I have had many of those
situations within the last few weeks. But mostly, it boils down to the
situation I had last week when the student told me that he thought my class was
unimportant and he was done listening to me. Then he walked away from me. That
moment has been haunting me since and I have lost sleep. And it happened to
another teacher with the same student. The student was finally punished and
given 1 day of ISS, but the punishment doesn’t really make me feel much better
(nor does it make the other teacher feel much better). I have since had another
conversation with the same student and we talked about why he and I were
butting heads so much and how we could fix the problem. We decided together
that we thought the problem was a lack of communication between the two of us. We
decided that we would attempt to communicate a bit more effectively with each
other. We shall see if that actually works…
I am glad you found out that the student did this with another teacher. I hope this helps you realize that it was "not about you."
ReplyDeleteAs a "New Teacher" as we are, especially given we are CTAE, that's paramount to hearing one of my students telling me he/she feels that my profession is unimportant. And while every class or course of study may not be for everyone, the line that student crossed was one of respect. But as you figured out, this was more of a problem with communication.
ReplyDeleteBut Just WOW... I have been there with students before, but it still erks me to the core to hear it happen to someone else.
It appears you weren't the only one with the problem from that student. I know it may have aggravated you, but you handled well in my opinion. It's a learning for us and we will continue to grow. Good Job!!
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