Name one good thing that happens when a teacher leaves the classroom unattended. Nothing. Nothing good ever happens when a teacher leaves a class unattended. These is an unwritten rule from second grade on that when the teacher leaves the room, it is a free for all. First graders do not have the guts to revolt but by the time second grade hits, the unattended room goes crazy. Even with age and maturity, this rule continues through a student’s academic career and must be strictly adhered to unless one wants to be an outsider among their peers.
However, there is always one kid that continues what they are supposed to be doing when the teacher leaves even though their classmates will find it strange. For as long as I can remember, that kid has been me. Even now, when the teacher leaves I do not try to get away with anything. I remember thinking when I was little that there might be spy cameras ready to catch me if I tried anything funny, and even now that I am older I do not risk it. The one time I do anything, I know somebody will be there to catch me.
Going to college I just figured that everything would be different. I was wrong. Once again when our teacher left the room chaos ensued. It was not even a different, more mature form of chaos. The exact same things that happen when a second grade classroom is left unattended happened. The only differences were the use of better vocabulary and the boys and girls were not afraid to talk to one another.
Before he left the room our professor gave us simple instructions: just discuss the reading and say how it can be applied to everyday life. Then, he left leaving a pack of tired, stressed college students to discuss homework that no one wanted to do in the first place.
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...aged to take part in. For once, a jock was nice to the nerd. It was fantastic. He may never tell his friends what he did and he may never say hello to me during class but at least he was respectful. We still were not really friends but at least I knew that he cared enough to say sorry.
The rule that was never written down but is followed by almost every student in American classrooms still took place in that college classroom. Although it is fun moment of chaos for most of the class, some students do not feel the same way. I had always felt like an outsider on the rule but that day I leaned that I might not be alone. There was a boy in my class that also felt bad for the panic. Even though he was the cause of the panic that ensued when the professor had left the room he was the first one who I had ever witnessed try to calm the panic when the teacher returned.
at the time I read this, I still got much from the reading. Haught, in this book, did the
Upon arriving at the classroom, the first thing I noticed was everything was covered by large sheets of paper on the walls. I was greeted by the teacher at the door who then informed me to sit anywhere. Students filed into the room found their seats and were informed to open there books because they were going to be reading three stories. As they were
Dwyer informs us that about eight percent of teens are suffering from stress and anxiety in high school. The illness disorder for stress and anxiety is called anxiety disorder. Students stress out more now compare to thirty years ago. Students are feeling pressured and rushed to learn the material in a certain period of time. Now, there is always competition between kids to do good grades in order to get into your dream school. Also balancing your schedule stresses a teenager to do well in all your classes. AP and honors courses are overwhelming students with stress. School nurses and counselors see many students have a panic attack, headaches, and stomachaches. Many students commit suicide because of the stress level that is increasing. Many people are becoming aware of students getting mental illness and are discussing how to help their students out. Conferences and workshops were created to recognize the symptoms to help students with their stress level. If students are
Pages 106-End: Quote three lines from the book and explain the significance of each one.
My first year of junior high, (in our school that was seventh grade) I was not spending all my time trying to be popular like all the other people in my grade. I was just being me how I always had been. One day at I was sitting at the lunch table with a bunch of people I would hang around with sometimes. Some of them were talking about there weekends.
Going into the first semester of college, it was difficult to know what to expect. I have no older sibling, and only one older cousin who had told me the biggest change was the social aspect. When he told me this earlier in the summer of this year, I didn’t really know exactly what he meant by that, because I always felt that the social aspect of school was something that came naturally, as a result of being in the same room with people for almost 180 days.
Sitting outside of the principal’s office, my stomach lurched and my palms felt sweaty. I wasn’t about to get in trouble; in fact, the situation was the exact opposite. I sat there waiting to report what had just happened in my history class.
