So after a few weeks of teaching I have come to realize that I must be more strict with the students. Even though some of them seem nice, the "appealing to their good nature" approach just didn't seem to be working. So I upped the anti a little bit last class. I started by taking away all of their cell phones at the start of class which was surprisingly easy. My next step was to show one student in particular that I am in charge. I've given him a lot of chances and that day I decided enough was enough. To make a long story short he was acting up a lot and would simply not listen to me. So I told him if he wouldn't sit down I'd send him to the office, and he looked at me and decided to try and call my bluff and said "OK let's go." and to his surprise I wasn't bluffing. I took him to the office to see his adviser and he came back 10 minutes later not looking too happy. Take that 10 year old kid who I'm supposed to be more mature than!
Jason
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haha, i do that with my 6th graders all the time. the conversations go like this:
ReplyDelete"one more time, and you're going to the office."
"you're being sarcastic!" - student.
"am i? follow me."
"no no no ms bombara! noooo."
i love it.