The Taiwanese Don't Teach Manners

Yes, it's true. The Taiwanese don't teach manners.

I am specifically choosing Taiwanese here, because I don't teach Chinese students and I don't know about them. Also, my students are Taiwanese, that is the label they go by.

Anyway, my classes have taken a turn for the worse. Now, they are really starting to grind on my nerves and piss me off.

Last week, I punished a class with a test which covered material they wouldn't let me teach. Needless to say, almost all of them lost that 8 points on the test. I don't want to be a hardass, but it has come to that. Also in the same class, which is supposed to be the best in the elementary, they are so rude. I have been called fat, been poked like a dough boy, and had my neck pulled on. So, I lost it last Friday with that class. I told them they were the rudest kids I had ever met and they were terrible. And I finished with, "You are the reason I don't want to be here." They tried to apologize, but I could care less at this point with them.

In another class, which was going well until last week, bad language has become an issue. I paired them up randomly, honestly I had no control over who was with who. When I called out one pair, I got a "F**K" from the back of the room and from a girl no less. So I told her to write 10 sentences about why not to use bad language in class, which was met with a "F**K You". Oh, well....

Things are changing in my one class that does the English Chant. I have control over most of them. I have yet to bring in shoe polish for my shoes, but that threat is always there.

Maybe it is time to teach some manners and respect..... OR maybe it is my Hoosier spirit that feels these kids are out there...