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[Yu_Bum_suk]

If my calculations are roughly correct, with 18 June, 2005, being the last day I ever taught hogwan, up until today I went one year and nine months without making a single student cry (as a result of punishment - not counting graduations, informing of bad news, etc.). Can anyone who doesn't teach adults top that?

[poet13]

Nope. Got one this morning. Previous was the first day of school this year.

[Pak Yu Man]

I once went a week without making the kids cry. My boss made me leave my big stick at home.

Thoise are uni kids With little kids they'd be bawling all the time.

[willneverteachagain]

4 years

[goodgood]

I teach kindergarten- nobody cried today, so my record is... one day.

No seriously, maybe 2 or 3 days. When I first started it was more like 2 or 3 hours, if I was lucky.

Way to go, me!!

[B-Teacher]

I've been teaching 5-13 year olds for 9 months and I can only remember one of my students crying because of me (I dropped a 6 year old while swinging her around during play time). Sure they've complained a bit and pouted. I've had some tears in the class other times, but that was because of in-class fighting or arguments among the students.

[lowpo]

[yingwenlaoshi]

[Corporal]

Get out more.

[thegadfly]

I think the title of the post implies that I do not WANT my students to cry...which is not always the case. I make students inadvertently cry once or twice a year -- the last time was about 4 months ago.... I intentionally make students cry when they deserve a "right-talking-to!" -- usually when I see kids bullying each other or picking on each other -- rough-housing at the top of the stairwell, doing WWE wrestling moves in the hall -- that kind of stuff gets nipped in the bud, I tell ya, Andy! Bud-nipped!

So, either "about 4 months ago," or "as long as I can."

[English_Ocean]

This post suxs. The question should be, "How fast can you make a student cry?" BTW my director stole my stick from me, now it's all hand to hand combat in my classrooms.

[Whistleblower]

It has been 15 months for me and yesterday I had a new student and he burst into tears. Anyways, what is the best way to deal with a bawling student? Do you get him/her to go to the bathroom and refresh or speak to him/her privately?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

So yesterday was the first time in ages for three of us? That seems a bit suspicious. Perhaps it's a student Internet plot or something.

[patongpanda]

Only ever made one student cry, I took away his huge collection of (laminated!) Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

What's the best way to make them cry????

[yingwenlaoshi]

Bark, bark, bark more.