Most of the children I've taught are very well behaved, and time flies when I'm talking to them. But today I had a really hard time trying to liven up the lesson.
This one girl had the worst attitude ever, and kept on rolling her eyes every time I asked her a question. It seemed like she was very uninterested in anything that I was saying, and it made me question why she is even taking English lessons in the first place. In the end, she threw her headphones at me (i.e. the screen) and used inappropriate languages. I'm assuming her parents forced her to take English lessons, and she had no choice but to do as she was told, but that's no excuse to be such a rude person.
The fact that I had to deal with her disrespectful and pessimistic attitude was already exhausting me, but what made me feel even worse was when I realized that her parents paid a lot of money for their daughter to take the lesson. As the tutor, I want every lesson I teach to be somewhat meaningful and enjoyable. I was able to give none of that in this lesson, and that thought really bummed me out. It's been almost 2 hours since the lesson ended, but thinking about it makes me want to cry a tiny bit.
To make matters worse, I had 2 more students who showed no interest in learning English right after the first girl. On top of that, I only had 4 hours of sleep last night (Which is partly my fault because I kept procrastinating during the day and had to finish every single assignment at midnight), so I've never felt more worn out in my life!
I knew tutoring is not a easy job, and it requires a lot of patience but I did not expect to be treated like a doormat. Children can be very brutal sometimes, but at the end of the day everything is a learning experience. (That's what I try to tell myself every time something horrible happens. It doesn't really work. But I still try.)
Really hoping I'll be able to get 7-8 hours of sleep tonight.
6 comments:
I'm so sorry you had to go through that :( children scare me.
nah me too thOUGH AHHAHDHH,,,;;;;;;
i tutor my brother english and he's like,, the Worst. every moment is dreadful and he never takes me seriously so i just feel so tired anytime we have a lesson. i think its rlly cool how youre tutoring random kids bc i Could Never. i hope your next sessions get better and that you dont have to experience smth like this again :(((
Right?! I don't even like children. Why did I choose this job in the first place... Haha
Woah! Your brother is really lucky to have you as his tutor!
Thanks :))
Oh god, I really hope you're okay after all of that! I teach daycare kids English but that girl you taught is even worse than how my brother reacts whenever I say something.. Some kids really don't know they're blessed to even have parents who wish them a good life and education TwT Though I don't know how the system works, I feel like something could have been done to avoid problematic kids being paired with new teachers :( I feel like even veteran teachers would have problems teaching those kids.. If you still need to tutor her, maybe you could look for a video from the supposed "best tutor in Japan"? Maybe there's a video that can help QwQ Wishing you luck!
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