spankings

[flaninacupboard]

essentially it's the same thing, you just managed it with a little more eloquence.

[Guest]

I got spaknked by a stewardess once on the plane(true story) not quite thje mile high club,but getting there

ok,here's the proof and the lead into the next spankin' story.



This was from a trip to Vail in1995. We were visiting my bud. He worked in the Vail lodge,ski rental.MTV had some sort of charity/celeb thing goin on. So, every day,while we were waiting for my friend to get off work,all the celebs who didnt have skis, were comin in to return the free rentals.

Met some a-holes,but Naomi Cambell came in. Started rappin',talkin' shit for a minute. Then asked her if she would do me (I said "do me") a favor. She said sure and grabbed a pen(autograph?). I replied"no,no,I was just wondering if u could spank me later". She lost it. I swear, she must have peed her pants. Bent over for minutes. She musta thought she was on a primordial "Punkd".

Well,that's my best spanking story

[northcat_8]

What do you teach then, northcat? As a teacher, see what you think of this......

I had a crap business studies teacher. He used to hand out exam questions without teaching us what we needed to know, and told us that we needed to make mistakes to learn. We couldn't do a single question. What an idiot. He told me I'd fail, and I was sure I would - he never taught us anything and our complaints about him went unanswered. When it came to results day, he came to gloat and asked to see my results.

I was virtually weeping when I handed him the result paper. 120/120. Grade: A - FLAWLESS. That was at A-level, too. Don't get mad, get even!

He should have known better after what happened a few months earlier. He hated me after I skipped one of his lessons to take a driving test. He tried to stop me but I went anyway. After I got back, he came and asked me "Well, did you fail?". It was my first attempt. I took him outside, and showed him a nice, shiny Toyota Avensis sat next to his clapped-out Metro.

I teach math. General Math, Algebra 2 & AP Calculus. That's quite a "mathematical student" swing I know, but one teacher having all the lower kids and one teacher having all the upper kids just wouldn't be fair...I guess.

I'm old school though, I think math is a skill that needs to be practiced to be developed properly. We do a lot of worksheets, discovery type exercises, experiments, things like that. I try to keep things flowing smoothly from one concept to the next without stopping us and saying "OK, this is what we are learning today."

As far as your business teacher...seems to me that you learned quite a bit. And the first thing you learned was how to learn on your own. Seems that you were properly motivated even if you were motivated by your dislike for this teacher, motivated is motivated. And your motivation was not to get a good grade, your motivation was to prove that SOB wrong.

Many times in business you will be in an unfamiliar position, dealing with unfamiliar things and you need to know how to educate yourself properly so you can come out on top. There are no teachers, reference books or google searches in the board room...only your research and knowledge.

I hate to admit this outloud but the most difficult kids to motivate are the smarter kids. They know what you are trying to do when you try to motivate them and they see it for what it is and then dismiss it. There are several students that I have right now that I have motivated by telling them I thought they were in over their head and wouldn't be able to do the work. One kid I have got a 36 on the ACT....a 36!! He's won all kinds of mathematical and physics awards...he's probably the smartest kid I've ever had in class. And I told him early in the year - "I don't know if this class is right for you, it's pretty difficult and looking over some of your work from your junior year....well I just don't know if you have the mathematical processing ability to do well in my class." As soon as the words left my mouth you could see the fire in his eyes. He has 8 days of school left this year and the other day he comes up to me and says "You know Mr. Northcat, I just wanted to point out that I have gotten an A on every test you've given, I could have exempted your exam but I didn't because I wanted to take it to prove that I did belong in this class." I just looked at him and smiled and said "Oh I know what I told you, and maybe I was giving you my honest opinion but maybe, just maybe I wanted to see just how great the best math student in the school could be if properly motivated....I'll let you think about that."

Kids are so easy. You see while I'm sure the teachers want their students to like them...it is not a necessity. I don't know if he likes me or not, I'm sure he's pretty spiteful of my words from earlier in the year, but if I just let him be the best without pushing him then pretty soon our best will just be the highest of the average...and that's mediocre and mediocrity is completely unexceptable for someone with upper level capabilities.

In sports, motivation is easy because it is a naturally competitive environment, but the motivation of sport is limited because you are only competing against the other team at that given time...in the real world, you compete against everyone everyday. As a teacher, I am not in competition with other teachers as far as teaching status, my competition and motivation comes in the achievement levels of my students...which is coaching. Coaching = Teaching.

There are times in my class where I've given an assignment, and it is a difficult assignment, but I know they have the math skills to do the assignment. The kids will come up with 1000 questions if I let them...so rather than doing that, I answer 5 questions per group and after that I tell them "Look, you have a book, a calculator and an idea...figure it out." I still push them a little if they need it but that's guiding them not telling them. Experience is and will always be the best teacher.

