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Topic	I'm an English teacher, and I think my co-teacher can't read.
_____Cait 05/11/21 10:13:58 AM #34:	darkmaian23 posted... The only way that make sense is if the other teacher is trying to cut the students some slack. Which is the wrong thing to do if the students need to take a very strict test where this kind of nonsense won't get a passing grade. It has been a long time since I studied English in college (even then, it was just a couple of classes) but there is no way this is correct--or if it is somehow correct under arcane grammar rules--correct in the sense that anyone would write this way. One thing that bothers me is the fact that your boss isn't a native English speaker. I've heard that office politics in Asian countries is even more brutal than what we have here, so I'd be a little concerned that maybe your coworker is trying to build the case that you don't know English well to gain favor with the boss or even to maybe get you fired. I'd worry about this even more if the coworker is new and you've been there for a while. If you're under pressure to help the students save face and not grade them too harshly, give it a passing mark but explain what she should have done instead. But that only holds if most of the students are writing things like that. If most of the class is doing better and this student doesn't merit special consideration, then mark it wrong and correct her. Boss is actually a sort of prodigy and is entirely self-taught, although not perfect. She is very capable though, and Im sure she could spot the mistake. I do wonder if the coworker is trying to gaslight me and win favor. She has done this many, many times before, saying her mistakes are technically correct. I remember once, when she found out I was certified, she tried to convince me that my certification was the wrong type, as if it were for teaching English to people living in America. Ive caught her trying to manipulate others too. But I could also be overthinking this, and she just might be a narcissist who just doesn't like feeling inadequate. Either way, our students are private and pay a lot of money for these classes, so Id be worried their parents would see these journals and complain. It has happened before, too. --- ORAS secret base: https://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236 <cite>_____Cait posted [p:953787137] in I'm an Eng... [t:79453173]...</cite> <quote>darkmaian23 posted... </cite> <quote>The only way that make sense is if the other teacher is trying to cut the students some slack. Which is the wrong thing to do if the students need to take a very strict test where this kind of nonsense won't get a passing grade. It has been a long time since I studied English in college (even then, it was just a couple of classes) but there is no way this is correct--or if it is somehow correct under arcane grammar rules--correct in the sense that anyone would write this way. One thing that bothers me is the fact that your boss isn't a native English speaker. I've heard that office politics in Asian countries is even more brutal than what we have here, so I'd be a little concerned that maybe your coworker is trying to build the case that you don't know English well to gain favor with the boss or even to maybe get you fired. I'd worry about this even more if the coworker is new and you've been there for a while. If you're under pressure to help the students save face and not grade them too harshly, give it a passing mark but explain what she should have done instead. But that only holds if most of the students are writing things like that. If most of the class is doing better and this student doesn't merit special consideration, then mark it wrong and correct her.</quote> Boss is actually a sort of prodigy and is entirely self-taught, although not perfect. She is very capable though, and Im sure she could spot the mistake. I do wonder if the coworker is trying to gaslight me and win favor. She has done this many, many times before, saying her mistakes are technically correct. I remember once, when she found out I was certified, she tried to convince me that my certification was the wrong type, as if it were for teaching English to people living in America. Ive caught her trying to manipulate others too. But I could also be overthinking this, and she just might be a narcissist who just doesn't like feeling inadequate. Either way, our students are private and pay a lot of money for these classes, so Id be worried their parents would see these journals and complain. It has happened before, too. --- ORAS secret base: https://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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