I had an interesting situation today. All was well as my 26 students were cleaning the shop. Suddenly a familiar scent came upon me that smelled like natural gas. The students began to argue that the smell was the cleaning fluid. Looking towards where the smell was coming from was a gas heater. I then realized that since it was a cool day the heater had started. The only problem was there was not a flame. The smell became stronger so I told the students to exit the building. Students were still looking on and offering advice like should we open more bay doors. I emphatically insisted they leave and not bother with the doors since they might provide a spark to finish us off. The students still insisted upon staying and defying my orders. I thought for a moment that they might have become brain damaged from the smell, but since I was much older and still had my senses I figured they were still adolescents. Suddenly I said the half cuss word that started with that special letter. I shouted "get the ## out of the building." I really did stop in the middle of the word. I am pretty sure they knew what I meant since they left the building. Tomorrow is another day!!
Garyb
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This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.
Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"
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Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"
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7 comments:
Don't be too hard on yourself, I think we're bound to slip every now and then. I believe it still counts though. If the kids know what it was leading to then it still counts. We do have to be carefull.
Given the provocation and danger of the situation you and your students were in, I probably would have uttered the same [or worse] words. I agree with Dwayne. Give yourself a break.
Don't beat yourself up about it. I agree with Dwayne and Jessie. That was a dangerous situation that had the potential of becoming a disaster. Coming from law enforcement, I am bleeping myself quite often.
This was a very dangerous situation. You did what any normal human being would do in the face of danger. The good news is that everyone got out safe!!!
You did better than I would have. The only thing I put ahead of school is the life of me, my family, and my students. Sometimes kids can be ignorant to things such as this because theyve never been exposed to it. That was one of those situations where it could have gotten ugly very quick and had one of them tried to take control of the situation that they knew nothing about when the stakes were that high, I would have probably said many cuss words.
No biggy, sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Just think if you didn't get them out and one of the kids got hurt.
Johnny
You handle the situation very well
Look at situation if you did react, and it made the News
"Innocent lives gone because a Teacher didn't make the right choice." I think using your strong word of action worked.
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