Hi Trish! Thanks for another video. Just wanted to share a story with you. I had admin come in to my lesson unannounced. They had a clipboard and were writing notes. My anxiety level just shot up though the roof - but it didn't end there. I thought everything was going good until 4 of my poorly behaved students burst in 15 minutes late. As soon as they saw the person with the clipboard, they walked back out the room and started laughing, screaming and were eating chips/candy from break. They totally ruined the atmosphere of the class and would not sit down or do any work when they eventually came back in. I had lots of students moaning, eating, swearing and complaining about what they were doing. I just felt so embarrassed and felt like a total shit teacher because there isn't much I could do apart from remove one of the students and hold them back at the end of class. It was rough. The administrator just stood there watching and the writing got more rapid when all the drama was going on, I had so much anxiety and a sensory overload. Luckily some of my other classes aren't as crazy... The unfortunate truth is that most teachers aren't properly equipped to deal with gen Z and alpha students coming up into our classrooms today. They have no fear, they are overly confident, have no self-control and self-centred. No one - and nothing - matters. The world revolves around them and who cares if anyone else gets hurt? The Dunning Kruger principle totally applies here. I have lots of kids telling me how to do my job along with parents. Being on the receiving end of education is totally different from delivering lessons and actually teaching. I don't feel like I am teaching, it's mostly managing behaviour, doing spreadsheets and planning. Due to poorly run schools, unsupportive admin and extreme demands on teachers, dealing with extreme behaviours in class is becoming impossible to manage due to lack of consequences and not being properly equipped.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story. ❤ I'm so sorry this happened to you. That administrator should have stepped in and helped you. Student behavior is so awful today, and too often our hands are tied behind our back, and we aren't allowed to discipline like we need to. I hope this year gets brighter for you. This is the time of year that I used to start dreaming of winter holidays. 🥺 I'm sending hugs your way.💕
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
@Julie Lourdes Sometimes, comments get held in my "hold potentially inappropriate comments for review" folder in my KZitem studio, randomly, and other times comments disappear & reappear for no rhyme or reason. Sorry about that!! Maybe I need to make my settings less strict on comments because sometimes perfectly normal comments get held for review, but when I had that one video go semi-viral people were saying the most horrible, vile stuff imaginable and I was getting tons of trolls, and I wanted the comment section to be a clean happy place, but the downside is sometimes good comments get held for review or deleted by KZitem before I can approve them. A week or so ago I had like 50 comments show up in my notifications that were months old that I never saw. Maybe a glitch?
@tabletalk33
2 жыл бұрын
Well said, AC. Your description of the situation needs to be put before every school board and legislature in the nation. Our public schools are a NATIONAL DISGRACE!
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Those that you saw were the nice ones comparatively! 😭 The ones that were held for review had cursing and name calling and super personal attacks and everything else under the sun. It's definitely made it really hard for me to make videos, but kind, encouraging people like you and Anaja encourage me so much!!
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you soooo much Julie!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@kathyglass2922
2 жыл бұрын
Blame the victim. Did you, the teacher, strengthen the relationship? Be firm? Set boundaries? Be empathic? Be engaging? Implement the behavior modification plan? Be strict? Be nice? Etc. Blame the victim. Blame the teacher.
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
Yup. And that's the main problem.
@alpanaseth9453
Жыл бұрын
Contradicting yourself
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
That's what the administrators do. That's their MO. They throw all this crap at you and blame you for EVERYTHING, no matter what it is. Teachers are SACRIFICED for all the sins committed by the public school system.
@charlesphilhower1452
Жыл бұрын
It is difficult to manage a child that has not learned respect at home😊
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Facts!! 💯
@tabletalk33
2 жыл бұрын
To put it another way, we are witnessing the breakdown of an entire civilization. What goes on in the public schools is just a reflection of that.
@richmproject
2 жыл бұрын
literally in REAL-TIME b4 our eyes. 🤦🏾♂️
@akc1739
2 жыл бұрын
Yes we are. Old school strategies will not work on modern problems. I think we need to get the kids talking about this. Make it their issue to solve. Not going to “do school” in any serious, meaningful way? Fine. There’s no “school” as you know it. Come to the building, as usual, but totally flip things to where the whole idea of school and how one functions is rebuilt from scratch. Clearly what we’re doing now is a joke.
@tabletalk33
2 жыл бұрын
@@akc1739 "Rebuilding from scratch" would involved PRIVATIZING the schools. That is the only way we are going to solve this problem because then the market players, i.e., the buyers and sellers would be the ones in charge, working together and having FINAL AUTHORITY, not some damn legislature or "school board." The latter two do NOTHING to solve these problems. Then the service providers (school owners) will have no choice but to please the buyers or lose their business. This in turn would involve the service providers taking all necessary steps to make that happen, up to & including going nuclear, i.e., expulsion of the trouble makers OUTRIGHT. There will never be classroom environments conduce to learning until the service providers have the authority to run their businesses as they see fit and to GET RID of the trouble makers.
@jillsalkin7389
Жыл бұрын
@@akc1739 And how would you suggest that be done???
@jillsalkin7389
Жыл бұрын
@@tabletalk33 Interesting concept. Would be hard to implement because the number of expelled kids would prohibit placing them elsewhere. Then, what?
@80sgyrl82
2 жыл бұрын
...and those defiant students are defiant every single day till the last day of school (ptsd). They are not removed from your class, despite the verbal abuse and undermining your authority. No matter how many parent conferences you have/referrals/counseling sessions.....the student continues to be exceedingly disrespectful and confrontational. Thank you for the clarity and moral support. 🤗
@Insightful_Locs
2 жыл бұрын
Defiant students are the absolute worst
@nanday100
Жыл бұрын
Watching the Darrell Brooks trial reminded me of this. Even a judge struggles with the habitually defiant "kids"
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
@@nanday100 Exactly!
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
karline, well said, and you are absolutely right. In far too many cases, the public schools simply do not permit of the solutions necessary to rectify this problem. I believe that they have been DELIBERATELY designed to block such solutions. Result: public schools become madhouses, jail facilities, holding tanks for the insane where no real learning takes place, and places for THUGS to hang out and develop their anti-social skills to new and higher levels of defiance, violence, ferocity, and criminality.
