Has anyone been a teacher in Taiwan. How do i deal with chinese teachers that give me a hard time.?
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ask them nicely to demonstrate for you, so that you get a better idea of what exactly they want from you. if they can't, i don't think they have a clue what teaching is about. if they do a good job, then just copy it.
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Yeah, there was once when I was talking to this guy and he was speaking Chinese to me (coz' I look like a bit of Chinese myself) but I on the other hand wasn't really good in Chinese, and didn't exactly understood everything that he was saying. The worst part was, I simply played along with it - nodding all the while at what he was saying about the stuff I was interested in buying.\n\nWhen I finally made my decision, he took out the merchandise and was at the counter when he told me the amount of money that I needed to pay. Suffice to say, I was clueless and I was like: "Huh?" He simply repeated it in Chinese again, until I finally said: "I'm sorry I don't understand Chinese." He then told me the amount... in English...\n\nI never went back to that shop again though. I guess I'm just too embarassed to go back there and pretend that I can speak really good Chinese... =p
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Peter W. the way you talks sucks. Everybody have the right to have his/her own opinion, but you also have to RESPECT others or it is a big or small, rich or pore country and IF.... you can't do that, than you sucks! \nBye the way you have to get the facts clear. Taiwan was first in the UN, not China, Taiwan gave a lot of money to indonesia. Maybe much more than the US if you look to the %  , but Indonesia didn't metion or thank Taiwan like any other country afraid that China got angry.\nI'm not going into the details, because that would be a long story, but what hbj said is true. Hbj you also have to know that the main reason that Taiwan lost the veto seat because Shang Kai Shek and the KMT. They didn't want to share it with china. Now china got the seat and Taiwan has nothing. \nWhat Peter w. said about the government is also true. I live now 4 years in Taiwan and I can not say that I see much good in 4 years. Indeed they fight often. I'm neutral to al the parties, but I see that the main reason that the politics sucks is the KMT again. They always say no to everything what the government said and don't look or it could help the country. KMT is a very dirty party, with a very big ego and still can’t accept their defeat after 50 years of ruling Taiwan. In the 50 years they ruled Taiwan they HATED China. Everyone who said they want to go back to china or went to china went straight into jail. China was Bad, bad, bad. Now 6 years after they lost power they KISS china's *SS.!!!!!!!!! \nI agree with you that Taiwan deserve more respect from the rest of the world, but than Taiwan have to start first.\nFirst the politics most be taken serious, the second is: if Taiwanese are not interested in the other countries, why other countries should be interested in Taiwan. Why I say this is because when I see the Taiwanese news channels I can tell you that just 2% or 3% of it is foreign news and the rest is pure Local news with many, many political sh*t, sorry I say it this way, but it is.\nMany, many times they don't talk about the new law or political issues, but always making the other party (members) black ect. \nAnyway, after 4 years living in Taiwan, going into the Taiwanese live I figured out Taiwan cannot go back to china. Maybe they have a similar background, but Taiwan developed is own system, politics(good or bad), way of life, culture and have a democratic life. If they have to go back to china it will be the same as Taiwan have to go 50 years back in time.\nTaiwan should get more respect from the world, especially from the US. The US can not use a friend when needed and drop him when not needed.\nI wonder how the world would react if Taiwan had a lot of oil. I bet they would treat Taiwan much better. Do you think the US should attack Iraq if Kuwait didn’t have oil? I don’t think so! \nHBJ I’m sorry to say it, but it is all about money and there is a lot of money in China, so the world is not so interested in Taiwan anymore.....sad, but the truth.\nAnyway Taiwan has mine respect.
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I have been in situations where a teacher disliked me; and one time I managed to get a teacher fired.  The only way to deal with it is to bring in the big guns: go over their head in the chain of command and get backing from your parents and fellow students.\nIn your friend's case, things might be a little different because of the cheating.  Most schools have a zero-tolerance policy and whether or not the teacher likes you is meaningless in that situation.
