Remember your school days. Yes, indeed, there are these typical phrases of teachers, which they loved to use for their educational purposes. Many phrases took root and became widespread in the school environment. Some phrases of teachers are passed down from generation to generation. Probably, when future teachers were sitting at their school desks, they heard some of them addressed to them. So, let's remember our school years.
Forest of hands!
A phrase with ironic overtones. The first part of this phrase sounds like this: “Who’s to the board? Forest of hands! Many of us experienced a heart attack during this question, some managed to pray, and optimists managed to learn the given material. A moment that characterizes the superiority of the teacher over the students. When the teacher picks up a magazine and utters this frightening phrase in a drawn-out manner. The final part of the phrase “Forest of hands!” no less remarkable: “No hands, only oak trees.” If this phrase was logically predictable, it was expected at the beginning of the lesson, checking the material covered, then such phrases from teachers as, for example, “take out double sheets of paper”, “close the textbooks” took us by surprise. They frightened us, and these were real living conditions, a test of knowledge, and we must say “thank you” for these “double leaves”, which then, years later, happened more than once in real life, when you were not expecting them at all. The students waited with hope for that desperate hero who was supposed to “save the situation,” and the teacher understood that now “many heads could roll.”
Very smart? Well then, take my place and teach a lesson.
This phrase contained one of our first life-changing challenges, but we were too afraid of it. It was too scary to go against the system. This technique was always confusing, because there was no direct attack or insult in it. The teachers thus offered us the opposite perspective: try to teach a lesson in front of two or three dozen bored, yawning, slurping, laughing faces with emptiness in their eyes - and I will look at you. It is possible that this phrase also contained some kind of call for help, a complaint, a veiled cry for help.
Be that as it may, after this punch we shut up. But there were desperate daredevils who still accepted this challenge. To the laughter of their peers, they stood up, took the pointer from the teacher, who was taken aback by such impudence, and while she was in a state of passion, they actually “taught the lesson” for a couple of minutes. Then the teacher had a breakdown after this, she exploded with the roar of a fire siren and dragged the rebel (by the ear) to the director for execution. In our eyes, this man was a hero, because he managed to defeat the system and demonstrated to us that all the threats of school teachers, like their power over us, are quite conditional. But we were still afraid.
Diary is your face
Or another related phrase: “The cover of a notebook or book is your face.” A diary is an important attribute in the life of any schoolchild; it will tell you everything about you: behavior, diligence, grades, recording homework. Yes, he was a face. He could tell a lot. In it you could see your A's and D's, your ups and downs. It was like a verdict: “The diary is your face!” And against this background, I remember another of the teachers’ favorite phrases: “For now, I’m giving a D with a pencil.” Remember? This meant that you still had a chance to correct the situation, because it is known that “what is written with a pen cannot be cut out with an ax.” The note made in pencil could be easily erased. Or, remember, they liked to put a dot next to your last name. A grade marked in pencil is not only a chance for correction, but also a fact that your knowledge has been questioned. There is such an expression as “put on a pencil”, that is, to express your distrust and doubt. The student is under pressure, now he is obliged to prove himself and correct this “pencil deuce”.
Well, I’ll give you a pencil for now.
Let's delve into the story, which will tell you everything without our comments. The term “take a pencil” appeared at the beginning of the 19th century, first in the gendarmerie, and then in other government departments of the Russian Empire. The fact is that in the lists of “unreliable” in the Separate Gendarmerie Corps (provincial gendarmerie departments and departments), written in ink, notes were written with a graphite pencil, so that if necessary they could simply be erased. This is where the expression “take a pencil” comes from. That is, there is doubt in a person or some action. If it is confirmed, then it will be added to the list or report in ink, but if not, then it will be erased and no one will know. That is, a synonym is suspicion, but without evidence.
I look at the book and see nothing
That is, to put it in other words, not understanding, not realizing the meaning of what you read.
