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[Lockness]

My kids made my co-teacher cry today, and another class was so bad I had to yell "shut up". Is autum making them super evil or have I just had enough of it?.

[seoulsucker]

Well, the alternative could have you on the run from Interpol in SE Asia.

[Mosley]

Ha!

OP: What age? Public or hakwan?

[Lockness]

SNAP

[IncognitoHFX]

[rockstarsmooth]

[Bibbitybop]

Humanity finds comfort through laughter, even inappropriate laughter. Keep the one liners coming!




On topic: I like to reward my kids with games with prizes at the end of classes. If they are bad, there are no games and no prizes. When I ask them if they want to study or play a game, they always say "Game!" Then I tell them we won't play until everyone listens. The other kids turn on the bad kids and that's the best punishment there is: Being an outcast.

Now if the whole class doesn't care, maybe some form of physical punishment is in order, like standing with arms out to the side or doing OTL for 15 during the break, during class or during lunch. Get a mean male teacher to help out with this if they won't listen to you or the regular coteacher.

[Dome Vans]

I teach at four schools, two elementary and two middle. Only one of my classes, I would class as out of control. That's 6th grade elementary out in the countryside. Today I gave them all new seats by doing a lottery. Then I took a picture of each row with my digital camera. I'll print out and laminate and stick on the wall so everytime I teach I'll be able to check they're in the right seats. They'll try and move next week but I have a record now of where they sit and having a list with their names in their new seats is no good to me.

I actually managed to control them today, I only had to do a deafening finger whistle twice to shut them up. They played a game so they could get used to their new partners. I decided that these are just some of the challenges you face as a teacher and I love challenges. This was my first step. Before there was too many making noise and messing around to punish so this will lessen the numbers and make it easier to discipline, if needed!!!

I posted about walking into the classroom last week and there was a boy pushing a girl over and then kicking her while she was on the floor. When I told my co-teacher she laughed. This happens. The mentality puzzled me, they may allow that to happen, BUT not in my class, I'll punish as I see fit if this kind of behaviour happens again, I can't let that go.

If I see this working and the students are quieter and better behaved then I'll do a star chart and at christmas the best three will get small presents. I'm going to see if this method works, it might not, but I'd rather be pro-active and do something positive and try things out. I'm not going to allow myself to be bossed around the kids, I'm going to teach my lessons, and they are interesting, inclusive lessons and they'll learn from them.

All my other classes are really good, so am I wrong to go to all this effort to implement this just for the one class? Should I do it for all?

[butlerian]

[kentucker4]

I have NO contorl over one of my classes. They are first graders. They do whatever the hell they want as much as I try. It's they don't understand a single thing that you say and you have about 10 class clowns in a class of 16. They run around screaming the entire class lay on the floor..steal my books....scream and scream open the door and try to run out and yelling Korean Korean..no English. I even tried sing along songs today. Nothing works with them. I feel your pain.

[IncognitoHFX]

[KYC]

I wouldn't say I hate my kids..but some of them really knows how to push my buttons! I absolutely dread it when the Korean teachers dont stay with me! I have no control over them. I've tried punishment (kneeling, holding chairs, etc) I've had kids telling me to shut up, kids cursing at me in English. I ended up just kicking said student out but it really upsets me and ruins the entire lesson. I dread going into the classroom sometimes. I am against physical punishment but sometimes the kids...make me just wanna give them a good whack on the head. *sighs*

[mindmetoo]

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[indytrucks]