I am a newbie. I would like to make a career out of teaching overseas, so I have been doing a lot of research. I have joined a couple of websites, and I have even emailed a few people. Some people have been helpful.
Unfortunately, some people have not been helpful at all. They are condescending, self-righteous and just plain ignorant. I've heard that traveling makes people more open-minded and less judgemental, so I am surprised at this type of behavior. I don't know what's wrong with these people. They have traveled all around the world and they don't appreciate it? They also belittle and ridicule newbies. What is that all about? If you don't want to help, then just ignore us and go on with your miserable little lives.
It looks like I'll still have to put up with this mess as long as I am working overseas. Can I find a positive way to avoid these people when I finally have to work overseas?
How do you avoid rude people?
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How to deal with Rude People
Hi Neveah.
Unfortunately, some international educators are very condescending, smug, and mean-spirited. I'm with you, you would think it would be just the opposite, but it is not. It is not a matter of if you will encounter these know it alls, but when. Some of the responses I've viewed on this web site as well have been considerably less than helpful. As you suggested, they forget from whence they came; that they, too, were once 'clueless newbies'.
While teaching overeas, find the few folks that you can trust and develop more than superficial friendships with, and cherish and nurture the relationship. Be careful whom you trust is good advice, but especially overseas. You don't have the same avenues of recourse that you do in the Western world.
How to handle rude people? Keep a respectful distance from them, let them be, and remember that you can only control your reactions, not their actions. Don't get sucked in.
All the best to you.
Unfortunately, some international educators are very condescending, smug, and mean-spirited. I'm with you, you would think it would be just the opposite, but it is not. It is not a matter of if you will encounter these know it alls, but when. Some of the responses I've viewed on this web site as well have been considerably less than helpful. As you suggested, they forget from whence they came; that they, too, were once 'clueless newbies'.
While teaching overeas, find the few folks that you can trust and develop more than superficial friendships with, and cherish and nurture the relationship. Be careful whom you trust is good advice, but especially overseas. You don't have the same avenues of recourse that you do in the Western world.
How to handle rude people? Keep a respectful distance from them, let them be, and remember that you can only control your reactions, not their actions. Don't get sucked in.
All the best to you.