This semester....SUCKS!

ALRIGHTY.... ITS MID-SEMESTER HERE AT USU AND IT STARTED GREAT! I HAD ESL CLASSES (WHICH SERVED AS A CHANGE) AND A GRAMMAR COURSE. I HAD MOSTLY NEW PEERS IN CLASS AND I HAD SET MY TWO JOBS UP CORRESPONDING WITH THE BEST TIME TO WORK, THE WEEKEND. I GOT ROUGHLY 30-35 HOURS A WEEK, ONLY HAD 16 CREDITS, AND I EVEN DECIDED NOT TO PLAY RUGBY. SOMEHOW, ALONG THE PATH, I GOT SCREWED YET AGAIN.

THE ULTIMATE "SCREWER" WAS A PROFESSOR BY THE NAME OF DR. ORTIZ. HE'S FROM CHILE, SPEAKS 3 LANGUAGES, HAS EXPERIENCE AS AN ESL TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND REALLY CAN TALK ABOUT THE SUBJECT FOR HOURS... JUST GET HIM STARTED. I HAVE TWO NIGHT CLASSES WITH HIM (4:30-7:20) AND HIS FORM OF "TEACHING" GOT PRETTY BORING QUICKLY. HE STARTS EVERY CLASS WITH THE STATISTICS IN IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, THEN CONTINUES TO TELL ALL THE STUDENTS THAT 85% OF US WILL NOT TEACH ESL, BUT ARE ONLY GET ENDORSED TO HAVE A BETTER LOOKING RESUME. THIS IS JUST THE HONEST TRUTH, MOST STUDENTS WILL TEACH IN SUBURBAN SCHOOLS AND WONT SEE ANY TYPE OF CLASS BESIDE WHITE AND MIDDLE CLASS. BUT WHY DOES HE HAVE TO DEGRADE EVERYONE'S PURPOSE FOR TAKING THE CLASS??? ESL PROMOTES AN "EDUCATIONAL PARENT" FIGURE FOR TEACHERS... WHAT PARENT SAYS YOU SUCK TO THEIR CHILD?

SO SINCE ALL EDUCATION PROFESSOR ACTUALLY SUCK AT TEACHING FOR BOTH OF MY CLASSES I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROJECTS, REQUIREMENTS, AND DUE DATES. DOUBLE THE LOAD FOR WHAT SHOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES, BUT DR. ORTIZ HAS SIMPLY LUMPED THEM TOGETHER. WHILE PREPARING FOR MY SECOND PRESENTATION IN CLASS A, I DECIDED TO CHANGE THINGS UP AND STEER CLEAR OF THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION. I CREATED A GAME IN WHICH THE STUDENTS WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I TRIED TO CREATE TO SPUR SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION. AFTER BEGINNING THE CLASS BY GIVING THE STATS, AND THEN TELLING US WE ONLY WANTED A GOOD RESUME I BEGAN MY PRESENTATION AND IT WENT FINE... STUDENTS WERE DISCUSSING THE QUESTIONS AND CLARIFYING ANY CONFUSIONS THEY HAD WITH THE TEXT. UNFORTUNATELY DR. ORTIZ DOESN'T LIKE CREATIVITY SO HE PROCEEDED TO INTERRUPT MY PRESENTATION AND ASK IF I HAD DONE A CRITICAL READING OF THE CHAPTER. I SAID SOME QUESTION ARE BASED ON VOCABULARY, THEORIES, AND SO FORTH BUT THERE WERE INDEED QUESTION THAT CRITICALLY LOOKED AT THE READING. UNFORTUNATELY HE CONTINUED TO TELL EVERYONE THAT YOU NEED TO PRESENT WITH ENTHUSIASM, AND COMPLETE A CRITICAL READING OF THE CHAPTERS WHILE CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT ME. I FAILED IN MY PROFESSOR'S EYES AND HE MADE IT APPARENT TO EVERYONE IN CLASS.

I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BITTER, BUT I'LL ADMIT I SHOULDN'T HAVE STRAYED FROM THE COURSE. DR. ORTIZ ONLY LIKES POWER POINT AND WILL NEVER ACCEPT A DIFFERENT FORM OF A PRESENTATION. SADLY I HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION IN CLASS B TONIGHT... AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THAT MAN AGAIN. DON'T WORRY ITS POWER POINT BUT HOPEFULLY I WONT FAIL YET AGAIN AND HAVE IT ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE!!!!