11 types of teachers that even the most patient student will run away from

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

"Critic", "perfection itself", "time killer" and other types of teachers who are unlikely to help you in learning.

Wood grouse

This teacher does not speak, does not tell, does not discuss - he is broadcasting. Such a person is not interested in whether the student understood the topic of the previous lesson and whether he managed to do his homework with high quality. Through the constant internal and external monologue, the “capercaillie” does not hear the needs of his student. It is not surprising that sooner or later he will find a more attentive listener. And - will make a sharp leap towards learning success.

Go-there-don't-know-where

If a student in the first lesson shares his concern that in a month he will have a business trip abroad, and English is not at its best, then “go-there-don't-know-where” will get the Talmud in English grammar in three volumes - for one must start with the basics. And for those who do not understand the difference between Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous, he will advise to tackle the pronunciation more tightly, otherwise continuous does not sound expressive enough.

The student will get tired of shooting at the wrong targets (and what a sin to hide - paying for classes that are ineffective for him) and will run away to the teacher with a better adjusted aim and readiness to solve urgent problems.

Firestarter

For such a teacher, there are only two points of view: the wrong one and his own. He in every possible way emphasizes his superiority in the learning process, finds fault with trifles and carefully focuses attention on them, presses with authority and quickly discourages the desire to learn. It seems that the student has no specific complaints, and he wants to attend classes less and less …

Kicker

Uncle Fedor, you are holding the textbook on the wrong side. And you write letters crookedly, and their size differs by a millimeter, and you take breath in the wrong place of the phrase, and you write in the dictionary with the wrong colored pens, and the pauses between sentences are too long, and you chose the wrong book for independent reading. For such a teacher, external attributes are more important (“I did everything right”) than the result and motivation of the student, and the self-esteem of the object of attack does not really bother the “critic”. And who is easy now?..

Whiner

Not only the student, but also the husband, mother, even neighbors will quickly run away from such a teacher. He constantly complains about low wages, high taxes, unaffordable prices, inconvenient work schedule, bad weather, traffic jams, modern medicine, falling dollar exchange rate, lack of discounts on buckwheat in the nearest store … You can continue indefinitely.

If the fantasy, which the "whiner" includes when listing his troubles, were directed into the peaceful channel of preparation for classes, then he would definitely have less reasons for complaints. But this is unlikely. Rather, on the contrary: the next student will run away - and become a new "information lead".

Time killer

With this teacher, everything is clear: he is an optimist - so much so that he can never calculate the time correctly, and the student is forced to wait time after time for the beginning of the lesson, then fit into the remaining time and, in turn, be late for meetings. In especially difficult cases, the time killer is also forgetful: then he will not always appear in class at all. Time is money? No, I haven't.

I do not understand you

No matter how experienced and qualified the teacher is, the student will run away if he does not understand his explanation. Just think, I didn't understand the difference between little and few, and then - between [e] and [æ]! But when there are too many such “did not understand”, even the most humble and unassuming student will suspect that the problem is not in him. Further it is clear …

Grandmother at the entrance

“You’re such a fine fellow! You put the stress correctly, you are not mistaken in the endings. Not like Vasya Pupkin. He still hasn't learned the alphabet, and he also has acne, a wrong bite and a tasteless carpet on the wall."

It's good if the “grandmother at the entrance” takes apart only others by the bones, and is not interested in how much the oil dad earns and for whom the student voted in the last elections … Then you involuntarily turn to a beautician, dentist, interior designer - and a new teacher.

Academician

This teacher has already seen everything. All possible mistakes. All probable successes. All conceivable constructions with the verb to be. He is bored in the lesson himself, and there is no hope that the student will be more fun.

Employment itself

In class, this teacher does anything but his job: talking on a mobile phone, scribbling SMS, surfing the Internet, sitting on social networks, writing a love story, studying the trajectory of a fly on glass. Or he really solves an important problem, is busy with something useful - just not for the student.

Talker

This teacher loves life stories and talk for life. At first, a student and is glad to hear the story of how a friend of the cousin's cousin "talker" entered Oxford (successfully!). But then he gets tired of hearing about downshifting "talker" in Phuket or the choice of children's furniture.

How to choose a good teacher

If you have doubts that you have found the right teacher, then before drawing conclusions, answer yourself to these questions:

• Do I feel my progress after several months of tutoring?
• Do I feel judged when I make mistakes in class?
• Can I apply in everyday life the knowledge that I get during classes?
• Does my teacher use new technologies throughout the lesson? Like a YouTube video?
• Do I have something in common with the teacher?

If you cannot find an answer to many of the questions from the list, or you don’t like the answer, then you should definitely think about changing the teacher!