@shirleyanne6573
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. My friend Marguerite teaches grades 5-6 and found an interesting way of dealing with bullying and nasty remarks. She realized that most of the students lived in home environments where apologies were absolutely never heard. So if one student dissed another, she'd get the victim to tell everybody how that made him/her feel, and then the offender would have to apologize. This would be followed by a round of applause. I watched her in action and it seemed to work really well.
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
That's an amazing idea!! 🥰
@Jillousa
Жыл бұрын
Kids aren't even used to having a routine or expectations at home
@Edgar632172
2 жыл бұрын
It feels like we are nearing societal collapse. I mean, how can we not even agree as a society on basic concepts like appropriate behavior in school?
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
So true! 😭
@jillsalkin7389
Жыл бұрын
Look at how people drive!!! No care at all for anyone else.
@thatsrealroughbud...2394
Жыл бұрын
Well, since school administrators listened to TikToc that told them that appropriate behaviour was “white supremacy” and thus “racism/colonialism”, that’s not a thing anymore. Despite the fact that endless people told those administrators that those beliefs were straight up racism of low expectation predominantly by yt womxn.
@dddripz
Жыл бұрын
@@thatsrealroughbud...2394 This was the most incoherent comment I have ever read...
@thatsrealroughbud...2394
Жыл бұрын
@@dddripz Not a valid counter argument
@andayibrewmbirika2441
2 жыл бұрын
After watching this i still ask whats the point of being a teacher anymore??? I get racial abuse,, cursed at,, threatened with accusation of sexual misconduct etc😮😮i want to know when did the old ways end? I suspect it was 1988 but i flat out refuse to kiss kids asses,,,, one of my former SNAs (special needs assistant) had nerve to report me for disciplining so now those same students consistently tell her to F off and i say nothing, so she ends up writing up endless behaviour incident reports and tbh im glad she is getting the abuse so now she can how wrong she was reporting me for correcting a child sorry teenager.. she had audacity to question why i put up with it and it was willpower to not confront bout what she did to me.. i get the drill sargeant bit but kids need to learn boundaries becuz some countries wont put up with this entitled mentality,,, i log every incident no matter how minor in case dumbass admin decide to blame me… and this bs of rewarding bad kids MUST end becuz all the good kids will just think if u cant beat em then join them… sooner i get out of teaching the better mostly becuz the toxic staff are worse than the kids too!
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree! That's ultimately why I left teaching. 🥺 I felt like I had to go against my own moral beliefs to survive the system, and at a certain point I felt like my presence in the system wasn't big enough to change how things are done at the deepest levels. I thought telling the truth & providing real discipline was the path forward, but I was being blocked & actually getting in trouble for trying to do the right thing, so I eventually walked away. I feel like teaching is a survival game at this point & most of us became teachers in order to change lives not avoid being sued or fired over silly stuff. I think that's why there is a mass exodus out of education because alot of us are just done with the double standards & garbage we have to put up with. All that to say, I totally understand where you're coming from. ❤
@andayibrewmbirika2441
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy thanks for the prompt reply; really feel validated by it❤️love all your videos👍
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy Excellent points.
@jillsalkin7389
Жыл бұрын
"100 percent lacking internal motivation." All comes back to their parents. Terrible. What a difference when you see kids who WANT to learn. Teachers have had to parent difficult students because their own parents DON'T!!
@Augfordpdoggie
2 жыл бұрын
simpsons, hollywood, disney, and gangster rap, pop stars like miley and cardi b
@Jennifer-653
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've already messed this up. Screaming almost twice a day because they ignore me if I don't. I don't even like screaming. Not sure how to get off this merry-go round but thanks for the tips. I will try them soon.
@tabletalk33
2 жыл бұрын
And everything is YOUR fault. The students get off scot free.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Don't beat yourself up! I think we've all been there. ❤
@pacoramirez7363
2 жыл бұрын
If they’ve chosen to only respond to screaming, then they’ve made the choice to get screamed at. They can either get over it or start making smarter choices about their responsiveness.🤷🏼♂️
@Augfordpdoggie
2 жыл бұрын
sorry you are going through this. i dont know what age you are teaching, or how long you have been teaching, but i am a 25 year teacher, and fed up. Two things that did work for me 1)kicking the kid out without wasting time on write ups..." ok go outside until you can be quiet-they hate being away from their peers. 2) for kids that don't pay attention, i stop answering their questions and make me write an email, that way when i finally get around to answering them, i know they have to take the time to read and understand
@akc1739
2 жыл бұрын
I never scared children as much as with my silence. No joke.
@munimathbypeterfelton6251
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video, Trish! As always you hit everything right on the nose. To add to what you have outlined eloquently here: sometimes I have experienced classes of students in which there are 3-7 GOOD students and the rest are awful! So the tables have turned terribly statistically in the 21st Century! There is a lot of horrible sheeplike behavior among students, parents, administrators, and even bad teacher colleagues in schools today. People are so afraid of “being different”, “looking bad”, etc.; so they follow the bad apples with herd mentalities rearing their ugly heads right and left. And then the innocent teacher is sent up the river once and for all. Besides the negative influences of internet and the media, I believe that sports is also somewhat of a negative in kids’ lives. Today’s youth are very athletic-meaning they are heavily competitive and literally leap to every opportunity to play whatever sport whose season is in play. Sometimes these sporty students purposefully give zero effort to their academics because they know that in this country, sports are prioritized over EVERYTHING ELSE from the federal government on down. So if a kid is good with throwing or kicking a ball and running in all different directions, they are under the false impression that they are set for life. And since many professional athletes out there don’t go to or graduate from college, and some professional athletes are actually bad role models as people for children, child athletes will follow those “superstars’” bad examples. Plus, once a sports season starts, a student athlete will be given their parents’ and their school principal’s blessing to lace up their sports attire and “win one for the team”. After all, schools everywhere want to fill those sports trophy glass cases that appear front and centers by the front entrances next to the main offices of the schools themselves. Since sports are always glamorized over academics, those student athletes are therefore more than happy to skip their studies and hit the field/court. Schools used to have a minimum GPA requirement for students to play on their sports teams, but that’s not the case anymore. Which leads to the biggest problem of all in how many children are (not) being raised by their parents in today’s world: the parents’ inability/refusal to say “No.” So if a bad student wants to play sports and not do their homework or even come to class, what’s a bad parent or administrator not to let them do what makes them happy?! 🙄
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I didn't deal much with athletics with the age group I taught, but I can only imagine what a huge issue that would be in high school among other things. 🥺
@munimathbypeterfelton6251
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy Yes, lots of student athlete and sports coach elitism in that department. Plus, speaking as a tutor, if and whenever a new sports season begins, many times a student will want to play that sport and then all of a sudden my services with that student are cancelled so that they can play ball no matter what their current academic standings are.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds so frustrating! It's clear that we've lost our value for education as a society, now educators are left to hold up the illusion. 😔
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
So, so true.
