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Blessed Bhudday Batbrains...
Nov. 15th, 2010 09:15 pmIn hour 5.75 of a 1 hour tutoring session, babysitting. Good fucking lord. Arrgh. I can't believe this.
EDIT: The student in question is not stupid, but is not detail oriented, and one of the parents is extremely interruptive and detail oriented, and wants to know why everything possible is not being done. The student and the parent are in deep conflict, as failure is a problem for the parent, and emotions run high. This deep conflict leads to screaming matches.
THe student will "moon" or daydream during the work, and a scheduled 1 hour session just kept going. However, quitting would have sent the message that endurance will end the assistance. As well, the parent set the appointment and showed up half an hour late, setting up the dynamic that the tutor's time is not valuable.
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Today I am subbing in Freshman classes, for a teacher who the students have sent crying from the school once this year already. The students feel they are having the upper hand, and pushing hard. The whining level is amazing to me, the tones a 14 year old girl can achieve are amazing, and the amount of injuries presented extreme (paper cuts, scratches, bandaids on fingers, headaches) and requests for medicine (any excuse to leave class) major. As well, some of the
oh lord. I'm trying not to kill any of them, but they really are striving for freedom in the most irritating ways. After the babysitting last night, it's rather frustrating.
EDIT: The student in question is not stupid, but is not detail oriented, and one of the parents is extremely interruptive and detail oriented, and wants to know why everything possible is not being done. The student and the parent are in deep conflict, as failure is a problem for the parent, and emotions run high. This deep conflict leads to screaming matches.
THe student will "moon" or daydream during the work, and a scheduled 1 hour session just kept going. However, quitting would have sent the message that endurance will end the assistance. As well, the parent set the appointment and showed up half an hour late, setting up the dynamic that the tutor's time is not valuable.
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Today I am subbing in Freshman classes, for a teacher who the students have sent crying from the school once this year already. The students feel they are having the upper hand, and pushing hard. The whining level is amazing to me, the tones a 14 year old girl can achieve are amazing, and the amount of injuries presented extreme (paper cuts, scratches, bandaids on fingers, headaches) and requests for medicine (any excuse to leave class) major. As well, some of the
oh lord. I'm trying not to kill any of them, but they really are striving for freedom in the most irritating ways. After the babysitting last night, it's rather frustrating.
