Thirith on 24/5/2013 at 14:14
What level did you teach at, PigLick? I've taught at BA level for ~8 years and always enjoyed it. These courses might be different, because they're compulsory and they're used as gatekeeper courses, i.e. to get rid of the students who aren't up to scratch, so I'm not saying I'll love the teaching, but in my experience I've never had uni classes nearly as frustrating as some of the grammar school classes I've taught.
Yakoob on 24/5/2013 at 14:51
I think I mentioned this before but my sister teaches at her uni while doing a phd and absolutely loves it, even if it is taking a sizable chunk of whatever free time she has. But she also teaches some specific linguistics classes to college students so probably mainly gets people who are genuinely into the topic and interested rather than uninterested brats cause it's a "borig requirement"
demagogue on 24/5/2013 at 15:06
As I've reported before, I was teaching Burmese law students this last year (undergrad level), and we had an English/legal writing course I was teaching for a few months before another teacher took it over & I could concentrate on international law. Needless to say English was a big issue, not least putting together a coherent argument in it. So I have a good idea what you're up against.
I like teaching law because the material itself is inherently interesting, and to really understand it you have to work through hypothetical cases with them, which makes it interactive and fun. But there's still this moral / philosophical / logical / political side to it too. You can talk about how the law actually works in the real world; if it's is doing the right thing; does it make sense; could it be changed or could we have new laws to handle this situation; and how could that happen politically -- which ultimately gets down to very basic values like democracy and consent and rights... I mean I feel like it's getting to teach moral philosophy while being a hardened realist at the same time, which is threading the needle in just the way I find really interesting.
Thirith on 24/5/2013 at 15:20
Quote Posted by demagogue
Needless to say English was a big issue, not least putting together a coherent argument in it. So I have a good idea what you're up against.
To be fair to Swiss students, their English is already fairly good; what they tend to be piss poor at, though, is forming a stringent argument. Many of them seem to think that just because they're in the Humanities there's no requirement whatsoever for them to be coherent and convincing. It's weird that English Studies tends to be one of the only subjects here where people actually learn how to write; in other subjects it's simply expected, although practically no new students know how to do it, so professors and lecturers in those subjects just keep thinking that the students are crap, when in this case it's more that they've never really learnt the basics. I myself would say that I learnt how to write and present an argument because I studied English, and many of my student mates would say the same.
gunsmoke on 24/5/2013 at 16:00
Quote Posted by HelloHello
Wikipedia is your friend man...
And suicide is yours. I swear I heard SubJeff say he was in South Africa in apartheid before. I WAS WRONG. It has nothing to do with research, but post history. We talked about Apartheid in my old District 9 thread for example, and shit, somehow associated him with living around it. At the very least, having more experience with it than someone who wasn't in the continent in the 80's.
And if SubjEff wants to fuck with me about it, he has all the right. I brought his name into it, who the fuck are you? Butt out.
HelloHello on 24/5/2013 at 17:47
[video=youtube;EL8e2ujXe8g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL8e2ujXe8g[/video]
fett on 24/5/2013 at 19:45
HH, quit being a douchehat or go back to 4chan. Enough.
PigLick on 25/5/2013 at 00:21
For the record I teach instrumental music at elementary and high school level.
SubJeff on 25/5/2013 at 08:31
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
We talked about Apartheid in my old District 9 thread for example, and shit, somehow associated him with living around it. At the very least, having more experience with it than someone who wasn't in the continent in the 80's.
And if SubjEff wants to fuck with me about it, he has all the right.
But I never did this :(
I was in Malawi during Apartheid and have family who were living in SA during it. I never went there though - it would have been... problematic.
redleaf on 27/5/2013 at 04:05
Quote Posted by PigLick
For the record I teach instrumental music at elementary and high school level.
Interesting how many musicians you find hanging out here
