I feel as if the French teacher was a little too harsh on her students. After all it was the first day of class and some students were nervous. Her comments back to each student’s introduction were sort of rude and uncalled for. The teacher obviously embarrassed the first Anna. The teacher was kind of acting like a smartass to her students, which in my opinion is unprofessional and the wrong impression to make to the class. I could relate to the part where David mentions when he assigned the wrong gender to both the floor waxer and the typewriter. I took Spanish all four years in high school and determining the appropriate gender doesn’t always come easily. It tends to get confusing and as David mentions, why should we assign a gender to an inanimate object? It is strange and hard to decide which objects are what gender. David resulted in feeling discouraged by his teacher’s criticism and also felt uncomfortable when it involved speaking to others. Practice is really the one and only way to learn a new language. David proves that this technique pays off when he mentions the sense of relief he feels after he is able to at least UNDERSTAND french.
Yeah the teachers was not a normal teacher really. I thought she was harsh and hurtful to the students especially for the first day of class and even as the year goes on. She was making fun of them for what they thought and believed in which in no way is respectful of the students and she is not acting professional. In my spanish class it is very hard and confusing learning a new language and it takes a lot of time, practice and patience to get the hang of it. a lot of teachers have their own ways of teaching and something it is helpful for you and other times it isn not.
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