…to make you feel better, don’t worry, it’s probably not your teaching. Instead, it could be because:
– they were so embarrassed by a grammar mistake they made that they can never show their face in your class again
– all the smiling square jawed models in the textbook were making them jealous and depressed
– the world news that you talk about in class made them depressed
– they knew the Past Perfect was coming up and couldn’t bear to study it again
– they were feeling guilty about never trying any of your self-study tips
– they finally found out how much they could learn just by using those self-study tips
– they only took your class so they could use a particular idiom they learnt, and after three weeks they still haven’t managed to get it into conversation
– they only took your class so they could use a particular idiom they learnt, and they finally managed to use it
– they took your class to tell an ignorant foreign teacher about their country, and it turns out you know more about the country than they do
– they thought joining a class would give them the motivation they have lacked in the 25 years since they started learning English, and it unsurprisingly didn’t turn out to be the case
– they finally realised that it was much more important to spend time with their family/ learn Chinese/ get exercise/ cook a decent healthy dinner
– the IWB gave them headaches
– having to interact with other students gave them headaches
– they found out what football team you support
– they saw a movie based in the place you are from and became now convinced that you’d suddenly turn into a depressed nutter like the people in that film
– they saw a movie based in the place you are from and were disappointed that you are just an ordinary person who doesn’t do anything crazy or exciting
– they couldn’t bear seeing your cheap suit, shirt and shoes again
– you letched
– you letched the other students but not them
– they lost hope that you’d ever hit on them
– they tried to hit on another student and that person didn’t even notice
– one of their classmates beat them to the only eligible male/ female in the class
– they finally realised you are/ aren’t gay
– now that you’re one year older, they don’t fancy you anymore
– they realised that blond hair wasn’t worth ten times the price of a Filipino Skype teacher
– you smell
– whatever it is you use to hide your smell smells even worse
– they read your blog
TEFLtastic 