BTS - part 2

Ok, so after talking to another assistant, I realized that my amazing aha moment about BTS is actually pretty false. Each high school specializes in a different type of BTS. So while my high school sounds like MBA-like BTS, another assistant works at a school with medical students. So...we've kind of concluded that BTS is a government-funded Associate's Degree program - and can cover basically anything.

This is probably quite boring for most readers, but it gives me, as a teacher, better piece of mind to understand what on earth my students are doing with their lives.

Ooh, success story from one of my BTS groups today:

This is with the technical-sales group, so they work a lot with customers, sales, marketing, etc.

I divided the class into 4 teams and had each of them pick a name for their team (in English!). They came up with: The Joints (as in marijuana), The Dream Team, The Beach Boys, and The...I'm blanking out.

Anyway, I gave each of them a cell phone, and told them that they had to convince me (the customer) to buy their phone.

I gave them 5 minutes to strategize. I provided markers and paper if they wanted to make some type of ad.

Then, each group had 3 minutes to present their case.

Then, we spent another 5-6 minutes in an open forum for counter-offers.

The winning team got chocolate (and the winning team was The Beach Boys).