So Cobra, my question to you would be...did you really "beat" your teacher by showing him you could do it...or by showing him that you could do it, did you reinforce his belief that if properly motivated you could take the adversity and still persevere?

[flaninacupboard]

you're the oracle of math!

"But Morpheus, Mr. Northcat told me........"
"He told you exactly what you needed to hear."

[Cobra]

So Cobra, my question to you would be...did you really "beat" your teacher by showing him you could do it...or by showing him that you could do it, did you reinforce his belief that if properly motivated you could take the adversity and still persevere?

Northcat,

Looks like you have an interesting job! It must be difficult - I personally would not have the patience to teach. I'd get frustrated and I'm not good at explaining myself clearly when speaking.

This teacher told me on more than one occasion that I would fail - no reason, he was just being a piece. He did not teach us much at all, and by that I mean literally one fact a week. There were eight of us in the class so we got together every Friday in the library and worked. Let's face it - advanced business studies isn't very difficult at all.

This teacher was recently sacked when the senior staff found out how badly he was performing. The only thing about doing well under him is that my grade makes him look good.

I don't mind my teacher having this sort of attitude, as long as he/she tries to teach. This guy didn't.

Never mind, eh? I'm at the University of Bath now, which kicks arse in the UK. I'm getting on with life. This guy is just dust now.

I'm guessing by the time you're teaching calculus that your students are at high school (equivelant to the Sixth Form in the UK) - about 16 - 18 years old? I was never really good at maths - I worked hard and got a B at GCSE, then left it. I had to pick more up for chemistry, and even more in this first year of biology for things like genetics and biochemisty.

Next year, I get the pleasure of taking a mandatory maths course from our maths department. There's no escape!

Take it easy,

Cobra

EDIT - Nice post, flan!

[Capmaster]

I got spaknked by a stewardess once on the plane(true story) not quite thje mile high club,but getting there

ok,here's the proof and the lead into the next spankin' story.



This was from a trip to Vail in1995. We were visiting my bud. He worked in the Vail lodge,ski rental.MTV had some sort of charity/celeb thing goin on. So, every day,while we were waiting for my friend to get off work,all the celebs who didnt have skis, were comin in to return the free rentals.

Met some a-holes,but Naomi Cambell came in. Started rappin',talkin' shit for a minute. Then asked her if she would do me (I said "do me") a favor. She said sure and grabbed a pen(autograph?). I replied"no,no,I was just wondering if u could spank me later". She lost it. I swear, she must have peed her pants. Bent over for minutes. She musta thought she was on a primordial "Punkd".

Well,that's my best spanking story

Too bad Naomi didn't oblige. You'd have some pics which would fuel our fantasies here for weeks

BTW, those pics look like something fun might develop. Are you the one getting the bare-assed paddling?

[flaninacupboard]

i wish someone of the female persuasion would come slap my arse.

[Guest]

I got spaknked by a stewardess once on the plane(true story) not quite thje mile high club,but getting there

ok,here's the proof and the lead into the next spankin' story.



This was from a trip to Vail in1995. We were visiting my bud. He worked in the Vail lodge,ski rental.MTV had some sort of charity/celeb thing goin on. So, every day,while we were waiting for my friend to get off work,all the celebs who didnt have skis, were comin in to return the free rentals.

Met some a-holes,but Naomi Cambell came in. Started rappin',talkin' shit for a minute. Then asked her if she would do me (I said "do me") a favor. She said sure and grabbed a pen(autograph?). I replied"no,no,I was just wondering if u could spank me later". She lost it. I swear, she must have peed her pants. Bent over for minutes. She musta thought she was on a primordial "Punkd".

Well,that's my best spanking story

Too bad Naomi didn't oblige. You'd have some pics which would fuel our fantasies here for weeks

BTW, those pics look like something fun might develop. Are you the one getting the bare-assed paddling?

No, that's Dr.Mulligan. He's just wearing tan pants

[Capmaster]

It looks like she's got ahold of both cheeks there. I hope that's his wife and not yours

[Guest]

It looks like she's got ahold of both cheeks there. I hope that's his wife and not yours

Sorry,these are just random stewardesses.

[Capmaster]

It looks like she's got ahold of both cheeks there. I hope that's his wife and not yours

Sorry,these are just random stewardesses.

Even better

[northcat_8]

It looks like she's got ahold of both cheeks there. I hope that's his wife and not yours

Sorry,these are just random stewardesses.

Oh...so future EX-wife candidates then...

[Guest]

It looks like she's got ahold of both cheeks there. I hope that's his wife and not yours

Sorry,these are just random stewardesses.

Oh...so future EX-wife candidates then...

My gf hates when she gets introduced as that :P