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I'm not a teacher, but my parents both are. To me, it seems to be that once you're a teacher, you never, ever stop being teacher. You can't avoid taking your work home (and I mean emotionally, not just tonnes and tonnes of marking!) and you will run into ex-pupils for eternity! \n\nAlso, there are the classes that are simply unteachable. A friend's mum is also a teacher, in a worse school, and she regularly comes home with broken bones from children throwing chairs etc at her.\n\nHowever, I think what is beginning to become the hardest part of the job for my parents is all the paperwork for things like taking children on a school trip. Also the lack of gratitude that some parents have.
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In China it is teaching, and since there are more people in China than any other country, I would say that teaching is probably the answer. However in the US teachers have lost a lot of respect in the last couple of decades. I have met US teachers that have such poor grammar their students can not understand them.
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I went through a very similar situation and after months of being told by the teacher and the principal that there must be a problem at home, I found out another child was having the same problems mine was.  The other mom and I got together and came up with a plan.  We each got our child to tell us why the other child was having so much trouble.\n\nTurned out there was another child in the class bullying and intimidating ours so badly that there were days they spent all their time huddled under their desks.  \n\nWhile I still could not get the school to admit to a problem, I did find a sympathetic vice principal who allowed my child access to her office at any time he felt he could not handle being in the class anymore.  \n\nIt wasn't the perfect solution but it got us to the end of that school year and I made sure I had some say in what class he went into the next year.  Things improved after that.  \n\nIf you truly are not having discipline problems at home and the only place there really seems to be a problem is at school, then I would be looking very hard at why there is a problem at school.  Don't take the teacher's word for anything...that teacher may very well be the problem.  Talk to other parents and find out if anyone else is going through something similar to what you are.  Make sure your child understands that you know there is a problem and you are doing your best to help.  Let him know he has you on his side.  \n\nGood luck.  Sure would like to know the outcome of this one.
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I've dealt with a lot of mean teachers and I know they can't get fired for that. My Freshman science teacher was mean to only Freshman. Now, whenever she sees me, she's always extremely nice. Some teachers are just mean because they don't like their jobs. Nonetheless, if your teacher wasn't teaching properly or was beating the kids, that would be a good ticket out of there. But just "being mean" could be a  matter of perspective and I don't think there's anything you can do.
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Sainsburys is a good starting point, as they get a lot of customers. But a small ad in the local paper can help, too. Check out tutoring companies as they get a lot of requests for such things. \n\nHere in Torquay there are a lot of language schools. Their main function is to take the kids of wealthy Europeans and teach them English - but if there are language schools in your area get in touch with them (try your Yellow Pages)\n\nTry these web-sites too\n\nwww.talklanguages.net\n/www.fleet-tutors.co.uk\n\nYou could also make a 'myspace' or Yaho 360 site about teaching chinese and have people contact you from that.\nThe more varied your approach the more likely you are to find ways that work.\n\nYou could start with teaching me Mandarin???>>>\n\n                                   ;-)
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I started teaching in China ten years ago, everywhere from BeiDa all the way down to rural schoolhouses.\nUnfortunately there are very few schools left in China, only businesses pretending to be schools.\nStill, if you want more info check out http://teflchina.org/ for the most comprehensive site on the subject.
