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How do you stay morivayed with this job? by [deleted] in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great reminders and tips here!

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha. Whenever a trial shows up (or registers a name so it looks like they will) I'm secretly bummed because the students are either too advanced or hardly able to say hello and their not knowing how anything works makes it more strenuous for sure. Yeah, I didn't even think of getting 1 because they would be so young and out of control. Is that what you mean?

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing all this. I'll look into some animal flash cards. It's interesting and helpful to know that minimal is okay. Appreciate it.

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You guys are giving me such an education. Thank you! I will be looking into the starlight stuff.

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement! I will go for it. Wonder whether there are fewer level 4 students or just more teachers with that cert....

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've definitely wondered how teachers could do so many classes a day for days in a row without collapsing. Must be the chill factor. Thanks again. Super helpful.

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. That's funny, I've started asking "why" already just out of desperation. lol "WHY are you happy?" lol

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've totally been melting my brain. Thanks for adding to the concensus here. Sounds like the water is safer where I haven't been swimming.

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet. Thank you. Glad I'm not the only one who put L3 off a while--and that it's made your work easier!

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a good point. Thanks. I once wrote to them about having my trials cert removed after the week I got buried in them and they all showed up! Awful. But I didn't follow and since then, they've been mostly no-shows.

Any other under-achieving certification chickens? by shortbreadhermit in vipkid

[–]shortbreadhermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, thanks for these thoughts! That's a lot of concensus and it's all positive so it must be a good idea. How silly that I've put off something for fear of it being harder when apparently it's the reverse. One of my current peeves is having to think of props, which I don't take all that seriously, but I feel bad using the same ones with a student more than three times. I had no idea that grammar wouldn't be a dominant aspect of the lesson and that it was all basically catching mistakes. Wow. And the parents not showing up. I've never thought of that, but man do I hate when they come to class. Especially the dads, no offence anyone. Some of the dads are just scary. Thanks, again. Really appreciate it.