Comments on: Your DoS’s RMCITE (aka Nick’s Scale of Awesomeness)

By: Nick Jaworski

Nick Jaworski — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:45:02 +0000

Yes Sputnik, we do give breaks here. Maybe there should be some kind of reverse index where teachers rate schools or managers as well. Course, that would just through the power balance for a loop and then where would we be :)

Amanda – Well, should you ever decide to hop on over to Turkey, I’ll see what we can do :)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:36:38 +0000

That is a very competent list and similar to the one enforced upon and thoroughly enjoyed by us suckers stuck teachin in dreary ole England …. How rude!!!

give us job or else ;-p

By: Sputnik

Sputnik — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:08:01 +0000

‘Not planning your next hour’s lesson on the break’ – you mean you give your teachers breaks? What a lovely idea. Are you from the Age of the Enlightenment? Are there any jobs there?

By: Nick Jaworski

Nick Jaworski — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:25:14 +0000

Good one Gamze. You’re such an English teacher :)

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By: Gamze

Gamze — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:10:56 +0000

Can I use this for a lesson on present participles? :D

By: Nick Jaworski

Nick Jaworski — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:17:49 +0000

Ozcan – I do my best. No, a name starting with “funny o” (as we sometimes call it in English) doesn’t affect your score :)

Vicki – Ooo, the coffee is a good one. Good catch. Yes, reliability is key. My favorite is when they don’t show up for a class, but then still expect to have a job, like is was no big deal.

By: Vicki Hollett

Vicki Hollett — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:20:47 +0000

Ha! Great post and a very thorough list. Perhaps just 10 points for sticking another pot of coffee on when it’s run out?
Re not coming in hungover, of course this is preferable to not showing up at all. I really appreciated the reliable folks who always turned up on time.

By: Özcan D.

Özcan D. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:35:01 +0000

Nick Jaworski,gayet güzel bir Türkçeniz var :) Takdir ettim :)

The list of you very detailed one but I got the main points of them.By the way,my name starts with “Ö” and this makes any difference ( I hope this will be positive )

I bookmarked this article ,too..

Thanks by the way..

By: Nick Jaworski

Nick Jaworski — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:27:37 +0000

Anita – Ne kahvesi be? Bira istiyorum tabii ki. Hayret bisesin ya! :)

Sandy – According to my system, the worst you could ever be is unawesome, a low enough point on the ranks methinks. Perhaps the ranks of the damned are reserved for those poor suckers stuck teaching in dreary ole England.

Jason – I’m glad you got a good chuckle cause that’s all you’re gonna get from me with that name of yours :)! As for discrimination, I’d kindly point your attention to the final point. Looks like your 40 points behind now. :)

By: Jason Renshaw

Jason Renshaw — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:40:53 +0000

Cool post – gave me a good laugh. Anyone who has been in a supervisory/coordination/director’s position will find a lot to nod at and chuckle at in there!

Personally, I don’t want to work for you. My name starts with J, so I’m automatically 10 points behind everyone else. BLOODY DISCRIMINATION!

:-)

By: SandyM

SandyM — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:46:00 +0000

During the brief years that I spent loafing in the director’s or manager’s chair, I devised a very simple three-point system for judging the teachers. It went, as far as I can remember, something like this…

1. Are you a gobby cunt who thinks he/she knows it all? If so, lose 100 points.

2. Do you come and whine about every small thing that doesn’t immediately meet your pleasure or approval? If so, lose 100 points.

3. Would I or any other sane person make an effort to avoid your company in a social millieu? If so, lose 100 points

As you can see, it’s rather a negative-oriented schema, but this has the bonus of meaning anybody who still has “nul points” at the end of the exercise is kosher. And it also creates a “hierarchy of the damned”, which might be useful when it comes to sacking bastards!

By: Anita Kwiatkowska

Anita Kwiatkowska — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:34:44 +0000

Hmm…

Does buying Nick coffee instead of beer count? ;)