My Journey to South Korea and the Joys of Teaching Abroad

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Why, Teacher?! Why?!

I have a student, Rob, and I absolutely want to strangle the life from his body.

He is rude, arrogant, and a total slacker: all of the qualities for which I have absolutely no tolerance.

I will say this for the kid, however; he raises a valid point. Every time I tell him to do anything or give him direct instruction of any kind, he cries out in agony:

“Why, Teacher?! Whhhhyyyyy!?”

Good question, kid. As a matter of fact, I tell him, people have been asking that very same question since the dawn of time with no satisfactory answer. The only remotely compelling answer that I have for you is-

“Because I say so.”

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