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[Unkotare]

Wow. Standardized testing again (again!) today. One student showed up an hour and a half late, didn't have his laptop, and fell asleep at least 5 times during the test. Each test room was assigned two proctors, at least one person from my department in each room to facilitate communication where needed. Boy, was it needed! I had never met this particular student before. A nice young man, but extremely "emerging" in his English language skills. Some a-hole in some ivy tower decided a few years ago that saying "beginner" or "low level" might hurt someone's feelings (it never did), so we tend to say things like "emerging." Many people unfamiliar with language acquisition tend to say things like "zero English," or "doesn't speak a word" but that is just inaccurate. Anyway, the bottom line is that this young man did not speak one word of English to me the entire time he was there. Doesn't mean he can't, but he didn't. This does not bode well for his results on the test.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Wow. Standardized testing again (again!) today. One student showed up an hour and a half late, didn't have his laptop, and fell asleep at least 5 times during the test. Each test room was assigned two proctors, at least one person from my department in each room to facilitate communication where needed. Boy, was it needed! I had never met this particular student before. A nice young man, but extremely "emerging" in his English language skills. Some a-hole in some ivy tower decided a few years ago that saying "beginner" or "low level" might hurt someone's feelings (it never did), so we tend to say things like "emerging." Many people unfamiliar with language acquisition tend to say things like "zero English," or "doesn't speak a word" but that is just inaccurate. Anyway, the bottom line is that this young man did not speak one word of English to me the entire time he was there. Doesn't mean he can't, but he didn't. This does not bode well for his results on the test.

I am sure he will be a future Democrat Politican.

 

[rightwinger]

Wow. Standardized testing again (again!) today. One student showed up an hour and a half late, didn't have his laptop, and fell asleep at least 5 times during the test. Each test room was assigned two proctors, at least one person from my department in each room to facilitate communication where needed. Boy, was it needed! I had never met this particular student before. A nice young man, but extremely "emerging" in his English language skills. Some a-hole in some ivy tower decided a few years ago that saying "beginner" or "low level" might hurt someone's feelings (it never did), so we tend to say things like "emerging." Many people unfamiliar with language acquisition tend to say things like "zero English," or "doesn't speak a word" but that is just inaccurate. Anyway, the bottom line is that this young man did not speak one word of English to me the entire time he was there. Doesn't mean he can't, but he didn't. This does not bode well for his results on the test.

Is this test to evaluate him or the school?

I don’t know what you seek to gain by giving a test in a language he does not understand

 

[okfine]

Wow. Standardized testing again (again!) today. One student showed up an hour and a half late, didn't have his laptop, and fell asleep at least 5 times during the test. Each test room was assigned two proctors, at least one person from my department in each room to facilitate communication where needed. Boy, was it needed! I had never met this particular student before. A nice young man, but extremely "emerging" in his English language skills. Some a-hole in some ivy tower decided a few years ago that saying "beginner" or "low level" might hurt someone's feelings (it never did), so we tend to say things like "emerging." Many people unfamiliar with language acquisition tend to say things like "zero English," or "doesn't speak a word" but that is just inaccurate. Anyway, the bottom line is that this young man did not speak one word of English to me the entire time he was there. Doesn't mean he can't, but he didn't. This does not bode well for his results on the test.

Did you bother to ask his name with a welcome?

 

[Unkotare]

I am sure he will be a future Democrat Politican [sic].

I'm not.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Is this test to evaluate him or the school?

I don’t know what you seek to gain by giving a test in a language he does not understand

Then why attend a school in which the courses are in a language you don't understand? They need to accommodate to us, not us to them.

 

[Unkotare]

Did you bother to ask his name with a welcome?

Of course. You think this was my first rodeo?

 

[Unkotare]

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I don’t know what you seek to gain by giving a test in a language he does not understand

It was a test of his English language skills.

 

[Unkotare]

Then why attend a school in which the curses are in a language you don't understand? They need to accommodate to us, not us to them.

"curses"?

 

[okfine]

Of course. You think this was my first rodeo?

Hell if I know.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

"curses"?

Courses*

 

[Unkotare]

Courses*

When do yours start?

 

[Unkotare]

Hell if I know.

Hell if you don't.

 

[okfine]

Hell if you don't.

IMO, you suck as a teacher and as a poster.

You said he didn't say a word to you.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

When do yours start?

I'm sorry, I never realized that I was in the presence of the "God of Grammar".

 

[rightwinger]

It was a test of his English language skills.

Looks like you got your answer

 

[Unkotare]

Looks like you got your answer

Not yet.

 

[Unkotare]

IMO, you suck as a teacher and as a poster.

You said he didn't say a word to you.

No, I said he didn't say one word in English to me.

 

[Unkotare]

I'm sorry, I never realized that I was in the presence of the "God of Grammar".

Yours was not a grammar mistake.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Yours was not a grammar mistake.

Why you're absolutely right. It was a typographical error. It happens from time to time, when one types at a heightened pace...


I can tell from your bitchy nit picking, no one likes you as a teacher.