Comments | snowsorceress: What. the. ****?

snowsorceress

What. the. ****?

Oct 03, 2007 14:55

Okay. I just.. okay. Yeah so real quick. I got a temporary job teaching art (my major). Graduated in May - yeay. This job is till November 2nd and then I'm free from driving on the highway made by Satan (287) With it's traffic and eternal construction trying to make me blurt out words that aren't fit to be typed here ( Read more... )

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snowsorceress October 4 2007, 12:50:25 UTC

LoL yeah and that is SCARY. As if we don't have enough of that problem already right? I really wasn't mean as you say. Back in my day (I sound old :P) when you didn't follow directions, the teacher told you "That is NOT how you were instructed to do it" and would throw it in the garbage. Of course I was the kid that always asked before I did anything outside of the directions.

nightwind69 October 3 2007, 22:57:27 UTC

Ahhhh, yes. Welcome to teaching kids during the Age of Self-Esteem. These kids have been brought up to believe that they can't and will never fail at anything. So when they do fail...*cue the screaming*

Hate it. Used to drive me insane when I was teaching.

So it's either that or you just have a really touchy kid on your hands. Take the bull by the horns and toss her in the bathroom until she calms down and learns that that is not acceptable social behavior. (I'm assuming this is young kids you're teaching.) Tell her when she's ready to come out and be quiet, she can come out. In the meantime, the echoing will hurt her ears instead of everyone else's.

It really is like training dogs. 'Course, it depends on the rules of the school whether you're allowed to do something like that. I loved teaching at Quaker schools, personally. :) I could discipline as I saw fit, and it was great.

snowsorceress October 4 2007, 12:44:32 UTC

Yeah it was first grade. Actually almost all six of the kids that have cried were first graders. Which is strange because I thought for sure I'd have crying K's on my hands. But the K's are actually really nice :) One teacher told me about one kid that was wailing while he walked around class (he would not sit down) that he's "sensitive" and to go easy on him. Why? No one goes easy on me (of course I was raised to take it like man - my mom said to me once if I EVER cried like that she was leaving me where I stood XD - Thanks mom ( ... )

oasis_pink_peng October 4 2007, 04:45:03 UTC

Stupid kids. It's not you, it's them.

snowsorceress October 4 2007, 12:51:31 UTC

Hehe, thanks Oasis. Your wisdom is always appreciated. Like I said above, I think the suburban sheltered kids make this problem apparent :P My aunt said they're a bunch of cry babies over here.

You should hear the teachers talk >.>; "We're going to the four seasons" "My girlfriend gave me a new Coach bag" BLAH!!!!! I need somewhere closer to home!!!