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Friday, October 15, 2010
"Assumptions" Oct.11
Yes, I find that is the case sometimes. One year I had a particular student who was very engaging. At first, she seemed outgoing, polite, and very helpful. So I listed this student as a substitute helper for when I am absent. But by the third week of school this student talked way too much and distracted the class. Students did not respect her and she eventually got into an altercation with another student and was punished according to school policy. I quickly removed the student from my sub-list and wrote a more reliable student in her place. This student was quite the charmer. She had me fooled for a little while.
Angie, I can relate to this story. I too had a student who I thought was just a good all around student and I trusted her to do several things for me. This student one day just totally took me for a loop. She started talking back when I would give an assignment and was rude and disrespectful for no apparent reason. I was vey disappointed in this student and I could not understand what triggered her outburst. I do have this student again this year and I have been mentally taking notes about certain behaviors. I don't want to make any assumptions about her again but I am very cautious going forward.
ReplyDeleteI also had a student I thought I could trust. She was in charge of keeping track of who had on the appropriate dress for class. I noticed that she listed her friends who did not have on their scrubs that day so I reassigned the duty. I explained the behavior was the same as "cheating", I couldn't believe she didn't think it was such a big deal, because it wasn't a test.
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