*Sigh!!* Wow...this has been quite the day. My students were so bad today! I had 3 classes, and two of them were terrible. They think that because they cant understand me they can be lazy and ignore everything i tell them, even when they do understand. I tried to make this week easy, because last week was a bust, but they are so uninspired. I even tried candy this time, and still nothing. All i asked of them was to make a simple game board for Bingo, and they refused to participate. I don't even give them work! I try to engage them by playing games and getting them involved, but they would rather me talk at them for 40 minutes then take advantage of the creative outlets i am willing to give them. sometimes i believe they really are robots...except that they all talk of their own free will, and boy can they talk. Ha! And you thought i talked a lot! You really have no idea.
Its quite a paradox...i present to them an idea (or work), but the bad students are talking so loud that the good students cant hear. I have to give the kids that don't understand (generally the bad students) special attention so that they can attempt to learn and catch up, which means that i don't have enough time for those that want to learn. I would much prefer spending more time on the students that want to learn, but when the bad students wont shut up, there is no point in speaking anyway! The only way to get them to settle down is to hover over their desk while giving my lesson at the same time...and with 72 kids in a class, it can be difficult making the rounds.
With any luck, my creativity will win this draining battle, but some days its hard to tell. If anyone has any brilliant ideas on how to manage 72 junior high students at once, by yourself, it would be shameful for you not to share your secrets.
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so i just talked to rachel and she works in a special ed high school class. she said that the rewards don't work as well as just being really strict, giving them the consequences and then enforcing them. sooo maybe try that with them? that's what i do in preschool too, except i threaten to take away their stickers and then they are almost crying like it would be the worst thing in the world. i don't know if that would work quite as well though! :) anyways, i miss you and if i come up with any ideas i will def. e-mail you. keep me updated!!
Take away their jars of hot water when they're bad.
lol or take away the jars!! good thinking amanda! i think that is one of the funniest stories from China that you have told!
Maybe you could try giving them a different type of assignment. The creative-type projects may not be what they're used to and may be throwing them off/causing them to be more rowdy? Have you given them worksheets before?
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