4.06.2008
I HAVE A PROBLEM
Hello everybody, as most of you know I am working as an English teacher at a course. The students are at the sixth and seventh grades. There is a student in the seventh grade, and he makes me mad. He always talks in class, he sings, he chews gum, he never listens to me and never participates in class. I looked at him in the eyes, it did not worked. I called his name, it did not work. I warned him, it did not work... (hrrrrrr). I saw that he is behaving in the same way during the other courses, too. The other students told me to send him out of the class, because the other teachers did so, and the student begged to come back to the class. Some other students also said that I should call his parents, but I don't think that it is a good idea because he is afraid of that. So, everybody, what should I do with him? I need your help...
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Hi Özlem,
I am sure it is very difficult to deal with such students. I am also teaching to 6th and 7th grades and there is a boy who is very similar to the one you are ae talking about. I did not want to send him out of the class and I called him to the board.I said "turn your back to your friends!" He did this and I went on teaching. However, a few minutes later, some students who are sitting started to laugh. when I turned back, I saw that he is making his frieds laugh. In short, this helped me manage the class for some time.
a real experience of dealing with challenging students!you are lucky to be experiencing such an issue earlier.so,take your privilige özlem:)
hmm It is a classroom issue, I think you should try to communicate with him out of the class and try to see where does the problem stem from. I think the student needs attention probably and he wants to have your attention. You should deal with him when he does something good in the class but ignore him with a misbehaviour.
by the way, I did not know that you work as a teacher somewhere :)
let me think a bit, don't worry because I thought about this issue:)My dear Özlem,
first of all, I really recommend you that you should not pay much attention to this student. Also, as you reamember, too Our superviser teacher said that we do not have a personal relationship with our students and we do not have the right to deal with some unpleasant issues creating a personal realtionship(you konw what this type of relationship means...)Another thing, you may wait but during this silent period you provide this student with some activities that he will be volunteer to participate.
maybe you can say "if you keep quiet i will tell you a good story in the end of this lesson" and tell them stories that they will like but it is difficult to choose the story. not too childish but too attractive to make them listen. this will help for all students not only that child, i think and i agree that not to show your feelings to them very much, if thay catch, they will use it against you
dear Özlem
Actually I dont agree with the students who think you should send him away and other teachers who send away that student. yes it will be a negative reinforment for other students in the class to take the unpleasent thing from the enviorenmet. but it will be a negative reinforcemnt for the problem student as well. he will behave unproperly when he wants to go away from the classroom. it will reinforce his bad behaviors.
my advice does not fit into this small comment box soI will continue wit it in another box :)
my advice is: maybe you can ignore the bad bevaviors but focus on the good ones reinforcing the student. at first there will be an increase in his bad behaviors but if you can manage to be consistent with ignoring the bad behaviors they will go into a decline in time, behavorist say.
Hello everybody, thank you all for your comments. I think I have managed it. This Saturday, I have talked to him in private during the break and after that, he was behaving perfectly. What did I say? No, I won't tell it to you, it is a secret :)). I hope he will be fine during the following weeks, too...
secret why? but u made use of others' ideas, let you uncover your idea so that we make use of yours.
No, I won't :)
I agree with mehmet, özlemcim. We all did our best to find a solution to your problem and now you behave a bit strange:) You know we really share everything that comes to our mind; we have the knowledge of; and we think as having the potential to make a difference in our teaching profession. Now I call for a war against özlem until she gives up being stubborn:)All my dear friends, it is time to do something to this pretty girl!
Özlem,
I have no idea what you told the kid, but one thing you should consider when the kid is misbehaving is that he needs attention, he's begging for help, for care. Probably what he doesn't have home. So, if you involve him in class chores, if he feels part of the group and doing something important, he might change his attitude. If you do what the other teachers do, he will keep challenging you.
Well, a humble opinion from a Brazilian Educator in Key West, FL.
Cok etkilendim.
Sibel hoca'yi ve tum ogrencilerini kutlarim.
Muthis guzel bir girisim.
JB
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