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I have this pain-in-the-neck group of seventh grade drama studentws that are driving me nuts. You ewould think that after 30 years of teaching that I would have seen it all....apparently not. This bunch breaks the record everygday as to the number that get wsent to the hall, principal's office, or time out. They do not see a daily use for drajma, yet they have no problem creating it. Anyone have any suggestetions out there?
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Posted by ionthesparrow on 2008-05-06 17:41:32 | Rating: | Views: 79
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12 year olds are definitely a hard age. I suppose some of it depends on how much your principal backs you up. Somehow it seems like drama would be fun. Is it a required or elective class?
I actually love pre-teens and teenagers, but don't know how I would do in the public school arena. My experience has been doing plays with kids in church youth group and homeschooling groups. Quite a different crowd. As a former homeschool mom and grandma I have a homeschool blog some might be interested in:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Nana13/
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Posted by sharetheword
on 2008-05-06 22:15:33
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The class is what is known as a rotation class-in other words, I get a different group of kids every nine weeks grading period. I also do sixth and eighth graders, but the seventh grade gives me the most fits. Mostly, these kids are in a transition--their bodies are growing but their brains haven't caught up yet. Also, these kids like movies and plays etc. as long as they only have to be entertained, but not if they have to be the ones that do the entertaining themselves.
I have had some 7th grade classes that have been pretty good, but the group I have now has to be the worst behaved group I've ever seen in 30 years of teaching.
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Posted by ionthesparrow
on 2008-05-07 21:53:49
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I still remember the emotions of 7th grade myself! It was the first year we changed classes and teachers and I came home and cried every day for a week because I found it so stressful. I think after the nessesary discipline a little praise will probably go a long way with individuals. The biggest problem is when there is a prime troublemaker & everyone goes along. My prayers are with you!
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Posted by sharetheword
on 2008-05-08 22:23:59
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My prime trouble maker today, in fact, errupted again. The assistant principal came by and took him out. There were still enough left to make it interesting. I have to say they did better today--for them!!! One of the problem girls was obviously trying really, really hard to be good yet you could tell it was tough.
I DID have them on the edges of their seats yesterday by telling them the story of "Oedipus The King," "Oedipus at Colonus," and "Antigone." They were, of course, shocked when they realized the story was about SEX!!!! Of course, Sophocles himself didn't get into the gory details (Neither did I), but it was still enough to stir those little imaginations. They all thought it was "SICK!!!!" yet they hung onto every word.
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Posted by ionthesparrow
on 2008-05-10 00:02:44
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I recommend duct tape, and lots of it!
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Posted by BootLady
on 2008-05-12 16:55:12
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I like that! Duct tape! Strong and effective and hurts when you yank it off!
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Posted by ionthesparrow
on 2008-05-12 22:24:15
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Well, my school year has almost come to an end and my principal (bless him!!!!) has given me a BREAK from having to teach ANY of my classes. I've been given, along with another teacher in the building, the priviledge of monitoring the halls while each grade goes on a field day. All the other teachers think she and I are getting a break and that we are getting a full day of NOTHING TO DO!!!!! At the end of the day, though, I had only ONE chance to go to the bathroom, got only about five minutes to cram a stale sancwich in my mouth, and generally walked from one end of the building to the other about two hundred times (we're not talking a small school here, people) gathering misbehaved children and work for other kids, office referrals and everything else under the sun for the whole day. I've got two more days of this this coming week. I'd trade places with the ones in the classroom in a heartbeat! They didn't have my feet at the end of the day. Because none of the rotation classes met, no teacher had a "planning" period anyway. Part of my team was gone with the crew that had the field day--they were sunburned and miserable when they got back and each of them would have rather been in a classroom too!
Anyone out there that's a teacher--how do you feel about situations like this?
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Posted by ionthesparrow
on 2008-05-24 11:59:20
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