Kids Corner: Communicate with your English teacher
First of all, let’s just say if your English teacher is eating people you might want to tell someone. Cannibalism is not OK. Sit at the back of the class and try not to look delicious.
Why am I telling you to communicate with your teacher? I don’t enjoy torturing you, there is a good reason for this. I see a lot of problems that could be solved so easily with a little communication. I love teaching young people, you are full of great ideas, you are funny, you are quick learners, and I can live with the dabbing. What can be really hard sometimes is when there is a problem, and I don’t know about it.
Here are some examples of things that can be solved very easily with a little communication:
1. A teacher at school wants me to do my essays differently – do what your teacher at school says, as long as I know you understand what I have taught you.
2. I have not done my homework – OK why? Have you run out of ideas? Maybe we can change the homework.
3. My teacher at school is using too many scary stories to teach us – Are you sleeping ok? Let’s talk to your parents, your feelings are important.
4. I don’t understand what you taught me – Well that’s my fault not yours, let’s learn it in a new way!
5. I don’t like this exercise – OK we won’t do that exercise again.
6. ANYTHING!
You have been told all your life to listen and obey adults. There is something missing, you need to talk to us too. I cannot read your mind! Neither can your teacher at school. There are solutions to any problem you have with your lessons. Teachers who care will make an effort to change how they work with you, and either explain why it is important, or make things better for you. Not doing your homework is not as important as WHY you did not do your homework. Too difficult? Too boring? You were playing Yahtzee with squirrels? You don’t like scary books? The more information we have, the better we can teach
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