Augustina: Good afternoon, how was everyone’s week? Oh, great, I’m glad everybody’s had a blast. Well, today’s topic is how to deal with difficult students. Any ideas, chaps?
Serious Guy: I say fight fire with fire. Otherwise, these bloody brats won't take you seriously, mark my words! I say a student cancels one lesson - you cancel two. They say maybe you are not the best teacher for them, you say - ‘I’ve never taught such a dunderhead like you in my entire life’. They are ten minutes late, you say - ‘sorry chaps, Elizabeth has taken your slots, but maybe next time, maybe next time’;—always one step ahead, remember. You have to keep these sons-of-guns in a tight clutch, otherwise they’ll walk all over you.
Augustina: Thank you Mercury, it was most illuminating, any other ideas? Elinor, your thoughts?
Elinor: Hmm, there is a reason why they are difficult students and the key is through understanding. I believe that understanding is a path to the window of the misunderstood person’s soul.
Augustina: Oh, I liked that you called a difficult student a misunderstood person, that is very humane and psychologically is a very right way to address the issue. What about you, Daisy?
Daisy: Well, I think we should just ask questions and see what he or she resonates with and build the connection from there whether it’s music, psychology or typewriting.
Augustina: Well spotted, Daisy, well spotted. What about you, Bob?
Bob: Hmm, from my experience if a difficult person is being difficult … you stand up, go to the kitchen, make a cup of tea, pour a few drops of liquor in there with a smokey splash of martini and consume it with a cherry pie and mint icing. Then you go back to the class to your apple screen area, where the poor brat is waiting and … viola! the student’s mood has changed, you feel rejuvenated with a brisk pace, fresh mind and soft nerve and the difficulty is turned into a fluffy fairy tale.
Augustina: It’s all very well, but these ten minutes of swag tea-sipping you supposedly put on a student's account? That’s not what our school’s policy is about, I'm afraid. What about you, Georgette? Any thoughts on the matter?
English Via Storytelling 2024 Doggedly Extracted From The Adventurous Midst Of Turquoise Imagination Via Sergey Denisov.
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