Comments on: What to Do if Your Students Control You https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/ support & community for Christian teachers Thu, 20 Aug 2020 22:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 By: Anonymous https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/#comments/9713 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 01:41:31 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=1610#comment-9713 I feel like I am in the wrong school. Students are not expected to take notes, but rather participate in learning activities all during class. We are a failing school that has issues from skipping, to back-talking, to no drive to do anything. There is no consequence I can offer that will scare or route my students, as administration will simply send them back to my classroom. As a new teacher, not only am I discouraged because the blame has been placed on me, but I feel like I am useless and unwanted.

]]> By: Anonymous https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/#comments/5023 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:39:31 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=1610#comment-5023 In reply to Anonymous.

you are so right on!

]]> By: anonymous 2 https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/#comments/4966 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:20:58 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=1610#comment-4966 In reply to Anonymous.

Unfortunately, Anonymous, you are just about on target with all that. Sadly, it sounds negative and that there is no hope. However, there is hope…but, where to find it is the question. We educators know that there are excellent students and overall good classrooms. But, it is becoming more and more challenging to attain that great classroom due to the fact that most of the consequence options have been removed from the public education system. And who’s in charge of the public school system?…well, there you have it.

]]> By: Anonymous https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/#comments/4825 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 04:51:34 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=1610#comment-4825 Sadly, there are no meaningful consequences that the teacher can use. Suspensions have largely been, well…..suspended. And the kids know it. After the third or fourth stern “talking to” by the teacher and administrator, when nothing more than a recess has been taken away, they are smart enough to know that they can get away with just about anything short of violence–and sometimes even that. The attention that comes from disrupting the class is intoxicating for them. Add to the mix that minority students are often told at home that they should be on the lookout for racism from teachers at school. I see patterns of passive aggressiveness. All the great techniques in the world won’t take the place of parent support and courage from administrators, both of which have all but disappeared in many schools.

]]> By: Cassie https://teach4theheart.com/what-to-do-if-your-students-control-you/#comments/1755 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:55:15 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=1610#comment-1755 Excellent article!
One of the things I implemented when I was still in the classroom was “thinking time”. I was in a school with a large culture where women were not really regarded as authority figures. (And even though this was offered as a tip to addressing behavior of minority students, I think it works really well for any teenager – they all appreciate respect).
When a student was not meeting an expectation and disrupting class, I would remind them of the behavior and consequence. Then I would ask them to step out in the hall for a few moments and think about what they wanted to happen next. After a few minutes they were welcome to quietly come back and rejoin class or they could ask for an office referral. Most of the time, they would rejoin class and be great!

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