As the bell rang, students shuffle through the tight hallways where the doors into other hallways and classrooms were jammed causing traffic. I strode through the hallways taking advantage of my quick, nimble movements. I walk into English class seeing that I was the first one there, as more of my classmates walk in as if they were kindergarteners on the first day of school, loud and obnoxious. A few of us peek at the agenda and pouted, seeing that we had to get yet another book to read. As we walk to the library in an unorderly and boisterous way, I ponder on what book we would be getting. We walk into the library and get out new books. It was titled, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson. We go back to class and Ms. Reid starts reading us the book but also expects us to read it
Ms. Parker instructed them to follow the rule of raising hand and waiting for their name to be called. Ms. Parker overheard two students discussing something about boyfriends and girlfriends. Ms. Parker interrupted them and talked to the entire class in a very polite manner and told them that they are all just friends and there is not anyone’s boyfriend or girlfriend. Other than this there were not any problem behaviors observed. This class has always been well- disciplined during my observations.
Many people may think college classrooms and high school classrooms are the same because they have the primary structures of a classroom, and both of them are considered to be a learning environment, the truth is they do not contain as much similarities as people may think such as appearance, classroom sizes and the age difference. People have a conception that all classrooms should look the same, although in college the situation changes. Have you ever had the opportunity to look at both classrooms? If yes, then I’m sure you have noticed the big difference in each room.
Every teacher must have a set of classroom routines and procedures to maintain order in the classroom. When entering the classroom, students will enter in a quiet manner. They will sit at their assigned desk and have all material ready to begin on required work. Once the bell rings and the door is closed, students will be seated and working. Tardiness is unacceptable and if the student receives more than three unexcused tardies per nine weeks, a referral will be given to the office and a phone call will be made the parent or guardian. Also, students should not be more than three minutes late to class. This will result in an automatic referral to the office.
The next day you arrive at school to see a new sight greet you. Instead of being scolded for showing up late, students immediately begin to praise you. There is no teacher in sight and kids are running around the class, grinning from ear to ear. You here a kid from the back of the party turned classroom howl, "Hero! Hero! Hero!" The entire class joins in the chant. The teacher has quit and didn't give any warning or explanation to the school. A substitute won't be available for another month, a complete month of freedom! Say goodbye to those ruby red cheeks, embarrassment, confusion, your teacher won't dare to even come near you after you've followed all my steps to irritate your teacher.
There were even more skills and lessons learned outside the classroom. There are skills and lessons an individual can only learn by having the privilege of attending a public school. It would be nearly impossible to learn lessons such as how to have a normal conversation, what to do under peer pressure, and how to cope with individuals that are unpleasant, if you did not have to face these situations in a public high school. Facing struggles really helped to develop into the man I am today. The saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” really is true and this high school taught me that first
Oh boy, was I ever furious! I was cursing up a storm! “Damn ball! Where the hell did it think it was going? Who the hell ever let me learn how to golf? They obviously were one damn stupid bastard to think I could ever golf!” I briskly stormed away from the tee-box, enraged that my ball was completely out of control as it had flown through the air a few minutes earlier. “Just go damnit! Hit your fricken ball!” I sounded like a small pathetic child yelling at her mother because she had not gotten her way in an argument as I screamed angrily at my brother who was now standing on the tee-box ready to send his ball to the ends of the earth.
The rule that was one of the first ones that I encountered being in this classroom was her noise level rule/chart. There was a chart hanging in the very front of the room that enforced and reminded the students of her noise level rule, and she frequently referred to it. This rule was one that the students new well and followed it without a problem, it is also one that I wouldn’t mind using in my own classroom. The rule is that the students have different noise levels that are expected from them, the level they are supposed to be at is given by the teacher after the students are given the rules of an assignment or test. The first level is level 0 it means that there should be absolutely no talking, then there is level 1. Level 1 means that the student can whisper to their neighbor (shoulder buddy) but the person that is sitting across from them shouldn’t hear them nor should the teacher. The next level is level 2, it means that you can quietly talk to your group, this would be used if there was any group work going on, but the tables surrounding you should not be able to hear you. Then there is a level 3, level 3 is the classroom discussion level meaning that anyone in the room can hear what you are saying. I really like this classroom management technique because I personally think that the noise level and talking of students is the hardest classroom management to maintain. She also uses a