I got so much attitude from a student that I had no idea what to do other than blog about it. A simple request to be quiet turned into World War Three. "But mister, other people are talking" "Mister, it's just not my day." "Mister, I don't feel like doing nothing today." A few more of these and I'd had it. "Do you care how my day is going?" "When it's not my day, do I yell at you?" "I have 140 of you and I have to care about all of you, why should you get special permission?" I turned her to the wall with a worksheet so fast it made her head spin.
I took a step back and told her, as she continued to complain, that she could talk out her problems or just sit there and do her work. She chose option A and told me she was upset at her mom and another teacher who was unfair and embarrassed her in front of he last class. I allowed her to return to her group.
Some days I just don't have the bandwidth to care about all of my kids. She was a Tuesday-Thursday child on my care schedule and she chose to have a bad day on Monday. That's what I was thinking at first. The reality is that we have to adjust to our kids and listen to them because we may be the only ones who do.
I took a step back and told her, as she continued to complain, that she could talk out her problems or just sit there and do her work. She chose option A and told me she was upset at her mom and another teacher who was unfair and embarrassed her in front of he last class. I allowed her to return to her group.
Some days I just don't have the bandwidth to care about all of my kids. She was a Tuesday-Thursday child on my care schedule and she chose to have a bad day on Monday. That's what I was thinking at first. The reality is that we have to adjust to our kids and listen to them because we may be the only ones who do.
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