I thought about putting this in the diary section, but really, I don't care if people comment.
I have been back at school teaching for 3 weeks now, and at this moment, I miss my old job and old students.
The kids at this school are ridiculously disrespectful. I cannot believe how they act. I had my shop class (where the kids to weld, woodwork, work on engines, etc.) take a true/false safety test. My rule was they had to take it before they could work on any projects with tools and score an 80% or higher. I thought that was more than fair. Several of them did not pass, so I have them do a study guide today, and geez oh Pete, I heard it all. One kid walked out of my class after the bell rang and yelled this class is bullshit real loud.
At this school, kids are not aloud to have their cell phones in class at all. When a kid has a phone out in class, you are suppose to take it and write up a referral. I have just been asking them to put it away and if they don't I take it til the end of class. A kid today had it out and was texting after I asked, so I took it, and he flipped honeysuckle at me.
I absolutely hate this, I like teenagers, and love working with them, but like what the hell!?!? I don't want to have to be a complete ***** to them, I didn't become a teacher for that.
I'm trying new strategies tomorrow. I rearrange the classroom, got new seating charts, made it so I can see more kids at once, and put up a "cell phone box" for kids, and if I see it, I'm writing them up.
I was doing better by 7th hour, but then I had a kid not doing his work. I asked him to do it, it was participation points, so not hard. He didn't have a pencil. So I gave him one of mine, helped some other students, and he still wouldn't do it. So I asked him to start his work again. And he told me "I'm not ******* doing it."
Like seriously, sometimes I feel like they just want me to give them referrals. This is driving me crazy. I just want to sleep this away, but I've been laying in bed for an hour now and can't go to sleep. I miss my old students that at least pretended to care, and the ones that were bumps on a log and didn't do anything were at least nice.
I wrote this from my phone, so sorry for any typos.
I have been back at school teaching for 3 weeks now, and at this moment, I miss my old job and old students.
The kids at this school are ridiculously disrespectful. I cannot believe how they act. I had my shop class (where the kids to weld, woodwork, work on engines, etc.) take a true/false safety test. My rule was they had to take it before they could work on any projects with tools and score an 80% or higher. I thought that was more than fair. Several of them did not pass, so I have them do a study guide today, and geez oh Pete, I heard it all. One kid walked out of my class after the bell rang and yelled this class is bullshit real loud.
At this school, kids are not aloud to have their cell phones in class at all. When a kid has a phone out in class, you are suppose to take it and write up a referral. I have just been asking them to put it away and if they don't I take it til the end of class. A kid today had it out and was texting after I asked, so I took it, and he flipped honeysuckle at me.
I absolutely hate this, I like teenagers, and love working with them, but like what the hell!?!? I don't want to have to be a complete ***** to them, I didn't become a teacher for that.
I'm trying new strategies tomorrow. I rearrange the classroom, got new seating charts, made it so I can see more kids at once, and put up a "cell phone box" for kids, and if I see it, I'm writing them up.
I was doing better by 7th hour, but then I had a kid not doing his work. I asked him to do it, it was participation points, so not hard. He didn't have a pencil. So I gave him one of mine, helped some other students, and he still wouldn't do it. So I asked him to start his work again. And he told me "I'm not ******* doing it."
Like seriously, sometimes I feel like they just want me to give them referrals. This is driving me crazy. I just want to sleep this away, but I've been laying in bed for an hour now and can't go to sleep. I miss my old students that at least pretended to care, and the ones that were bumps on a log and didn't do anything were at least nice.
I wrote this from my phone, so sorry for any typos.