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy Yup. Education is not valued in this country 😒.
@callmeangie867
Жыл бұрын
Hit the nail on the head, Trish! I witnessed a conniption today from a 2nd grader and it was absurd. Multiple classmates were calling him out for pushing other kids around, and it pissed him off so much that he just dipped from my room and shouted, “FRICK THIS CLASS.” So, this is by now the 20th apology note I’ve seen just this year (I teach music).
@marianrosin6486
Жыл бұрын
I read something very interesting recently. Children can't regulate their nervous systems yet, so they sort of have to "borrow" a parent's ability to regulate their own. I would think this applies to teachers, as well. Another great video! Hope all's been well with you.
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
That definitely makes sense! I noticed that kids would mirror my energy at times! Great food for thought!! ❤
@waleedkhalid7486
Жыл бұрын
This is BS. Kids absolutely are in control of their nervous system at all times. The nuance is that their ability to make good decisions is poor due to an underdeveloped frontal lobe. The mirroring behavior we see is natural human behavior (even adults do it) when they see or are with a person whose behavior they like/respect in some way. As a teacher, your kids feed off your energy due to the fact you are the leader for the room - this is why public speaking courses show speeches by Hitler and MLKJ, they impart a mesmerizing energy to the group that sets the tone in a positive way. Humans like to copy other humans (and sometimes non-humans as well) - think about times when you see kids mimic animals or mimic behavior they see in anime/cartoons/video games. It’s all the same stuff. as a result, as a teacher we need to be excited about our lessons at all times. When we aren’t, the kids pick up on it and it affects them. My favorite line when I’m at topics I don’t particularly like is “alright class, we are going to be looking at some topics that I don’t particularly care too much about professionally, but that we all need to know. I don’t like it, I know you won’t like it, but let’s get through it together.” This allows the students to empathize with you and buy in, and it shows the students that even adults have to do things that they do not want to do, but they have ti do them anyway (an especially important lesson these days).
@marianrosin6486
Жыл бұрын
@@waleedkhalid7486 I have to disagree with you on some of this although I also think we may have been getting at the same thing with different word. Babies who are emotionally neglected do not have normal development and can develop attachment and other disorders. And mimicking what is modeled is what is meant by "borrowing the parent's nervous system."
@marianrosin6486
Жыл бұрын
Also, I think telling kids you're not crazy about the topic is brilliant.
@andayibrewmbirika2441
2 жыл бұрын
And yes this video should be shown at teacher training colleges!!
@valclub479
Жыл бұрын
Omg...you nail it every time. Thank you for attempting to teach this to ANYONE WHO HAS A BRAIN
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🤗 ❤
@MrNuance
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a correctional officer in jail
@clairelariviere3122
11 ай бұрын
1. When a student is being silly, disruptive, annoying : teacher stops what she’s doing, looks directly at the student and says John (pause) do better. 2. If misbehaviour persists or escalates : John, join me in the hall. I’ve asked you to do better. (Don’t stumble around explaining what he did wrong, he already knows). Now you need to come up with a plan for your thinking and learning which doesn’t include what you’ve been doing the last five minutes. Let me know when you’re ready to tell me your plan. (Guide them with the plan as needed). This works with very young kids and older ones too and is often enough to address the misbehaviour.
@pault9544
Жыл бұрын
Yes, my generation, kids got grounded. I got grounded. Classmates talked about how they got grounded for such and such reason. Grounded, is it even a word you hear now a days? I bet some kids wouldn't even know what it means.
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
So true! 😭
@markbaker8089
Жыл бұрын
Some parents don’t know the difference between discipline and punishment. They equate them to being one and the same.
@averyclarke2689
2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel. Great video!
@aidenalamo6262
2 ай бұрын
The disruptive students may have very difficult home lives. They might be deeply concerned for the their safety and their siblings safety from their abusers. They are afraid of coming forward with abuse claims because of how screwed up the foster care system is. Also, shark week may contribute to disruptive students behaviors. When you are cramping, bloated and no medication to take during the school day, you have pain that distracts you from your school work. Sometimes I wish I had a teacher ask me directly if I were on my period and if that was my difficulty at that time as to why my grades were not as good as they should be. Of course, they couldn't ask that. As a fellow transgender man, I put my teachers through a lot as a kid, but not intentionally intended of doing so. My shark week was trifled with the fact that i had to deal with leaks on top of everything else that involves shark week. So, my mind on not leaking during class onto any property, such as chairs and my clothes had to be a priority. So, school work had to be put on the backburner even though I didn't want to do that. Once shark week was over, it took me time to come down from that time. So, I had to catch up with my school work. I wish I had cloth pads back then because my period would have been under control. I sympathize to what you are saying about no excuses for students. Sometimes the true excuse is medical and that is that.
@ashconner2293
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid if a teacher didn't want to hear what I had to say, in my mind I felt like they could care less. Therefore I didn't give a damn what they said
@andrewpowell1734
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Parents and admin tend to blame the teacher. “It's the teacher's fault.” 🙄
@ashconner2293
Жыл бұрын
I'm not a teacher but I have children around me that are middle school-aged all the time. When they start acting up, say like they are frustrated and yelling, I going to really calm mode, chill, and say like something around you could have just said it. I'm like" you could have just been like I am upset because my sister is taking my candy. When you go into this dramicic Scean and yell and throw a fit nobody will listen to you. If you would have came to me calmly and told me that I would have had it back to you".
