Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
Then you must be some sort of super-human teaching demi-God.
Hardly! This happens at every school.

Won't get to everyone though. Someone will always slip through the net.

Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
How do you know these kids were dumb? Are you implying they are dumb because they are from an "Indonesian backwater". OMG, you racist!
Indian backwater, Rhy... And no, that's far from it, fortunately... But they're a normal class from India, so the "intelligence mix" should be the same as at one of our schools, were there are students you refer to as "dumb", therefore some of those indians must also be "dumb"

There's a good example closer to home though. Last year, NRK showed a rather brilliant TV-show. They found 20 "dumb losers", put them in the same class and gave them some rather brilliant teachers. The result? In one year, their grades went from failing half and sucking at the rest to well above average. From being dumb and depressed, a new word had opened before their eyes.

It's possible.