Another day, another bunch of unruly students, another parent with a misbehaving child that wants a meeting "with an administrator present." Ho hum. Not bothering me. I am teaching, doing my best, letting the students know I am not here to baby them, but to teach them, and I won't let them stop me. Which means some are finally getting the message and toning down their behavior, if it is in their control. Others are getting phone calls or emails to parents saying "we are less than 2 weeks from TCAP and I don't have the time or energy to devote to a child who is still misbehaving this late in the year." I wish I had the power to boot them.
Today, my Enriched class (smarter, working out of the 7th grade book) had a crayon tossing event. Just two of them, but they have been throwing things all year and I haven't caught them. But today one of the chunks of crayon matched EXACTLY, down to the paper, another similar chunk in his pencil box. Somebody had the audacity to complain it wasn't fair (and most probably because the victim, who I saw shoving one of the kids, is a light skinned Hispanic boy who is not macho, but sensitive), so I convened court, heard witnesses, and made a judgment. And still got the lesson to the kids.
Third day of the week, third day without a mid-day dose of calmative. I hope it is out of my system, but right now everything is rolling off me, and I am not caring. But making progress and doing my best, which is way more than some of the students deserve.
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