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shibli:

Many of our students don't know proper etiquette, behavior and conduct towards teachers and the society as a whole. Also, the level of the students' abilities and skills is very poor. Some of them are just studying for the sake of achieving degrees. It is our responsibility to groom them up and teach the importance of education and life skills. Most importantly, we should motivate them and instruct them how to be good human beings.

shibli:

Three. Good teaching is about listening, questioning, being responsive, and remembering that each student and class is different. It's about eliciting responses and developing the oral communication skills of the quiet students. It's about pushing students to excel; at the same time, it's about being human, respecting others, and being professional at all times. (To be continued)

shibli:
Dear all

Can you please suggest me on how i can cope with the stress dealing with difficult students?

Case 1:  Yesterday a student came to me and wanted to sit for mid-term improvement exam without payment whereas the date of improvement has already been over and it's been one month since mid-term was finished. It is to be noted that he missed his mid-term examination without any valid reason.

Case 2: The other day I got an email from an unknown id. saying that I am biased to some students. And for that matter, he or she wants to beat me........

Case 3: I was taking an open book exam and one student requested me to find her the answer from the book. And, she was persuasively arguing that i should help her.

Case 4: I took a quiz and just after completion of it, some students came to me and said that they couldn't attend it due to traffic jam and they were ready to sit for it then and there. They wished to take the quiz sitting in my room if i would allow them.

Case 5: Some good students complained that i am too slow for them because i repeat a lesson to make it understandable to the students again and again while some weak students complained to me why i force them to speak English where no other teacher compels them to do so.

Considering the above situations, please give me some suggestions so that i can get over my frustration and get some ideas from you to instruct my students that benefit them the best way.

rumman:
Dear Shibli Sir: I can share my opinion with you to solve these in the following ways:

For case 1: You can take another midterm exam by completing all official formalities.
For case 2: You can ask to your current semester students for this reason and also ask them to be specific matters.
For case 3: You can say no question will be allowed after given the question for open book exam, except question.  
For case 4: If you have enough time to take the special quiz, you can allow them by giving new question.
For case 5: After taking 3 classes you will be able to know their qualities, then take the classes according to your experience.  

shibli:
I always believe in the idea that teachers should make learning enjoyable and fun for the students. Why?Huh?

First let us take the psychological component of a student. A student will be more receptive, to anything including studies, if the subject matter is presented in an interesting and enjoyable manner. If not there is every likelihood that the student will be unwilling or will reject the matter presented as s/he considers studying a burden on him/her.

My second point is that the present day student faces tremendous amount of distraction such as interesting television programmes, drugs, distractions from opposite sexes and many more. To get the student away from all these and to get him interested in studies there is obviously no other way than to make learning interesting.

The present day students are also pressured with tremendous amount of competition from other students. With this mounting pressure on them coupled with the huge expectation of the parents, it will lighten the burden on the young students with a more acceptable form of presentation that is in an enjoyable and fun manner.

Retention is another factor that should be considered important. Any presentation which is given an interesting or enjoyable manner can be retained well by the students. If the subject matter presented is uninteresting then there is strong likelihood the student will forget the subject matter presented in days or even hours.

When presenting a subject the teacher should create a desire amongst the student to crave for knowledge on the subject and this can certainly be obtained if the subject matter is presented in a fun and enjoyable manner.

It can also be said that the present day communication system is so advanced and these are ample teaching aids and techniques to make teaching fun and enjoyable. So why not utilize the opportunities to the full so that the student at the receiving end can benefit to the full.

Last but not least I wish to say that by making teaching fun and enjoyable the life expectancy of both the students and the teachers can be extended. ha ha ha....Over to the others for comments

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