A phrase that is quite common not only in school environments. But again, the phrase “I look at a book and see nothing” is often used by teachers. The teacher once again uses his superiority over the students. But not always, not all teachers use ironic, unkind phrases; many of these phrases may have been uttered in a moment of “weakness.” Also, as an example, we can cite phrases from teachers that begin with the words: “You must!” You must study well, be diligent, obedient, polite. And most importantly, you must obey the teacher in everything. Please note that this type of wording causes depression and stress; if this wording is changed, leaving the meaning of what was said, then you can achieve greater results in raising school-age children. For example, if the phrase “you must obey the teacher” is formulated differently: “You can have your own opinion, but you must listen to the opinion of your elders.” Or a phrase like this:
- Where is Ivanov?
- I got sick.
- Yes? What, probably, is the inflammation of cunning?!
Such treatment can often cause misunderstandings and set the stage for future conflicts. Vedas schoolchildren understand well that many things are forbidden for them, but adults “can do anything.” But adults, in our case we are talking about teachers, should keep this kind of appeal to a minimum. If you practice and replace the typical phrase: “I look in a book - I see a fig” with another, then how would you say it differently? If you stick to this scenario, then the picture looks different. A friendly and relaxed atmosphere reigns in the class, the teacher correctly directs the course of the lesson. Classes arranged in this order are productive. And it is quite possible that the next time, when conducting a roll call in the class, the teacher will discover a pleasant moment for himself that no one in the class is anymore suffering from “cunning inflammation.”
Woe from learning (Continued)
... Continuing the story, I want to add to the section of funny moments that happen in class. Usually teachers say this once and then don’t repeat it again. For example, a literature teacher approved of one student sleeping in class with a simple phrase: “ Stop sleeping in class, take a vertical position .” Another student who behaved undisciplined heard another phrase from the literature teacher: “ Look how wrong you are behaving!” “There were also scenes: “ This is not for us!” - Oh, not for you? Ermakov - two! Yes, it’s better not to argue with the teacher, otherwise you may hear in response: “ Well, you, of course, are a delight - anti-literary!” "," Stop playing, kindergartener! ”; “ Can you slow down? - Faster? “In history, other oddities occurred during independent work: “ Where did you look without a compass? ”, “ Was he the one who opened the classroom with his foot? Submit it here! ” or “ Disgusting notes ”. And here are the oddities in the English lesson: “ Wake up, he’s already nodding off ,” “ I don’t understand yours and mine, like a Chuchmek? ”, “ You’re like a puppy that’s limping on all fours ”, “ The melancholy is with you ”, “ Verb where - did you eat the pussies? ”, “ Sits here, heartbroken to death ”... And a geography teacher once said the following phrase: “ You need to think, and not just wave a saber! “And that’s true. And there are also such phrases, for example, in algebra: “ Where did you put the foundation, did you put it in the journal?” “Or: “ Come on, sit down, this is not the Novogireevsky market!” “In Russian: “ A student with a C student sits on a student with a C student and chases the C student .” On the story: “ A hare sits on a birch tree, sawing a tree with an ax ”, “ It’s not me and the house is not mine ”, “ Senior assistant to a junior janitor ”, “ And the thought went to pass on to the class ”, “ Lies on the stove, spits at the ceiling ”, “ Dunka washed her neck, but the groom didn’t come, so she’s sitting there with a clean neck ”... At the drawing: “ Why are you silent? Either he was acting out, or he was silent! “Again on history: “ I will baptize you, and you will let me go ”, “ Zero attention, a pound of contempt ”, “ Why do you force your work to be checked at night, then you have nightmares at night ”, “ Is it clear? "
From the author: when “Last Bell” was knocking on the door of my school life, and I realized that once I received my school certificate, I would stop hearing the teachers’ phrases that I loved so much, I decided to put new words from my collection into a story.
Call for teacher
But I would like to argue with this phrase, since the time allocated for the lesson must be strictly distributed by the teacher; it is his “art” to be able to maneuver in this small interval of time. Every teacher understands how children's attention wanes after the bell rings. Again there is a show of force: “Sit down! Call for the teacher! But I would like to note that severity, even a little too much, will still not harm anyone. From time to time, this form of communication is acceptable; moreover, it characterizes the teacher as a teacher who knows how to easily come into contact with students. The use of such phrases suggests that not everything is in the field of his attention. Classes may not always achieve their intended goals.
