Me: Soooo none of you did your homework this weekend.....What is the point of me teaching if you are not going to go home and do your work nor study. What is my job as a teacher
Students: To answer questions, to teach, to give us knowledge (randomly shouted out)
Me: Ok....so what is your job as students?
Students: To take in the knowledge, to study, to do our work
Me: Ok, so I am doing my job, why are you not doing yours?
Students: No response
Me: Oh that was not a rhetorical question, I want an answer
Students: I don't know
Me: Well maybe because you are going to games, throwing parties, hanging out, kicking it, watching games that you are not doing your job. I do all of those things too but I still get my work done. So here is what you are going to do. You have these 6 problems on the board. You will take out your notes and work on these problems alone. Don't ask me any questions because I am not answering them. You didn't do your job, so I am refusing to do mine. When you come back tomorrow, you need to have studied and come prepared with questions for the things you don't understand
I am so straight on feeling like I teach elementary kids. They are going to learn responsibility if it kills them. I also refused to take any late work. I know they hate me lol.
hey Hun.. just caught up on my reading lol...Man the challenges.. I just wanted to commend you on your efforts, your successes and your areas of recognized opportunity for growth as an educator. You may not see the results of your hard work today, or tomorrow but I can see years down the line one or more of these young men searching for you to let you know just how much you made a positive impact on their lives. I will be sure to keep the young man in my prayers... if he didn't do anything he doesn't deserve to be punished so I pray it is in God's will to give him another opportunity with you in his life, maybe he will make some better life decisions. Love you darling.. and if there's ever anything I can do you know where to find me.
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