[quote=CA renter]
I didn’t say that the teacher was right, only that we need to know the context in order to truly understand what was going on. I always want to know the context before making judgement about anyone or anything. [/quote]You’re right you didn’t. But you did give a host of excuse on why a teacher might say those things without knowing the whole context. You could have just said I don’t know the whole context, so I won’t comment. But you did comment.
[quote=CA renter]And when was the last time you were the sole person in charge of 20+ kids for 6+ hours, much less on a daily basis? And were there any expectations of you, outside of simply controlling them, like your having to teach them a lesson so that every single one of them was proficient at the end of the lesson? Did you have control over which children you were in charge of, or were they randomly assigned to you from a pool of students that included children who were learning disabled, violent, defiant, etc.? [/quote]You ask for a bet to see if I can handle 20 kids for 5-6 hours. I said I’d take you up on that bet. I never said I’m a professional teacher. Why offer a bet to a person you know is not a professional teacher, only to ask for requirement that you know the other person doesn’t have? What’s your point?
[quote=CA renter]Since you seem to think that you could keep your cool in any situation, how would you have handled these students?
(I get the message this guy is trying to make, but he focuses too much on the man vs. woman issue, my focus is on the video he shows.)
I’m honestly interested in hearing about your methods that would enable you to keep your cool and not say anything that a student or parent might find even the least bit offensive.[/quote]To solve a lot of the issues in these video, I would request to have a video camera constantly recording the classroom.
1. First video, I don’t understand why the teacher was going crazy. Is it because they were laughing at him?
2. I would have called security immediately and have that student removed from the classroom.
3. I would have called security immediately and have that student removed from the classroom.
4. I would do the same thing that teacher did. Let authority handle it.
5. Stick and stone… You know, that one phrase that we were taught growing up? But seriously, what’s the purpose of a bus monitor? I don’t understand what’s her core responsibility.
As I said before, I’m totally for segregation of student base on behavior/desire to learn/IQ. Those who do not have a desire to learn and abuse teacher should either be put in something along the line of boot camp. I never said all students are good. Learning is a privilege. If you don’t want to learn, there are plenty of things they can do, but being in a classroom with others who want to learn is not one of them.
Lastly, I would support a 3 strike & you’re out type of law. Have cameras in every classroom. If the student abuse the teacher 3 times, you’re out of the school. Have security monitor those cameras and when they see stuff like that happen, intervene immediately. Teachers shouldn’t need to get physical or deal w/ those kinds of situations. That’s what security is there for. Kids will definitely think twice about the stuff they do if they know they’re being watched and there are harsh consequences for their actions.
