Entry for September 04, 2007

My teacher is a real 'weidro'.

Khong the tuong tuong duoc tren doi nay, trong duoc cuoc doi nay va tren manh dat 'tu do' nay lai co 1 ba co 'quai dan' den nhu vay! Mrs Dees, nhung tui goi ba la Mrs Dien, hien day lop ESL 071 (English as a Second Language, 071 la lop cao nhat ve Grammar va Writing cua chuong trinh ESL, sau 071 se la chuong trinh English. )

Co le phai noi dong dai 1 chut ve chuong trinh hoc tieng Anh o day thi moi nguoi moi hieu: doi voi nhung nguoi tieng Anh khong phai la ngon ngu me de thi thuong se phai lay 1 so lop ESL. O truong Golden West College, thi ESL duoc chia ra thanh 7 cap lop, bat dau tu lop 1, va moi cap lop nhu vay lai chia ra thanh 3 loai lop , nhu lop 1 se co 011, 012 va 013; lop 2 se co 021, 022 va 023... Cac lop co so cuoi la 1 tuong trung cho lop hoc ve grammar va writing; lop co so cuoi la 2 hoc ve reading ,va lop co so cuoi la 3 hoc ve listening - speaking. Sau khi da dat den trinh do lop 7 thi se chuyen sang hoc English 010, English 100,....English gi gi nua ( giong nhu chon chuyen nganh Ngu Van o VN vay). Doi voi nhung nganh khong chuyen ve English thi chi can dat English 100 la duoc.

O truong nay tat ca sinh vien moi nhap hoc khoa dau tien deu phai lam 1 bai test ve English va Toan, goi la placement test, de biet xem trinh do minh o dau de ma dang ky lop, boi co nhung lop khong doi hoi phai dat trinh do English 100 thi moi duoc ghi danh (nhu Accounting, Math, Computer, Business...), mien minh cam thay minh hieu nhung gi thay co noi la duoc. Minh co the dang ky lop thap hon trinh do ma minh duoc xep vao nhung khong duoc lay lop cao hon!

Toi lam placement test tu mua hoc truoc: ho xep toi vao lop 033 va 071 (chenh lech qua) va khong can phai hoc nhung lop co so cuoi la 2! Hoc ky vua roi vi khong chon duoc gio nhu mong muon nen toi ghi danh vao lop 033 va 051. Mua nay toi lay lop 043 va 071.

Ngay dau vao lop, Mrs Dien ghi len bang 2 cot: cot so 1 la nhung ai vua moi hoc khoa dau tien thi phai co to giay xep lop 071. Cot so 2 la sinh vien cu thi phai hoc xong 061 va 063 dong thoi phai cho biet ten cua ong thay hoac ba co da day o nhung lop do. Sau do Mrs Dien doc ten tung dua dung len va noi minh la so 1 hay so 2.

Co rat nhieu truong hop ca biet. Co nguoi lay placement test gan 2 nam ve truoc nhung khong hoc, bay gio moi hoc nen to giay xep lop luc do cung khong con; nguoi thi hoc 061 tu 4-5 nam ve truoc nen cung chang nho ten thay co (toi vua hoc xong mua roi cung co nho ten ai dau!). Dieu quan trong la nha truong quan ly sinh vien bang ma so nen chi can doc so An Sinh Xa Hoi (giong nhu CMND vay) la ho cho minh ghi danh vao lop dung trinh do cua minh. Mrs Dien duong nhu chang can quan tam den dieu do. Chi co : "You just answer: are you number 1 or number 2? yes or no? Don't say anything."

Toi khong nam trong 2 so do. Mrs Dien nhin toi bang cap mat 'kinh di'!

Xuan An lam placement test duoc xep vao English 010, nhung no so hoc khong noi nen vao lop nay. Mrs Dien cung nhin no bang cap mat... khien no vua buoc ra khoi lop la len tieng chui the lien!

Den chuyen hoc. Tat ca nhung chu Mrs Dien viet len bang thi hoc sinh deu phai viet het vao tap, khong thieu 1 chu nao! Tap thi phai bo to dau tien, bat dau viet tu to thu 2, phai ghi ngay thang... Thoi thi cung duoc di, hoc sinh da qua truong lop o VN thi cung phan nao quen voi kieu nay, nhung nhung dua Korean, Mexican, Chinese, Russian, German... thi lo ve kho chiu vo cung.

Khi Mrs Dien keu 1 dua VN nao dung len doc 1 cau gi do, thi 10 lan y nhu 1 chuc, Mrs Dien deu noi bang 1 giong dieu mia mai khong chiu noi: 'Oh, do you read English by Vietnamese, uh?'. Nhieu luc toi muon noi voi Mrs Dien rang: 'You, too." Mrs Dien cung la nguoi VN! Cung noi tieng Anh co mui vi nuoc mam ma!

Mrs Dien cho 2 dua ngoi canh nhau cung lam chung 1 bai tap. Khi Mrs Dien keu 1 trong 2 dua dung len sua bai ma neu sai thi Mrs Dien se hoi dua con lai la tai sao khong chi cho no de no lam sai. Neu dua kia noi no cung sai nhu vay thi Mrs Dien se biu moi, liec 1 cai! Khong chiu noi! Neu tui no dung het thi can gi phai den hoc voi Mrs Dien chu!

Cho du noi nhu the nao thi cung khong the dien ta duoc het thai do, kieu cach, loi noi cua Mrs Dien. Toi da di hoc bao nhieu nam, di day bao nhieu nam, nhung chua bao gio gap 1 teacher 'stupid' den nhu vay. Biet rang noi nhu vay la rat nang ne, nhu khong the nao tim duoc tu ngu nao khac hon.

Lop hoc ngay dau khong con 1 cho trong. Ngay thu 2 con duoc 2/3. Nhung den hom nay, ngay thu 3 thi chi con khoang 1/2. Vi khong con su lua chon nao khac, neu khong thi toi da drop ngay lop do trong ngay hoc dau tien roi.

Thoi thi...rang chiu dung! 14 tuan nua se troi qua thoi ma

Nhung ma... She is a teacher, a teacher in America, but why she is so mean like that. Buc minh khong chiu noi!