@enneaf1676
9 ай бұрын
When I was in high school, they tried to ban South Park tee shirts and the like
@patrickmorgan9118
Жыл бұрын
When I was in school back in the day there was a gym teacher that was feared by all of us students,that’s because he had a paddle that was around three feet long and had large holes drilled in it. I met such paddle one time and believe me I knew exactly what I done wrong and the limp and burned backside I walked away with sure taught me not to do it again. Just an idea lol
@jalconque
16 күн бұрын
Ok not to be that guy.... I do immensely enjoy Trish's videos...and I've been in the system for over 25 years, in Taiwan, in the USA and in the Caribbean. I've done several classroom management over the years and I always tell teachers, students from age 2 to 18 will do EXACTLY what you let them get away with! I have NEVER come across a student or class that misbehaves constantly in every subject or that no teacher can control...yea I'm that teacher, becsuse you muck around and see the result. You need to have the drill sargent mentality and calling such methods old fashioned, and yelling gen z this and gen alpha that, is part of the problem. We're literally saying that we need to accommodate disruptive, disrespectful, unacceptable behavior because....? There is no reason on earth why that should be accepted. If coworkers behaved that way to management, they'd be out of a job faster than you can say "HR". What's being advocated here is the victim of phycial, emotional and psychological abuse has to ACCOMMODATE the abuser. If you can't even protect yourself as an adult, how can you protect the other kids in the class when they're being bullied? Will you also sacrifice lunches to get the bully to respond appropriately, or use candy to bribe them to behave? A lot of these classroom management measures are for "management" ie normal kids who just need guidance but a lot of the time "control" is what's needed for students who deliberately misbehave, and you need to have the brass balls to exert control in today's classroom. Nah, no way no how. My class, my rules... and if that requires me being and "old fashioned" drill sargent then so be it. What I learned a long time ago is the teacher counts, despite the school culture and the soft-headedness of admin. When the buck stops with you, then students will recognize that and behave themselves, but you have to be authoritorian at least for the first few weeks. Once you have developed a comprehensive behavior profile, then ok cool off and start acting human. 😂 I'm gonna catch flack for this but whatever....the way makes and females deal with misbehavior is also different and that may be a contributing factor Female teachers seem to go into mothering mode, males go into fixer mode. Not only that, but boys will be boys and will laugh, fart, call names and be disrespectful just becsuse. Not saying that escalating consequences don't work, but by the time you get to the third consequence, how much time has been wasted? How much has flow been disrupted? And that's only accounting for one child. What if you have multiple offenders? Are you going to issue 90 warnings in a class of 30? You know, the system back then was far from perfect, but we need to take a page from the books back then. "Old fashioned" it may be, but at least teachers weren't expected to accept and accommodate abusive behavior from their charges. I'm also very concerned about how we've normalized teachers role being so expansive. The vast majority of the guests here are teachers...we've had few admin and I don't think we've had any parents and we've never had any students (understandable) .Ths problem will not be solved if the persons most responsible for the kids behavior aren't brought to bear on the subject. Trish speaks of escalating consequences, for example, but how does that work when a child simply says "I need a mental break" and can tack on" bitch" at the end for good measure? I the very least, we need to demand they respect teachers, follow rules and give them a proper system for managing run of the mill emotional irregularities, not a blanket pass to get out of trouble. Finally I'll say this, classroom management starts even before Day 1 with your reputation as a teacher. If you're known as the lunch or candy teacherx then strap in, cause you're in for a wild ride. On Day 1, the kids are probably settled trying to gauge the kind of teacher you are especially your response to misbehavior. Many teachers are fooled into a false sense of comfort thinking that that's the real behavior profile of the class. Nope. The true colors wil emerge later. In the meantime, take the opportunity to solidify your role as teacher. Teach routines and rules EVERY Class and deal with misbehavior immediately (if admin allows). You go in all soft and smiling and they will eat you for lunch. I'm not a beast. I don't abuse my students or administer any sort or corporal punishment. The last graduating class gave me a standing ovation because I kept them in line and they appreciated it I'm out.
@TeacherTherapy
16 күн бұрын
I think you've misunderstood me! What I describe here is all that society *ALLOWS* teachers to do. It's not how I prefer to run a classroom, which is why I quit. I believe in old school, southern discipline, but that will get a teacher fired these days. I'd love to know what American district you teach in, in 2024 that allows you to use old school discipline!
@jeffs7915
Жыл бұрын
It's so nice to see how many fall back positions teaching has acquired over the years. Whoever came up with the concept of classroom management should burn in hell. Teachers are not managers, managers shift place the responsibility onto the employees shoulders with the ultimate consequence of termination. If termination is not part of the equation then there is no management, but merely a facsimile or faux management.
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jeff! I can't remember if I've asked you before, but are you/were you a teacher? 😊
@alpanaseth9453
Жыл бұрын
Basically don’t do anything.
@gts3004
8 ай бұрын
I suspect those who designed the classroom management advice were probably acting in bad faith all along and foresaw the destructive effects of their policy.
@abrahampalmer8761
Жыл бұрын
8:30
@tonystout1545
2 жыл бұрын
A Godless culture raises Godless children, and they will act out their animalistic urges. What are needed are firm Godly leaders in the classroom.
@vegannegan9652
2 жыл бұрын
Not true. It has only to do with culture. In countries like Japan most people are atheist, but it's unheard of to misbehave or to be disrespectful at school.
@zarach9459
Жыл бұрын
@@vegannegan9652 It may be that they declare themselves atheists, but in the end they respect religion, the charms of atheism lose their charm as people get older and death looks closer and closer.
@sharonrinkiewicz3940
Жыл бұрын
It has nothing to do with religion. When you are not allowed to discipline kids, when you are not allowed to impose consequences for bad behavior, when you are not allowed to fail a student because it might hurt his self esteem, what kind of behavior or standards do you expect?
@sapphirexwind
Жыл бұрын
What is with your thumbnail? lol
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
I typed in Gen Z Students, and that popped up lol. Maybe I'll change it! 😅
@211FairyTale
2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone actually realize that as bad behavior increases, and punishment is prohibited, kids get steadily dumber? Does anyone care?
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
It's true! The people making the rules don't interface with 30 students per hour, so they really don't care, or some are so brainwashed by ivory tower philosophies that they are living in a Hallmark fantasy rendition of what real students are like.
@211FairyTale
2 жыл бұрын
@Julie Lourdes Yes. That is the biggest problem. I can't believe no one sees the unfairness of this.
