Why was the teacher dissatisfied with his class’s attitude to him?
What do you think the teacher did? What would you do if you were in the same situation?
Part 4
I looked at her for some moments before daring to open my mouth; she returned my gaze, then casually remarked to the class at large: “The bleeding thing won’t stay up.” It was all rather deliberate, the noisy interruption and the crude remark, and it heralded the third stage of their conduct. From then on the words “bloody” or “bleeding” were hardly ever absent from any remark they made to one another especially in the classroom. They would call out to each other on any silly pretext and refer to the “bleeding” this or that, and always in a voice loud enough for my ears. One day during an arithmetic period I played right into their hands. I was so overcome by anger and disgust that I completely lost my temper … I went upstairs and sat in the library, the only place where I could be alone for a little while. I felt sick at heart, because it seemed that this latest act, above all others, was intended to display their utter disrespect for me. They seemed to have no sense of decency, these children; everything they said or did was colored by an ugly viciousness, as if their minds were forever rooting after filth. “Why, oh why,” I asked myself, “did they behave like that? What was wrong with them?”
Answer the following question: Why didn’t the narrator do anything to stop the third stage of the pupils’ behaviour? Give reasons for your answer.
MODULE 4. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN SPECIAL DIRECTIONS (FIELDS) Lesson 9-10. English for specific purposes (English for professional purposes, English for educational purposes) Part 1-2
