is it just so thoroughly stamped out that people keep their old holidays and festivals but without recognizing what they meant?

If religion DOES come up, how are you supposed to react to it as I imagine the PRC has specific guidelines for foreign teachers when it comes to such things.

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