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RE: Getting started teaching English abroad and how to progress
"if you get a Spicoli in your class it is much more difficult to keep them under control"
Oh man, that is the worst lol.
When I was a kid, there were so many Spicolis in my class. Any teacher who showed the smallest sign of weakness got so much hassle. One teacher lost it and threw a book at a kid's head. Another just started to cry.
If this crap was happening in a foreign language as well, sheesh! :0
I actually have so much respect for any teacher who can keep control, at the same time as making the class fun. In my experience, if you could do one, you couldn't do the other. :0
when i was a TEFL teacher i was able to maintain control only because i devoted 70% of my time to "crowd control" and 30% to actual teaching. It ended up working and the kids were afraid of me / respected me and the Thai teachers thought I was awesome. Guess it worked out!