A Recipe for Success

January 27, 2011

 

I found the key to a successful English club. 

 

Last week I twisted my 9^th graders' arms to come to my English club.  At first, enthusiasm was tepid, but when they walked in an the boys saw some of the pretty girls from a neighboring village suddenly even my least motivated learners were eager to show off their fluency.  Everyone was chatty and left in a twitter.

 

This week, the pretty girls didn't come.  No one tried to show off their English skills and my dear 9^th grade students were some of the first out the door.  After all, what's the point in English club if you can't get the chica's digits?

 

Well, I learned my lesson. If you want an active club, first invite the pretty girls.  If they come, the 9^th grade boys will follow and suddenly what used to be a lackluster gathering has evolved into one electrifying English party. 

 

It's nice to know some things are universal.  Teenage boys, for example. J