The things I've learned today

[starsthatshine]

I've heard school is extremely educational and to demonstrate this, I'm going to make a list of what I've learned today.

1) All the teachers at my school get together and watch Heroes. And apparently everyone loves it - everyone, except my Spanish teacher that is.

2) Bunch of different Swedish authors and poets and their lives.

... I think that's about it. My other lessons were mostly just discussions. But the first bit of news is what I wanted to share with you. I have a school who LOVES Heroes. I'm certain we'd be able to watch an episode in English class for Shannon (English teacher - apparently other countries don't call their teachers by their first name - do you?) because he likes that kind of stuff and I remember when he asked me if I had downloaded any episodes because he'd missed a few when he was in Ghana.

... I need more season one icons uploaded.

Comments

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

lol. I'd die if I didn't know my teacher's first name. Seriously. It's like the first thing you say in Sweden: "Hi everyone. I'm Lars and I'm blablabla". Although I can imagine not knowing your teacher's name can be quite... exciting, to try to figure it out and so forth. But still... I think that knowing your teacher's first name is very important to create a harmonious atmosphere in which everyone can feel comfortable. Because if they call you by your first name, then you should be allowed to do the same. Also, I think for some students, seeing a teacher as an individual rather than an object improves their learning because then the whole learning process doesn't feel as forced or mandatory and can make a person aware that it's just not a school subject but can also be used in real life and is something important etc.

... the teacher call you by your first name at least, right?

[justbolognese.livejournal.com]

I agree with you but the notion of respect for adults and professors is really anchored in France. It's very different in Universities but in High School and the school before that, I would have never imagined calling my teacher by his first name and I don't really know why. You just don't do it. I remember one time that a friend of mine was punished to copy something because he had said "Tu" to a teacher instead of a "Vous". Respect before everything...
Teachers call us by our first name until the end of High School, I'm in last year of High School and most of our teachers call us "Mlle Stuff" but they don't say "Mr" to a boy, they just say his last name. They do that because when you are in last year of high school, you're almost 18 and therefore an adult so they owe us the same respect as we owe them (even if that's just how they call us). It's kinda complicated, don't you think? I think that's stupid and I hate it when a teacher calls me by my last name instead of Camille.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

I know the French are picky about titles and names and all that (I remember all the times that my French teacher - the one I don't have now *sniff* - corrected us when we used 'tu' instead of 'vous' because in Swedish you don't use the "polite" phrase any more) so I kind of figured as much. I know I'd feel pretty... pretentious if someone called me "Fröken" (which is basically mademoiselle but in Swedish), so I'm glad no one does :P