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Fun with education classes..

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Dec 25, 2014

I had to give my opinion on the hardest part of dealing with cultural differences in a class and explain why we said what we did; fine :). I said the hardest issue is knowing where to draw the line between "cultural differences" vs. unacceptable behavior.

Examples: I support religious freedom! But does that mean I have to accept that in Saudi Arabia women can't even drive because "that is the religious rule in that culture"? No. Some laws are unacceptable. And I'm with Bill Mahr and Sam Harris, too :).. people in free societies should speak up against human rights abuses in Muslim countries that are committed in the name of Islam; that doesn't make us anti- Muslim.

I am getting certified to teach Spanish; I learned Spanish by teaching abroad. But jobs are unprofessional, so I gave up that career.

To get a job in Latin America you need to: graduate from college

sink 3 grand into a teaching certificate for ESL

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or maybe ... I suspect that the reason you did not do well on that assignment had more to do with the fact that your examples were not classroom based examples, which is what the question was asking -- what is the hardest thing to deal with around cultural differences in a CLASSROOM. Neither of your "examples" have anything to do with cultural differe...See More

Jan 3, 2015

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Nope.. The assignment wasn't "in the classroom"; it was in general. 90&37; of people said "Accepting that my culture isn't the only valid one". On 12/25/14, me :) wrote: > I had to give my opinion on the hardest part of dealing > with cultural differences in a class and explain why we > said what we did; fine :). I said th...See MoreThe assignment wasn't "in the classroom"; it was in general. 90&37; of people said "Accepting that my culture isn't the only valid one". On 12/25/14, me :) wrote: > I had to give my opinion on the hardest part of dealing > with cultural differences in a class and explain why we > said what we did; fine :). I said the hardest issue is > knowing where to draw the line between "cultural > differences" vs. unacceptable behavior. > > Examples: > I support religious freedom! But does that mean I have to > accept that in Saudi Arabia women can't even drive > because "that is the religious rule in that culture"? No. > Some laws are unacceptable. And I'm with Bill Mahr and > Sam Harris, too :).. people in free societies should > speak up against human rights abuses in Muslim countries > that are committed in the name of Islam; that doesn't > make us anti- Muslim. > > I am getting certified to teach Spanish; I learned > Spanish by teaching abroad. But jobs are unprofessional, > so I gave up that career. > > To get a job in Latin America you need to: > graduate from college > > sink 3 grand into a teaching certificate for ESL > > get a short term visa for your country of choice (so you > can get hired) > > fly to your city of choice > > job hunt plus get yourself settled--i.e. find a place to > live > > once you are hired, get a long term visa--completely at > your expense > > file and pay taxes > > This is the only way you can get a job; almost no schools > will hire foreigners not living in their local area. And > these jobs pay FOUR up to (maybe..if you have an MA and > experience) 15 dollars an hour! AND most visas are not > actual work visas that give us the full legal working > rights in the country--i.e. we don't work legally. > > That's not okay because "that's how that culture works"; > it is stupid and dangerous to just move to a city in > Latin America knowing no one and just start job hunting, > and due to this system teachers are guaranteed to lose > thousands of thousands by "working abroad"-- if they can > even find a job. I think Americans (and other native > English speakers) are almost equally at fault for the way > this system has evolved; we are willing to just move half > way across the world to just job hunt and then take > literally any job offered to us. So why should schools > hire from abroad, pay for visas or pay us a fair wage if > they can just rely on gringos to come a knocking monthly. > > Guess what? I hate all Muslims and I am incapable of > accepting that he Hispanic culture isn't just like my > culture. Cool, huh :)? > > This is 100 yypical of the nonsense (to say it nicely..it > is Christmas, after all :)) of education classes.

Jan 4, 2015

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Education classes.. We don't learn how to actually plan..we spend whole weekend writing a plan for one day in our class in a way that pleases x teacher; y teacher will demand a totally different plan. It doesn't matter if the plan would actually be usable..we just have to fill in 8 pages of boxes describing everything from what technology we'd use to why this lesson &...See MoreWe don't learn how to actually plan..we spend whole weekend writing a plan for one day in our class in a way that pleases x teacher; y teacher will demand a totally different plan. It doesn't matter if the plan would actually be usable..we just have to fill in 8 pages of boxes describing everything from what technology we'd use to why this lesson "hits" every one of the multiple intelligences.

We learn that 100&37; of classroom management is caused by bad teaching; engage the kids and the issues will automatically go away.

We don't learn anything about how to create grading systems that work, how to organize a classroom, what to do if half the class fails a test or what to do if parents are against our teaching methods.

And we wonder why we can't recruit or retain talented teachers!

On 1/04/15, Nope.. wrote: > The assignment wasn't "in the classroom"; it was in > general. 90&37; of people said "Accepting that my culture > isn't the only valid one". On 12/25/14, me :) wrote: >> I had to give my opinion on the hardest part of dealing >> with cultural differences in a class and explain why we >> said what we did; fine :). I said the hardest issue is >> knowing where to draw the line between "cultural >> differences" vs. unacceptable behavior. >> >> Examples: >> I support religious freedom! But does that mean I have to >> accept that in Saudi Arabia women can't even drive >> because "that is the religious rule in that culture"? No. >> Some laws are unacceptable. And I'm with Bill Mahr and >> Sam Harris, too :).. people in free societies should >> speak up against human rights abuses in Muslim countries >> that are committed in the name of Islam; that doesn't >> make us anti- Muslim. >> >> I am getting certified to teach Spanish; I learned >> Spanish by teaching abroad. But jobs are unprofessional, >> so I gave up that career. >> >> To get a job in Latin America you need to: >> graduate from college >> >> sink 3 grand into a teaching certificate for ESL >> >> get a short term visa for your country of choice (so you >> can get hired) >> >> fly to your city of choice >> >> job hunt plus get yourself settled--i.e. find a place to >> live >> >> once you are hired, get a long term visa--completely at >> your expense >> >> file and pay taxes >> >> This is the only way you can get a job; almost no schools >> will hire foreigners not living in their local area. And >> these jobs pay FOUR up to (maybe..if you have an MA and >> experience) 15 dollars an hour! AND most visas are not >> actual work visas that give us the full legal working >> rights in the country--i.e. we don't work legally. >> >> That's not okay because "that's how that culture works"; >> it is stupid and dangerous to just move to a city in >> Latin America knowing no one and just start job hunting, >> and due to this system teachers are guaranteed to lose >> thousands of thousands by "working abroad"-- if they can >> even find a job. I think Americans (and other native >> English speakers) are almost equally at fault for the way >> this system has evolved; we are willing to just move half >> way across the world to just job hunt and then take >> literally any job offered to us. So why should schools >> hire from abroad, pay for visas or pay us a fair wage if >> they can just rely on gringos to come a knocking monthly. >> >> Guess what? I hate all Muslims and I am incapable of >> accepting that he Hispanic culture isn't just like my >> culture. Cool, huh :)? >> >> This is 100 yypical of the nonsense (to say it nicely..it >> is Christmas, after all :)) of education classes.

Jan 4, 2015

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