Two plus three. Rating for two
By using this phrase, the teacher implies that he hears the students’ hint, and in a rather tolerant, one might even say loyal, form, he gives a warning on his part. “Ivanov, what’s going on there? Should I also rate two? Treatment of this kind rather indicates the absence of a communication barrier. Yes, of course, there is a teaching and educational influence on the part of the teacher, but the audience in the class is not passive, the teacher’s behavior is not dominant. Such a situation of such active interaction can easily be corrected and called an “union.” There is no inflexible response, the teacher does not resemble a “robot”, even if to a small extent some authoritarianism of the “I myself” type will manifest itself, but such a situation cannot be called non-contact.
You'll have to wait until the change.
Unlike many other teacher phrases, which for the most part hurt our souls, here there was a precedent for real physical torment. During the big break, you stuff yourself with sausage rolls and cheese sticks to the maximum, because you know that during the rest of the breaks you won’t have the luxury of food. Then you wash down the whole thing with some hellish soda or caprizon juice and start rushing through the corridors, because after a hearty snack, life seems wonderful and amazing. But then the bell rings, and suddenly you start to feel the urge to go to the toilet - of course, you forgot to go there in advance. Or he was simply afraid - school toilets during breaks were a horror story and a zone in which no rules applied. All adequate teachers, of course, tried to let students go out of necessity, but in each school there were one or two despots who were well aware of the situation (if you drank juice - and that’s what you need), but still they did not let them out of the class. They reveled in our suffering, forced us to sink below the baseboard (this is when you are already balancing between life and death, holding back with all your strength, and with a cry of despair you try to ask for time off to leave again and again). Some people had their reputations tarnished in this way...
Did you forget your head at home?
Forgot your sports uniform, forgot your notebook, textbook and the like... Have you “forgot”? The teacher's phrase is full of irony. A blank “Chinese wall” of misunderstanding has been erected between you. Teachers' statements in this form humiliate and depress the student, making him a vulnerable object of ridicule from his classmates. The style of such communication is likened to an incorrect and non-contact model of communication between the teacher and students. This is really very, very bad for the student. In such a situation, the “Chinese wall” can lead to the emergence of a barrier; the situation is characterized by weak feedback between the two sides, and a lack of desire for contact and cooperation on the part of students. The teacher involuntarily emphasizes his status and his condescending attitude towards the students, which will lead to an indifferent attitude on the part of the students.
A little psychology
But there are also situations when the teacher focuses on some part of the class, but not on the whole audience. Let's say his attention is lavished only on talented students, or, conversely, on a group of outsiders. Or this is the situation when the teacher is focused only on himself, listens only to himself, his speech is monotonous and monotonous. In such a “dialogue” it is impossible for the opponent to insert his own remark; emotional deafness to the students around him is the main obstacle. Both sides of the learning process become isolated from each other. There are situations completely opposite to those described above, for example, a teacher is concerned about how he is perceived by others, questions his actions and methods, depends on the mood in the audience, reacts sharply to all remarks in the class, taking them personally. In this case, the reins of power are in the hands of the students, and the teacher takes a leading position. And what could such a situation lead to? Yes, it’s better to listen to these typical phrases from teachers than complete anarchy in the classroom.
Golden mean
How to determine that “golden mean” when the learning process focuses on the teacher, the teacher is the main character, but, in addition to this, he must be in constant dialogue with students. Questions and answers, judgments and compelling arguments come from the teacher, and on the other hand, he must encourage initiative and easily grasp the psychological climate in the class. This form of communication is most productive when the style of friendly interaction predominates, but role distance is maintained.
“Perhaps you can teach a lesson for me?”
One of the most intimidating rhetorical questions. A question that makes you feel ashamed and makes you want to fall through the floor of the class. This is what the teacher seeks: to shock in order to regain total power or the appearance of it. Not every child will be able to remain calm and answer something like: “No, you are better.” Any answer will come as a surprise to the teacher, because it is customary to answer such questions with awkward silence. The best strategy for such manipulations is to remain calm, or at least pretend to be calm.
