In today's story, we'll see some more
witticisms from Mr Critical:
Carol was invited to an audition for a band
that needed a female singer. She had met the guitarist of the band on facebook
some weeks before, for he had seen her in a picture singing for an important
choir. Well, actually, she wasn’t a singer but a medicine student who used to
like singing and wanted to take her voice to a higher stage than her shower.
The guitarist of the band had previously
sent a message to all the members letting them know the 4 songs that she had
asked to be played for the audition; and, finally, the day arrived. But guess
what? She came without rehearsing at all! ¬¬. She didn’t sing well any of the 4
songs she herself had asked for. “I think she’s too daring!” said the guitarist
once Carol had gone out to be given a ride home by the bassist. “How can she
dare to come to the audition without rehearsing!” he followed. -“Why did you
invite her to come again to rehearsals?” asked the drummer. To which the
guitarist replied: “Well, I, uh… I, er… I just thought she was kind of sensual,
or perhaps she looked cute to me… and, er… I think we might need a bit of this
image in the band, you know, to sell us better. What do you reckon?”
-“I reckon she’s not just daring, but
dangerous! Just because of what you said, that she projects a cute, sort of
sensual image. However, I agree with you that we might need a bit of it in our
band” retorted the drummer. “But I feel a bit sad about the previous candidate,
you know. She was too nervous. I think she’s very shy and for that reason she
couldn't be picked, besides, she was not that good looking, although her voice
wasn’t bad at all” he lamented.
This sometimes (or most of the times)
happens in everyday life. Mr Critical asks to himself: What should teachers
teach? It seems that being successful has somehow to do with being daring or a
bit sensual (especially for women). Let’s take for example what happens at Mr
Critical’s office. There, you can find some women working as English teachers,
but they don’t even know how to write a formal letter in their own language,
let alone in English. However, one of them is surprisingly the "second on board" -so to speak- of
the Department, someone who the only word she knows in English is “ok,
ok, ok” and "manash" (manage), "averash" (average), "mesash" (message), "reproved" (meaning 'failed'), and "she's a good cooker". But of course, she perfectly knows how to influence on people, on her boss, -the best brainwasher I've ever met, so his name should rather be 'Mr Power of Persuasion'- But this guy is evidently a simple wannabe 'eloquent' as he'll never persuade you, unless your IQ is really low. However, the "second on board" knows how to influence on him, and on her authorities, students, and even on certain colleagues. According to Mr Critical,
teachers should teach how to be daring, astute, crafty, and cunning in order to
be successful in life. It seems that intelligence, competence and
professionalism based on speaking knowledgeably is regarded as secondary (or perhaps, unnecessary). What
do you reckon?
