II. Points for discussion.

1. Is the author serious about the given classification?

2. Is there a grain of truth in the article?

3. Have you ever come across the described teacher types? Which of them is the worst?

4. How would you categorize all teacher types?

5. Is it worth knowing how to manipulate a teacher? Have you ever resorted to such a manipulation?

FUNNY MOMENTS FOR TEACHERS

YOUNG LOVE

I was in charge of a group of stu­dents aged six toseven yearsold. Martin was a sweet blonde boy who every afternoon went to the bus stop with me. When I took the bus, he saidgoodbye and left. In classhe was gentle andagood student, of course. He went for chalks, he looked for a new duster; whatever I need he was always ready to help. One afternoon, we were both walking to the bus stop asusual (he was carrying my books) andI asked him why he didn'tgo home to have tea or just to play with his friends and he replied: "If granny isnot wrong I am falling inlove with you". My God!!!!!!! I didn't know what to say but words came out of my mouth and nervously talked to him about the day I met my husband and how nice it was to be in love. Fortunately the bus came and I had to go. We went on going together to the bus stop but we never mentioned the word "love" again.But three weeks after that, we were going out of school when I left him just out of the door because my husband was there waiting for me. The following classhe brought the chalks and the duster as usual, but beforegoing to his seat he asked me “Miss Annie: Isthat tall man more good-looking than me?”

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THAT LITTLE ВОY AT ONCE! and I will never forget him.

Ana Jacobi

CHEATING

In one of my first teaching jobs, I taught at a school in the South of France as an assistant teacher, try­ing to motivate young pupils and en­courage them to speak. After a few weeks, I tried a role play game, which involved the students buying and sell­ing products from each other, trying to make the most money. I had pre­pared pretend money, things to sell, and they were really enjoying it until one of them decided that another boy was cheating. "Tricheur", he said, and they got into an argument in French. After sorting out the problem, I taught the class a new word, “Cheat”, which they repeated and wrote down in their vocabulary books. The fol­lowing week, a horrified English teacher asked me not to teach the class swear words. I had no idea what she was talking about until she ex­plained that after she caught one of the girls copying from another in the class test, the whole class turned round to her (no doubt trying to im­press their teacher) and said "You are a cheat." Unfortunately, as noisy twelve year old beginners, who can't quite differentiate between "sh" and "ch", the sentence didn't quite come out like that....

Margaret Bell in France

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