@211FairyTale
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy I have come to believe it's a controlled conspiracy, whether people know it or not. It has been going on for a long time. The government does not want anyone to be too smart (because they want to keep the population subservient.) The education system today certainly reflects this, and it is done in sneaky ways. Allowing bad behavior is one of the ways. Years later, when bad kids go to jail (because they never learned to follow rules) the system wins -- as tax dollars are invested into prisons and get a "payoff" of more criminals.
@211FairyTale
2 жыл бұрын
@Julie Lourdes Yep. As I said in my other comment: I have come to believe it's a controlled conspiracy, whether people know it or not. It has been going on for a long time. The government does not want anyone to be too smart (because they want to keep the population subservient.) The education system today certainly reflects this, and it is done in sneaky ways. Allowing bad behavior is one of the ways. Years later, when bad kids go to jail (because they never learned to follow rules) the system wins -- as tax dollars are invested into prisons and get a "payoff" of more criminals. The ones that manage to graduate do not learn very much, and become ideal cogs in the wheel, working menial jobs for menial pay. They become worker units that serve the corporation, and the state.
@thehighllama8101
Жыл бұрын
@@211FairyTale I'm a substitute. I once substituted for a 1st grade teacher who had one terribly misbehaved student, who would throw things, curse, freely walk around the room, etc., and who basically did little, if any, school work at all. The class size was about 25 students, and the school would not provide a full-time teacher's aide. In the morning, I actually met the teacher, who had an all-day department meeting on campus. About that one misbehaved student, she told me, 'Let him do what he wants, as long as he's not hitting anybody or taking their things'. She then told me, basically, 'I tried to teach him, but it was taking up all of my time. The school won't provide me with help. I couldn't sleep at night. Then I decided I'm not going to sacrifice my other 24 students for that one misbehaved student'. What a depressing situation. I was able to see where the teacher was coming from, though, especially after I substituted for her class that day. That kid was out of control.
@jimbarrofficial
Жыл бұрын
How many Asian students are causing mayhem in schools? Asian parents don't allow that crap.
@Augfordpdoggie
2 жыл бұрын
Only in teaching would you have to accept this type of behavior. Could you imagine walking down the street and some random person yells stuff at you, "i hate you, your stupid, your presence is boring...." but strangely in a classroom it is tolerated. Shows you how uninvolved parents are, and how toxic life has become. 5 days left for me in teaching...then i am done forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your upcoming freeeeedoooommmmm!!!! 😄 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 🤗
@MzNoir_Rain444
Жыл бұрын
Yayyyyy congrats!!!! I’m trying to hold on until the end of the school year but I’m literally hanging on by a thread. I can’t function with 39 students. I teach HS so it’s block schedules but I have them for 1 1/2 hours a day for the semester. My next semester they’re supposedly putting 31 students in one of my classes. I really need to discuss this with the admin because I’m close to walking out.
@sarahmyob6862
Жыл бұрын
It happens to parents too because they know you can't do much about It! What you gonna do mentality! The government undermines our authority it's not something new. It's more rampant now..
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
So true! In the public schools, mental torture and harassment of teachers are routinely tolerated.
@nikkig1146
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, and it came at a perfect time! We lost three staff members this week, for various reasons. I had to step in and help sub some classes. Students were out of control and any hope of actually teaching went out the door. My supervisor even gave one disruptive student who walked out a ball that he brought back and threw around with his peers. Students are given toys and snacks to combat their misbehavior. Where is the accountability?! 🤦🏻♀️
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that. What you're describing sounds like a nightmare. It's always 10xs harder to sub for other teacher's classes. Make sure to give yourself lots of grace, because that's a tough situation, and the teacher that gave the kid a reward needs to be written up! 😭
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
Good grief 😔.
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
That's why I often refer to public schools as "children's prisons," 'cause that's how they work. Between the tyrannical Education Code and the ACA, there is no way that the school is going to expel a student short of murder. Maybe not even then!
@verasmith4767
Жыл бұрын
I fired 27 of Gen Z at work over three months because of no respect for anything or anyone. Broke company rules and then cried when fired. What a idiot generation. I have two grandchildren that age and they aren't not like this . It is parents.
@SippenSomeTea
Жыл бұрын
Not a fan of candy for rewards. Obesity is a big problem in our elementary school.
@MrTee12
Жыл бұрын
Sugar free
@robyost6079
2 жыл бұрын
I just said yesterday to a colleague that it feels like teachers who are trying to enforce any type of basic standards of behavior or academic expectations are in a vice. Pressure from the students and pressure from the administration to NOT have any standards or expectations. And when other teachers also give in to this mindset, it feels particularly demoralizing. I start every class by saying: "Did anyone ever benefit from having a teacher or anyone else have low or no expectations for them?"
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
You are so right! Society is decaying from the inside out & we are supposed to just spray perfume on everything and say it's fine. 😭
@georgepoirier9014
Жыл бұрын
Parents are a major part of the problem.
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
It's just an impossible situation. Public school teachers are on a fool's errand. The many problems in the schools are a reflection of the cultural rot eating away at our society. Our society is terminal.
@elusivemayfly7534
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like there may be a culture clash when these students enter the workforce. I feel bad for kids whose parents are not really present.
@Rockerlady
2 жыл бұрын
I think we are seeing the result of the entitled generation: many people in their twenties do not want to work! Everyone uses the Covid excuse. What it comes down to is they don't want to work or be told what to do. I think they got used to negotiating with everyone: parents, teachers,admin. This is the long term effect.
@keivajones1865
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Many of them cannot adjust to a work environment any more than they could a classroom environment.
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
"culture clash" is the understatement of the year! Try "school to prison pipeline"!
@zebrafinch12
Жыл бұрын
Adolescents are revolting . I would never work as teacher. No respect. Bullying. Low pay
@Angela-zl1ju
2 жыл бұрын
I like how you always keep it real! Makes me feel validated! They should show your videos in teacher’s collages.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
@andayibrewmbirika2441
2 жыл бұрын
Yes more modules on classroom mgmt and less of pedagogy😂
@Rockerlady
2 жыл бұрын
She tells it like it is! I appreciate teacher truths having this platform. 🙂
@ruthp3237
Жыл бұрын
These videos definitely need to be shown in teacher education. Genius idea!!
@JevonMusicGroup
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Something for male teachers to consider, be very careful with the one-on-one conversations. I don't know about other schools, but accusations of inappropriate conduct are on the rise where I am.
