Another New Record

Work Teaching English in Taiwan
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So I go over the EOT test paper as a formality, since its the second one they’ve had, the MT being of the same format.

I outline the content of Questions 1 to 5, mentioning some of the ways they could screw it up.

I physically show them the test paper (at an unreadable distance) flipping it to show writing on both sides.

I verbally warn them to remember to turn over the test paper, because some numpty always forgets.

I write “The Test Paper HAS TWO(2) SIDES”, on the board, supplementing the 1-5 question outlines already there. I’m quietly confident.

3/21 failed to turn over the paper and so only did Q1-3.

New all-time record.

Always a surprise in this job, even if its the same surprise, its still surprising.

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You are helping to sort things out for society. Perhaps view this as a social good.

Guy

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I invigilated a computer test yesterday in a lab with 60 computer terminals. Three students came to speak to me because the computer they chose wasn’t working.

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Maybe Q4 and Q5 are really hard and they don’t know what to write :wink:

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Sheets of paper that need to be turned over are basically an obsolete technology. Not surprising that a few students failed to flip them over. And who listens to the teacher droning on at the front of the classroom anyway?

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People less likely to fail exams, apparently

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And we thought you were the “cool” teacher…

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Nope. I go by the numbers, so I fail people.

Taiwanese teachers tend not to and it can take a while for students to get the difference

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Does failing them serve a useful purpose ? Do they actually get better after a fail ?

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Students have to take an English language course again if they fail, in order to get their two credits, so I guess that might make them better.

IME Taiwanese teachers don’t “tend not to” fail students. A colleague of mine fails a third of every class regardless of how good they are!

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Like the Mr Bean paper A and paper B

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that’s this guy:

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Brilliant! That was the teachers I worked with at an ‘experimental’ school recently.

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takin’ a dookie on the bard?

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Sometimes. I found the positive effects are more on the rest of the class, because now it’ll be smaller, I can give more individual attention, and I can spend less time reviewing material that everyone else already knows.

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Why do that ? Failing 1/3 of a class , it has logic behind it or is he just a c…t? :roll_eyes:

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They don’t do homework, don’t participate in class; sleep, or play with their phones. And that’s when they actually attend.
Are they supposed to be automatically passed?

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I usually fail around 10 percent of a class, and that’s always down to poor attendance and not completing homework. If they show up and look like they’re putting in effort they’ll pass.

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I used to ask candidates to mess stuff like this up before handing out the sheets if they can repeat what I just said. Helped to a degree.

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He said he fails 1/3 of the class no matter how good or bad they are. So I guess he is a c…t.

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