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6 yıl önce
I am in need of advice.
I have a problem with one of my students, he is being extremely disrespectful. I do not mean inappropriate. He keeps on making rude remarks in between our lessons and before our lesson he keeps on asking me to help him with interview questions or grammar and so on, but as soon as the lesson starts he says no he will do that in his own time and for the lesson he just wants to "chat".
I really frustrates me as a teacher because I put a lot of hours into my activities and lesson plans for each of my student's individual needs.
I am too scared to adress him because the students have the power to give us reviews and ratings and it can affect our chance to help future students.
I don't know what to do and I would really appreciate some guidance.
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I had a mother of a child student who was quite disrespectful and frankly, odd. She constantly interrupted the lessons and told me that what I was teaching was not proper for her 11 year old boy, who spoke perfect English. At one point, I had the student read a very small, simple, perfectly clean summary of the Greek myth of Echo, and the mother told me that this was inappropriate for a child, and shouted for me to immediately stop that and move to something else. She was also extremely pushy and demanding-- rude-- e.g., when I explained that my schedule was closed because it was my off day and I had a lot of things to do, she asked that I please just interrupt my day off for her, so as to give her child 2 classes. Between classes she also spent a lot of time writing to me, explaining/lecturing me on what makes a good teacher, and what makes a bad teacher, implying that I had no idea what I was doing.

BUT. At the same time, she kept coming back, relentlessly, and telling me I was a great teacher, and that she and her son LOVED me. Talk about psychological torture. It didn't take long before I did what other have suggested, basically: I messaged her and asked her exactly what she wanted for her child. What would make them happy. She responded. I tried my best to comply with this, but she was still rude/interrupting/pushy/condescending. So what I did: I just very politely bowed out of the situation. I explained that I felt as though I wasn't the best fit for her son, that I didn't feel comfortable teaching the student at that point, and that the child would benefit from a different Verbling teacher. I also offered to give her some advice on searching for new teachers. And finally, I explained that my schedule would soon be changing, making our previous class times impossible, so that we couldn't go on any longer (this may or may not have been entirely true). She politely and without friction canceled all classes and bowed out
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Hi Nina. I am a student here on Verbling. Firstly, I think it's good that students can access these chats. The majority of them has no idea about the efforts their teachers place to conduct a lesson. And it's so good that you care.
It seems that the interview questions and grammar are not his real objectives. If I were in his place, I would address my immediate needs. My advice would be to learn from him about the driving force. What stroke him and made him register on Vebling? He might think about a new job but in some distant future. At the moment he might not feel confident enough about his knowledge and wants to master English.
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I would suggest if he wishes to digress from how you wish to dictate the lesson then so be it. Just go with the flow of the conversation and simply ask "Would you like to go back to some grammar now? Or Interview questions now? If he does not wish to do so then at least you have provided him with that opportunity.
In respect to the inappropriate remarks i would address them in the immediate instance.
Maintain your professionalism, remain polite and be assertive. If it continues simply cancel his lessons. I certainly wouldn't be perturbed by one comment of negative feedback when looking for a teacher. Best of Luck.
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Hi Nina, maybe you are too ambitious as a teacher and want to offer the best lesson ever to this student. As a student, I also like to have lessons entirely dedicated to chat freely. I have the basics in the languages I am learning so i study further on my own. With some teachers I like to read small texts or watch a video and with some others just talk and improve my conversation. However I never ask questions outside the time dedicated to lessons. I suggest that the next time, you write to the student that you will treat his specif requests in the first 15 minutes of the next lesson. That leaves 45 minutes for chatting. I hope it will work out for you.
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