Sorry for the title, just felt like being poetic. I guess I am just frustrated with a few select students. I had three fantastic lessons today, I’d say 85% of my class did outstanding, but its that insane 15% that is making life hard.
I have a couple of girls that just love to slap boys. I have sent people to the office, but thus far there has been little change in behavor over the long term (although in the short term there was). Today, they slapped a boy so hard his glasses fell to the floor, then in his anger and trying to get away from them, he punched through a window in the door to my classroom.
I guess its just hard having to beg the same four or five kids ever single day to do their work and knock off the inapproperiate behavior… I need to take strength from the high points, like the student who arrived thirty minutes late, but managed to complete her assignment on time, getting better answers than anyone else. She has improved so much!
