Author Topic: Wingmen/Wingwomen (Read 6594 times)

18gnome · « **on:** September 11, 2013, 01:39:12 PM »

The objective of the lesson is for students to be able to introduce their friends. I'm using the context of being a good wingman/wingwoman at a bar. I haven't tried this lesson out yet but I think it'll work out well, especially for the boy classes.

abarkl · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:44:35 PM »

What is wrong with you? Honestly. You're teaching kids this I assume? Wow. Just wow.

jwharrison30 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:58:57 PM »

Ha! that's great!

aklimkewicz · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2013, 04:45:19 PM »

Your coteachers are cool with this lesson?

18gnome · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2013, 03:29:46 PM »

Yeah I'm teaching this lesson to high school kids which I think is very age appropriate for them (excluding it being at a bar). My co-teachers are very chill with this kind of stuff especially since I'm teaching them how to introduce their friends in a context that interests students of that age. I teach most of my lessons using a context that would interest my students and they seem very interested in the lesson. Sorry if it offended you...

한소로 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2013, 04:53:11 PM »

What the heck man. This is totally inappropriate.

High school students also watch porn, should you show that to them to teach body parts?

korr · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2013, 05:04:28 PM »

WTF. Why would you teach this to high schoolers?

Mattaru · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2013, 05:26:35 PM »

I came into this thread to see the reactions.
I'm not disappointed.

climber · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2013, 05:28:18 PM »

I thought this was a troll until I saw how much effort was put into the PPT. Either you are a troll with too much time on your hands, or you should not be teaching. There are so many great things to be teaching high school students and you choose this topic? Seriously, what is wrong with you?

Beej · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2013, 06:22:05 PM »

This is hilarious. Don't listen to the haters... If your co-teachers are cool with it then it's all good.

dabrownbandit · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2013, 03:27:00 PM »

Great Lesson Idea...as you mentioned your school is cool with topics like this, so I'm glad you found an effective method to teach a particular topic

buddy_eh · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2013, 07:02:58 PM »

Please don't listen to these haters.. The lesson is entirely appropriate for the highschool age, for any public or private school, unless it were a Christian one, then you would have a problem. It is not about seduction or sleezing your way into someone's pants or cashing in on someone's affection... It's simply about polite interaction with strangers and it is funny. If your students actually end up making genuine conversation in English and this powerpoint were to break the ice for that (cause from what I heard it is extremely hard to get Korean highschoolers to talk English in class) then you are a teacher genius. Of course, bear in mind you are walking the fine line with these kinds of lessons so make sure you have your co-t's blessings, but you already did that, so way to go bud.

iseya · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:32:24 AM »

Oh babu....

I clicked on this with an open mind thinking that the "haters" probably didn't actually look at your powerpoint, and that MAYBE you found a tasteful and relevant way to present this topic---but no...that is not at all the case.
This isn't appropriate--the subject, the material, the pictures, the videoes-- it's all bad.

It's not simply about "politely introducing your friend" as Mr. Buddy_eh was saying, part of the lesson is using pickup lines.
The pictures in the PPT show guys "taking one for the team" by hanging out with the fat friend, and there's a video that takes place in a bar and talks aboutt getting wasted.

This isn't appropriate for a public school. It wouldn't even be appropriate for a university course on account of how douchey it is.
I'd only teach this crap to a student in a private lesson that specifically asked for it. (and was paying me for it)

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Beej · « **Reply #13 on:** September 23, 2013, 12:31:15 PM »

The bottom line is... This lesson actually has a chance of grabbing the students' interest. Whereas 99.9% of what they ordinarily learn does not. So as buddy_eh was saying, if it gets them interested in English, go for it. It takes a good sense of humor and an open mind to appreciate this lesson. No offense to those who lack both.

iseya · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2013, 01:46:18 PM »

THAT'S the bottom line? Really? Use whatever you want as long as it grabs their interest?
Sports illustrated swimsuit edition pics, the Saw movie series, Miley Cyrus twerking gifs...all of that should be free game if it grabs their attention?
There are literally millions of interesting (and appropriate) things one could talk about.

I work at a boys tech. highschool...I couldn't be a prude, and need to have a sense of humor in order to survive working at a school like this--but there's nothing to appreciate here, it's garbage as a teaching lesson.
You can joke with the students in a way that's appropriate for a teacher to joke with a student. "How to pick up girls" isn't appropriate.

It continuously blows my mind what some people on here think is cool to show in a classroom. There's no way you'd have a lesson like this in a high school class back home.
And saying your co-teacher said it's ok means jack diddly squat.
Assuming that they even understand your lesson, many of them (especially at the highschool level) don't really care what you teach because it's not their class.

I hope this is trolling, because this is a clear case of 'stupid or liar' if you think that this is cool to show.

jwharrison30 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:14:25 PM »

I'm just waiting for the follow up lesson on cock-blocking and clam-jamming

iseya · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:42:50 PM »

He actually did touch on cock blocking in his explanation of wingman etiquette

genius_advice · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2013, 02:46:51 PM »

Ugh, seriously. Low quality images, inconsistent font sizes, too much text, etc.

mxm407 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 23, 2013, 03:07:30 PM »

'What is wrong with you?!'

Haha brilliant!

Rowdie · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2013, 04:55:33 PM »

I'd say the topic itself is perfectly fine. There's really nothing wrong with teaching how to introduce your friends and talking them up to get a girl or guy. Within the context of telling someone your friend's name and then giving a compliment, I could see it being a fun, engaging way of doing the same, tired introduction lesson.

That said, the PPT itself is pretty tasteless, namely the "taking one for the team" slide. Society pushes the idea of someone being worthless or being inferior enough that it doesn't need to be reinforced in school, especially not in the native English class. The pictures didn't help that, either. Seriously, I'd hate to be the overweight kid in class when the entire class, including the teacher, is laughing at the idea of giving a fat person the time of day.

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