Pupils notice what you wear.
Dec. 9th, 2006 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_vultureAt other schools, I've caught grief from pupils for wearing my favourite shirt twice a week. I've also caught grief for having stains or sweat patches. Jokes have been made about my style of hair.
This school is different, though. For sometime, my shoes have been riding the very bitter edge of absolute failure, with the sides beginning to split out. The nearest mention of them by pupils, however, was when I finally was able to purchase new ones ("Hey Sir, you got you new shoes!"). Instead of making jokes about my trousers becoming all loose and baggy to the point that they are beginning to resemble those of a clown, I get words to the effect of "Hey Sir, have you lost weight?"
Could it be that the pupils at this school simply have a higher level of respect for staff in general or me in particular? Quite possibly - I'm finding that I am having a MUCH easier time teaching full time English at this school (to the point that I actually enjoy it at (many) points). But I think that the economic background of this school's catchment area also has something to do with it. These are NOT the spoiled rotten kids of other areas I work with. I do NOT see every third or fourth child wandering around with a Sony PSP. Most of these kids have had to make do with what they have. Whatever other failings they may possess, they are NOT about to knock someone for showing the same level of financial lacking that they have been, or still are, in.
This school is different, though. For sometime, my shoes have been riding the very bitter edge of absolute failure, with the sides beginning to split out. The nearest mention of them by pupils, however, was when I finally was able to purchase new ones ("Hey Sir, you got you new shoes!"). Instead of making jokes about my trousers becoming all loose and baggy to the point that they are beginning to resemble those of a clown, I get words to the effect of "Hey Sir, have you lost weight?"
Could it be that the pupils at this school simply have a higher level of respect for staff in general or me in particular? Quite possibly - I'm finding that I am having a MUCH easier time teaching full time English at this school (to the point that I actually enjoy it at (many) points). But I think that the economic background of this school's catchment area also has something to do with it. These are NOT the spoiled rotten kids of other areas I work with. I do NOT see every third or fourth child wandering around with a Sony PSP. Most of these kids have had to make do with what they have. Whatever other failings they may possess, they are NOT about to knock someone for showing the same level of financial lacking that they have been, or still are, in.
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Date: 2006-12-09 10:31 am (UTC)Hope the attitude of them continues and that you keep enjoying teaching them!
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Date: 2006-12-10 01:01 am (UTC)Me: You're going to fly to Europe to beat up some kids half your age?
Kevin: Damn right!
LOL. Anyway, that is nice that the kids at your current school are so much nicer. I am glad. (And so is Kevin). :)
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Date: 2006-12-10 08:31 pm (UTC)