@sarahmyob6862
Жыл бұрын
That's scary..
@Augfordpdoggie
2 жыл бұрын
teaching.....institutionalized gas lighting of adults
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Yep!!! 😭 💯
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@sarahtheteacher
Жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@daa5249
Жыл бұрын
Increase responsible, non soy boy, loving fathers in the home.
@lisas44
Жыл бұрын
My German teacher wasn’t 5 feet tall and she controlled a classroom. Like you suggested, she laid down the rules and consequences for breaking them day 1. The only detention I ever served was her class, twice. Once for leaving paper in a desk and once for having to go to the bathroom right after coming back from lunch (sat down at my desk, and my bra unhooked!). I could’ve told her, but I just took the detention instead of explaining the problem. We had so much fun and learned a lot. This was late 70’s when kids still had gun racks in their trucks with the rifle in the rack. Drove to school, went inside with gun still in truck and truck unlocked.
@pabloescobarschanclas
Жыл бұрын
those sound like the golden days.
@sabrinaestrada3590
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're absolutely astute at naming the reasons why this behavior exists. There really needs to be some kind of legislation in my opinion. If we have standards for what they learn, then why not standards for how they behave? Why isn't there a license required to be a parent? The ills of society should not fall on the shoulders of teachers. I'm fortunate that at my school the code of conduct is enforced by our administration.
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
You're right.
@gabrielleangelica1977
2 жыл бұрын
One rule that worked for me: Don't ENGAGE the bad behavior! ☣️
@akc1739
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t exactly know what you mean. How do you address the student without “engaging” the behavior?
@gabrielleangelica1977
2 жыл бұрын
@@akc1739Like the stock 💱 exchange, many students want attention. If you don't invest you it, then the behavior will not escalate.This goes for toddler tantrums too.
@gabrielleangelica1977
2 жыл бұрын
@Anaja S Physical... somebody would have to intervene. Immediately remove the student, get other school staff to hopefully 🆘 help like psychologist or guidance. Talk to the students later after class, but it should not have to play out in class. I've retired after 40 years. I was a child welfare worker, a probation officer (juvenile court) and I taught every grade except second 🥈...plus adult learning, special education and Spanish.
@alexa3322
Жыл бұрын
Tried that too. Works sometime but admin will acuse you for that too! Damn if you do and if you don’t.
@gabrielleangelica1977
Жыл бұрын
@@alexa3322 Agreed 🤝🏼
@deniselee1855
2 жыл бұрын
It's called beat them at their own game. I can record stuff too. I'll quickly turn the tables back on you and play the victim teacher. And yes everything you're saying is very true. But I feel like this as a teacher you need me before I need you. All teachers just keep a second backup plan and leave when you have to.
@mtc-j9i
Жыл бұрын
The worst and most widespread behaviors in my classroom today are truancy, apathy, and attempting to get through an entire class (every day, all day) doing absolutely nothing. If you ask them to take out their notes, they’ll just sit there until you walk around and personally invite each student to do it. No note taking…even the lowest level skill in a class is just too much effort. No listening (they sneak their earbuds and can’t hear a thing you say). No effort. No work. No answering questions (they’ll just stare at you when you ask a question). High school students are “quiet quitting” LOL that’s what it feels like. Boundaries and rules get pushed daily, especially those involving distractions (cell phones). It is truly exhausting having any rules at all, so pick rules wisely. It doesn’t matter how consistent or creative you are with enforcement, it will be an all day every day “reminder” battle. They don’t forget; they’re trying to wear you down!
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
You are so right! Your description is perfect! It brings me right back to the feeling of teaching middle school! I can't imagine how much harder it would be to teach high school kids because they have even more attitude and apathy, and they know they can get away with anything. 🥺
@gaelledr2213
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like bringing back the coal mines for children would be a good idea.
@keivajones1865
Жыл бұрын
@@gaelledr2213bring back factories for children to work in.
@sarahmyob6862
Жыл бұрын
We never got away with anything in school. There's no way you'd pass if you didn't hand in assignments ON TIME! Lol
@tabletalk33
Жыл бұрын
Well said, Miriam, well said! That is a beautiful description of a very ugly problem. Human apathy might be society's biggest problem. There are some sayings: -Laziness is the mother of all vices. -Idleness is the playmate of the Devil.
@Gabi_Garcia_is_the_GOAT
Жыл бұрын
i am a teacher in middle school my 8th graders ... while most are good there are 5 that have serious issues ruin it for everyone. it's really sad.
@joewestwood7505
Жыл бұрын
You are 100% correct Trish! You are amazing at articulating these problems in education a well as presenting them in a clear, undebatable way. What you are outlining for the new style of teaching is almost a mirror image of PARENTING! The teacher is expected to be just like a parent to students. The problem is, what teacher has time to parent 25-30 students? I hope that people get this message from your videos: TEACHERS ARE NOT PARENTS and PARENTS NEED TO PARENT THEIR KIDS!
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! ❤️
@lazerlightening
Жыл бұрын
I'm in my 30s and I would have given an arm and leg to have had more teachers like you in elementary and middle school. Not only am I deaf but I was also very shy as a kid and a lot of teachers treated me like I was stupid. Even when I didn't understand something, I was too scared to say so because I'd be shamed. I had a few teachers that used positive reinforcement on me like as you did with small toys and candy. That motivation to get some starbursts helped my grades a lot and it really made me feel good to see my teachers smile and tell me they were proud of me. Not going to lie but I was a shit head to teachers that had it out for me day one. Didn't matter how hard they punished me, it just made me more vengeful rather than respect them.
@curiosophy4241
Жыл бұрын
TEACHERS are not magicians. The arrow should point to the real problem, which could be the student(s) or the admin itself, if not the teacher.
@timmcintire7542
Жыл бұрын
Admins need to step up and when students act up they need to suspend or even expel those who act up. Until and unless that happens, schools will only get worse.
@fink-it3002
2 жыл бұрын
What consequences? Today's consequences are rewards. Even the behaved kids learn to misbehave inorder to be "rewarded"
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
What grade do you teach?
@djgroopz4952
2 жыл бұрын
Yikes! Looks like teaching is hell these days. No wonder why many are ditching the industry.
@HorizonMediaGaming
Жыл бұрын
Teaching kids like this sounds exhausting….
