[Closed] What's annoying you currently? II

Oh, nice try Thomas!

I know that a true random shuffle means that tracks on iTunes are just as likely to be played again soon after they were first played (equally spaced out would not be random), but with 15,000+ tracks to choose from I would have hoped for a bit more variety than what I am getting.

Same here. It's annoying.

honestly, this guy doesn't stop remaking and Hollywood doesn't stop rebooting, where is it gonna end?

Wiseman rebooting The Mummy

Hope for him it's not another Total Recall fiasco

I have absolutely no idea where I should share this, but this is the closest I can get.

For the last week, I've been in a school praxis in relation to my pedagogy studies. I'm teaching 1st graders in high school (16-year-olds) - in English. The other two students in my group (two girls) have broken down completely. One on Thursday, the other today. They've cried and threatened to quit the study altogether. At this point, I'm almost the last man standing.

Yes, it's been a very tough week. Fortunately for me, I could surf on my experience from the university, but the others have basically succumbed to the whims of present-day teenagers. They're sitting behind huge computers, they're on facebook, they're noisy, they don't care about anything unless you're entertaining as a teacher.

Wow.

Today, I've relaxed with friend and quite a few beers, but it takes its toll.

Man, I'm looking forward to Ghent next week, just to get away from it all.

Rant over.

Honey welcome to my world! I've been a teacher to teenagers (and other ages as well) for 11 years now and I understand completely. Despite what many people think it takes a lot of patience and determination(I think the phrase is "a huge pair of balls", but being a lady I cannot use it of course) to do what we do and cope with it. So, breathe, smile and remain calm. The trick is to make them understand that the calmer you get the worse trouble they are in.
And Thor... do take care of yourself. Remember that we want you around.

Taught for three years and hated it. Children not giving a fuck for nothing but weed and junk music. Never again.

I also need a break from work, so I'm looking forward to Ghent as well!

About the teaching: while I am a teacher I have no experience with 16-year-olds at all!
(I will next year, when my teaching practice starts first grade)

I teach 12-13 year-olds, that is much different, they still have a bit of motivation left and can be very enthusiastic. Not all of them though...

Thor, how old are your co-students? Because over 90% quits when they first have to teach, especially when the students are young. Many teachers I know first started at age 19 or 21, then quit, then had different jobs, and returned to education as an experineced adult and then it worked. It's not nice, but it's a fact that many quit. What's worse is that the horror-experience of teaching will be remembered, so the chance of trying again is not too big.

About teenagers, well, they're supposed to be like that. Of course, they shouldn't be disrespectful, that's why you are needed as a teacher, to teach them that! But it's a psychological thing at their age that they revolt to their parents and their teachers, to everyone who's trying to educate them. If you accept that as a natural phase in their development, then it's easier to deal with.

Don't take it personally. They want you to be teacher, not a friend. They want to be told what to do and what not, even though they say the opposite. That's how it works.

I often compare teachers with policemen. We always complain about police this, police that, oh no, not another ticket, etc. But we want them to do that right? We complain but we still want them to do their job. When you get a ticket and say 'ah please no ticket' and the ofiicer says 'OK', we feel lucky the first time, but the next time we think, hey, why are you not doing your job? And when we see no one gets tickets anymore, we think 'crap! it's chaos! Officers, please give tickets, do something, because it's getting out of hand'.

Exactly the same with teenagers. They complain about parents and teachers, but they so need it: that you are clear, consistent, reliable and in the classroom: that everything is in order.

Oh most important of all: they are not assholes, it's all an attitude. They seem not to care about anything, but of course they care about many many things. They are still humans, with friends and family and passions like music, sports, biking, whatever it is. They do care, really!

Well, the need for order and the need to complain about the one keeping order doesn't change with age. That's what my police example shows as well I guess?

By the way, it seems that a group of teachers is the most horrible group to teach or lead or whatever. They are so annoying, which I find weird, because they should know what it feels like!?

I sent you a pm plus an email but never got a response from you. I had no idea where this place was as you guessed correctly that I'm not into pubs. I've now moved back to Minnesota for several reasons one of which is the disability friendliness of my new apartment as well as my father. I guess the cold weather climate is just the Norwegian in me!
Tom

Really? I never got any PMs or mails. Seems like we had a communicative collapse here -- on both ends.

Oh well. I hope you've settled in Minnesota (lots of Norwegian roots there) and best wishes on your continued recovery!

$6000!!

I sometimes consider selling my collection to SAE. But as s&h is not paid for by them for overseas shipping I dread to think how much it would cost to send everything over. I wonder if I would come out even?