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Hi,\n\nSome good responses, my thinking goes very much along the lines of private.online.\n\n- You need to remain calm and be polite, then if the student is rude in return you can say you are treating them respectfully and expect the same. If not, then you see no reason to continue the discussion at that time (eg. they may have to stay in at lunch or after school to continue the discussion - usually this get them to be more agreeable).\n- When something isnt right deal with it, that way eventually students will understand everything has a consequence and they then make the choice of doing the right thing or wrong thing (not you by looking away).\n- Not saying why is a very good point - doesnt matter why they did it, as it was obviously wrong (I often catch myself sometimes half asking why).\n- Talk over incidents with other staff to gauge if the student has issues (and how they handle it - studnets generally ahve a good repore with at least one teacher, so find that person) or just a bad day. If it is issues then by all means approach the parents, and when they say thats not their child you can mention its not isolated to you. But above all, reinforce you are trying to help and stop the behaviour not punish the child.\n- Lastly, make an effort to get to know the child and be positive with them. I had a student who can be a problem and yet he generally behaves becuase I took the time to talk through his issues so he feel I treat him fairly (his words) . Whereas, for some other teachers he lets loose becuase he feels they focus on him not his behaviour so he gives them that behaviour (or in his eyes what they expect based on his perception of how they treat him).\n\nLastly, for me personally I dont confront a student in class or deal with it in front of the whole class - if you do thats the best way to get a stand off. The student doesnt want to lose face and then the last thing they care about is resolving the issue.  Better to take them aside, or move them and deal with it as soon as you can - but if they wont allow this them remove them and when their parents ask why you can say they made the choice to be removed not you, by refusing the other options.
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Yeah, its hard to understand what the teacher is saying when their accents are so thick. And then whats the point of me being there when I can't understand what he/she is saying even when they're just calling roll?
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This depends a lot on the people involved. If you look at older Taiwanese politicians, they might convert to Japanese (the Japanese had control over Taiwan for 50 years, and Japanese was the only language taught in schools during that time). But when you have younger people, they might want to talk in English rather that any of their own mother tongues. My Taiwanese friend explained it once, saying it's either a show of respect for the other person - you don't want to put the other one at a disadvantage by using your own language and the other one being the only one to convert to a different one. Or it can be a clever ploy to put the other person ill at ease when it is known that one of the two people involved can't speak English as well. \nFor the record, Japanese is a very popular language among Chinese speakers, and when the two nationalities meet in a cordial, relaxing way (like tourists) the Chinese speaker might want to convert to Japanese to practice his/her own Japanese skills. That I've seen plenty of times, living in Taiwan.
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Kim, I teach at a public university and I am very demanding of my teacher education students.  It's not meanness, it's not evil intent; instead, we just want them to work as hard as they are able, to soak up as much as they can, in preparation for life.  You see, you are about to go into the big-bad world in a couple of years -- wouldn't you rather apply yourself now so you will have success then?  \n\nMy students know I am hard.  They have commented, and I readily acknowledge, that I am the toughest of all the teachers.  However, that said, they say how much more prepared they will be when they leave due to this high level of expectations.  Instead of thinking the teachers are out to get you, couldn't you think they are just trying to get you as prepared as possible?  And be grateful?  If they aren't going to push you, who will?\n\nGood luck -- and I hope it makes sense to you!
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Well, I tutored Korean/Taiwanese/Japanese students at my university before but since they know a little English it might be a different experience than you. There are several methods you could try in tutoring English. I'm not sure what your question is. Are you looking for different teaching methods or do you need help with your Korean skills. I'll tell you one good method: You find a picture with no text and you ask the student to tell a story about what's going on in the picture.
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I know that you're in a very bad predicament but think about it this way the best way to deal with this is to face it head on.  You have tried to apologize for what you did with your teacher but it's plain simple that you have to face the consequences of what you did.  You have to realize that this is not the end of the world for you.  We all thrive to reach perfection but there's a lot of obstacles that will be thrown our way.  This is just one of the challenges that you will face in your life.  So if you give up now how will you deal with the bigger challenges that will be thrown at you in the future?  This is nothing compared to what you will be facing in the future so keep your head up and bounce back from this mistake.
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Your training should have  covered  most of  that--how  about talking  with  other, older  teachers  and  maybe  they will  share  their personal  pearls of  wisdom.\n\nBUT , as  an educator, it is  also  your  responsibility to LISTEN to  what  the  students say,  no matter how  far- fetched it may be.Get  to  know  your  students and  gain their  trust-you  may be the first one  to notice continuing abuse  or  neglect of the lil  ones !