@TwinTiger88
Жыл бұрын
This is just bs ,bad kids should be kicked out and let the parents deal with them ! We all pay taxes for all our kids to learn and when some kids stop this from happening ,kick them out . no second chances ,they are gone ,problem solved .
@Nihilistictendencies1
Жыл бұрын
I agree with 99% of what you said. The one thing I won't bend on is bribery with candy, etc. I will praise and say thank you but I feel rewarding kids for everything just sets them up for failure in the real world.v
@biggerock
Жыл бұрын
Things are a little different for me; I see students singly or in small groups. I lay down the rules in no uncertain terms; I let them know I am in charge and that we can sometimes negotiate, but not usually. I never allow one student to mock another, and if a student isn't doing their best I tell them that I know they can do better. This will sound sexist, but I've observed that being a man makes a difference; the students respond differently to a male presence, possibly because many students don't have a positive male presence in their lives. I think the fact that my hobby is bodybuilding and that I am larger than average may help also. I don't mean to offend, but those are my observations
@walls116
2 жыл бұрын
Gold!
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 🤗
@countrygamer6096
Жыл бұрын
This generation operates almost entirely on how they feel. Not surprising when we consider the ideas that spread throughout education with late GenX and early to mid GenY.
@karolineCPH
Жыл бұрын
I just don't understand what goes on inside parents' minds. If I was told that my child had disrected their teacher in one of the many ways that you and people in the comments describe, I would be MORTIFIED.
@YukariAkiyama
Жыл бұрын
As a gen Z, I place most of the blame on the mental health crisis rectangle with a screen. Social media has popularized bullying the hard workers, or the “🤓”, if you will.
@theleanders2010
Жыл бұрын
I have the best admin She always has my back If students act up she puts them on a behaviour contract They call home when they violate the contract (she makes the student do the call and explain it) It’s a small school so it’s possible to have her in this role She told me she’s retiring and if next years admin isn’t there for us (particularly the students who work so hard) I don’t think I can stay in this profession
@deniselee1855
2 жыл бұрын
FYI driving for Lyft and driving for Uber is changing the game
@jyee2217
Жыл бұрын
Boy...i started watching your vids a couple of weeks ago. I have to say, why would anyone put up withso mamy ungrateful students and parents and school admins and boards just to reach a small number of kids?
@ahmada7333
2 жыл бұрын
Are teachers now allowed to deduct points from a student's grade due to misbehavior? That's what my teachers used to do. Big deterrent.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
We can't anymore. I've had whole professional development meetings scolding teachers for ever deducting points for behavior related reasons. Many times we can't even deduct points for late work or for a student blatantly failing to follow all the directions. It's so sad. 😭
@ahmada7333
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy wow. My teachers used to also deny extra credit based on behavior.
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Same here! 😊
@reneedennis2011
Жыл бұрын
@Julie Lourdes Yup.
@cyberspore00
Жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy 😮
@truetwinflameandspirituala8211
Жыл бұрын
It's called TIMEOUT and the Principal's office like when I was a kid! The govt needs to stop fixing things that AREN'T broken!
@AbhinavTheNewYorkVyonder2K4
11 ай бұрын
I don’t like timeout in the classroom. Instead use calming corner.
@brandonfouts4074
Жыл бұрын
It sounds impossible realistically
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
It's totally impossible lol! 😭🥺🫠😇
@brandonfouts4074
Жыл бұрын
You are a excellent 👌 speaker by the way
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! ❤️ 🥰
@jillsalkin7389
Жыл бұрын
You NAIL all of it, all the time. What are we to do with the ills of society? No one wants to say that this is the problem.
@shannongillespie7657
5 ай бұрын
Whats crazy is that for some reason, all the rules in society that protect people from verbal, emotional, and physical abuse towards adults just don't exist in schools. If another adult were talking to, acting out, or physically assaulting another adult the way our kids do they would be arrested, no contact orders, etc. For some reason our society just thinks being abused is "Part of the job"
@TeacherTherapy
5 ай бұрын
So true!! 🥺
@marcwyant1217
Жыл бұрын
It's like you took a trip in my mind, dug out everything I've been thinking, and displayed it in a museum!
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad everything resonated with you! 🤗
@eeverett2
Жыл бұрын
These kids probably know that they can't be disruptive in a restaurant, on an airplane, in a movie theatre, or in most other public places, or there will be consequences. If a bunch of kids talk during a Disney movie while watching it in the theatre, who gets blamed for that? The studio that made the movie? or the kids? It's ridiculous that schools can't even get that level of respect when they are providing something much more important that a hour and a half of entertainment.
@fremontpathfinder8463
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Yes and yes. You hit everything!! Teachers are being blamed.
@Anonymous-cm9md
4 ай бұрын
There is a bit of a disconnect here. Many of the episodes have enumerated the ways the system is setting kids up for failure like passing kids along, poor curriculum choices, etc. So how do you show kids you care? If you’re going to explain your behavior use as few words as possible in a calm and confident manner.Yes, requiring kids to eat lunch with you might just make them want to avoid that to be with their friends-not bad as leverage. Kids have always wanted to know why. It’s not unique to millennials.I agree one on one does work well as behavior note taking and choosing your battles. It’s true that parents want the best for their kids and should be contacted if behaviors of concern continue but also to communicate the positive In fact, that’s how the conversation should begin.
@jjc6530
Жыл бұрын
These are great tips for the teacher to use to survive as a teacher for the time being. The only concern I have is in the real world, it’s not about positive reinforcement, but more of consequences than rewarding for good behavior.
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree!! 💯 ❤
@mavenesquith6825
3 ай бұрын
This was fantastic. I have a five year old who is determined to push all of the buttons lol 😆 this is pretty great it has helped me brainstorm plans and reactions
@tabletalk33
2 жыл бұрын
Chalk it up to cultural marxism. And that's by DESIGN.
@abigailh7715
2 жыл бұрын
🎯💯
@IshtarNike
Жыл бұрын
Lol. Cultural Marxism is an antisemitic conspiracy theory haha.
@zarach9459
Жыл бұрын
Marxism is based on fomenting conflict, for Marx there were two classes of people, the oppressed and the oppressors, students are oppressed, teachers are the oppressors. In the 60s in Italy, communist ideas were on the rise, from high school to university there were small groups of communists who encouraged chaos and the confrontation of students with teachers, a well-known teacher met an assembly of students in a secondary school, then he proceeded to read a series of rules of civility inside and outside the educational institutions, those rules were about manners, respect and proper behavior, the young people after hearing those rules began to protest, the teacher raised the book written in Russian and told them to students "This is the Student's manual in Russia."
