Bucking the trend – a visual description by Kris on December 4, 2009
So when you teach ESL, it happens quite often that you need to draw a picture of what you are trying to explain. Last week our class was talking about different types of “trends” – trendsetters, economic trends, etc. I was struggling to explain the term “bucking the trend”. I had used words like “resisting”, “reversing”, but the students couldn’t wrap their minds around where the “bucking” part came from. I decided to use an illustration to show them:
It was SO bad, I had to photograph it. I’m an English teacher, not an Art Teacher!
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Wow. As an ESL Teacher I can appreciate very badly drawn visual aids, but this tops the cake. Really like how not only the guy is smiling but the horse as well, as if to say “yes I will be bucking you.” Very Post-modern. Haha. I play a game called “Parachute man” (hangman with a parachute instead of a noose) and often replace the person with various animals (dogs, cats, elephants) to the giddy delight of my young students, who are often left trying to figure what the hell it is. Cheers!