@lisas44
Жыл бұрын
Bingo!
@treesaretasty
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos I dont have kids yet but the world's gotten so nuttso I starting looking into schools and wooof how did this mindset from the administration start it sooo anticommon sense?
@skalessibbons7349
7 ай бұрын
Also kid's media has to be filled with ableist tropes and bullying. Also talking down to them.
@ArtRamboPettyQueen
Жыл бұрын
Your eye makeup is gorgeous❤
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! ❤❤❤❤
@lanessawitherspoon1332
Жыл бұрын
The best way to deal with them is to not deal with them because we've tried all those states you've mentioned. Those strategies do not work.
@lanessawitherspoon1332
Жыл бұрын
I'm tired of hearing the excuses for student behavior. They know right from wrong by age ten.
@drkekyll
Жыл бұрын
What's really been driving me crazy lately (I need get the TF off the internet) has been people saying we're just on some nostalgia about what schools used to be like as though some of us haven't been in the classroom for 16 years watching things change. I'm real tired of people blaming nostalgia as though nothing ever changes or change is always better. Change can indeed make things worse, and literally nothing stays the same forever, so...
@TeacherTherapy
Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh! THANK YOU! I've been considering making a video about how teachers go through gaslighting, and I didn't even think about this one, although it pops up every time I make a video discussing issues about modern students, and it absolutely drives me nuts!
@ArtRamboPettyQueen
Жыл бұрын
Your eye makeup is gorgeous❤
@Insightful_Locs
2 жыл бұрын
You should do a video on how to work smart , but not hard. I feel like it’s so easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of work we have to do as teachers. Maybe you can give some tips on how to have a work/life balance
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Have you seen my video on how to quiet quit teaching? I have lots of tips on cutting down workload in that video! 🤗 I'd love to know if you find it helpful! I might also start making some mini tips videos too & I can definitely includes some videos on workload! 💕
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
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@Insightful_Locs
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy I did watch that video, but it’s really hard to implement those things when you are a first year teacher and just learning the ropes to everything
@TeacherTherapy
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, being a 1st year teacher is so hard! Have you heard of Angela Watson? She has a book/audiobook called "Fewer Things Better" on teacher productivity & work/life balance, and she has an amazing podcast called Truth for Teachers that is so helpful on everything from workload to mindset to classroom management. There is also Linda Kardamis from Teach 4 The Heart that has really great stuff on that topic! I'll also see if I can come up with any ideas for a video on that topic, but those ladies rock in the meantime. ❤💕
@Insightful_Locs
2 жыл бұрын
@@TeacherTherapy thanks for the suggestions!
@julieenglert3371
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t have said this better myself 👍
@valclub479
Жыл бұрын
your examples are perfect in relationship
@ebert8756
Жыл бұрын
the truth in this video 😯😯
@redstickham6394
Жыл бұрын
8th grade is the worst.
@reality_design
Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing...👍🏾
@allangarddegriss6798
Жыл бұрын
I had a health class teacher on 8th grade who would let students do , essentially rap battles, between each other even if one of the kids didn't want to be a part of. Basically the kids would gang up and rag on others.
@allangarddegriss6798
Жыл бұрын
This type of "rap battles" where popular in Puerto Rico at the time, don't remember Why.
@waleedkhalid7486
Жыл бұрын
For language I set up an exam grade at 100 at the start of the MP. Any time I hear poor language (in and out of class) I take off 5 points. To balance it, I give my students 5 points if I ever use poor language. It shows them that I hold them to the same standard I hold myself. It rewards students who choose to be good and punished poor behavior. It also regulates their out of class behavior because so many of them tel me that they look around for me whenever they curse to see if I heard them (this leads to funny moments for me when I hear them in the hallway during passing).
@waleedkhalid7486
Жыл бұрын
Regarding rewards, I give snacks or candy or water bottles. However the stipulation is that they have to impress me. Earn a 100 on a test, improve significantly in your scores or behavior, place at the the top of your class, be involved in a positive way in the school, ask amazing questions, answer a question in an amazing way. There are many ways to get rewarded, but never for being disruptive or doing the minimum, and I tell them this when they try to swarm me. I say “you earned this because…” and say “no, you did ….which is not enough”. Part of the allure is that anything could be considered impressing for me, so the kids are always left wondering what good thing will work- this forces them to be as good as possible and to try as much as possible to earn the reward. At the beginning it’s best to reward as much as possible, within reason, but as the year goes on you have to start making the rewards fewer and further. The goal is not to get them hooked, it’s to get them to change behavior, so a little Pavlovian conditioning goes a long way.
@jillsalkin7389
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Would you please remind us of why you left teaching? It's obvious why anyone leaves, but what was it for you? Also, are you working in another job/field? Also, I'm surprised that in the section where you talk about classroom rules and consequences, because the premise is that they don't care about them, and parents won't back you up.
@TeacherTherapy
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Hi Jill! I left in April of 2021 because I experienced severe burnout and depression due to a combination of work wearing me down and making me miserable, and then a series of huge family problems all piled together. I was sinking fast, and then my school was making radical, stressful changes super late in the year & I just couldn't cope, so I took a medical leave of absence. The reason I never went back is all the defiance, disrespect, and lack of accountability for academics on top of all the blame that teachers endure. I'm not currently working. I thought I would find a job in youth ministry with a church since that's where I have an undergraduate degree, but that didn't pan out. I am training to be a lay counselor at my church, and I've thought about doing life coaching. I definitely want to help people! I've also considered getting a 2nd Masters degree in counseling, so we'll see! ❤️💕
@HadassaMoon144
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I hope that it works out for you and very soon. It's clear that you have a beautiful heart and will impact so many people.
@BluegillGreg
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I had a parent chew out her kid for following directions. She wanted him to be in charge. He was about 7 or 8 years old. He'd come to class frustrated and upset about something that had happened earlier that day. He hadn't broken down in class, but had misbehaved enough that I needed to tell his Mom at pickup. When she demanded that he make trouble and act out in class, he broke down into tears. I feel for him.
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