Talking. Teenagers love to talk. But when they talk, I make them stop, as I know when they talk, they are not working. And they are in my room to work. I tell you, some of them will talk non stop all hour long, without taking a breathe!
There's this giant MYTH, perpetuated by Hollywood movies, that when the teacher enters the room, all the students quiet down and listen. Nothing could be further from the truth.
If anybody asks me what is the first thing a teacher does when they enter the room, the answer is easy: make the students SIT DOWN, in their ASSIGNED SEATS. And the teacher assigns the seats! I use the "4 corner defense", that is, I give the kids a few days to see who their friends are, letting them sit wherever they want. Then on day 5, I take the worst 4 kids are sit them in each of the 4 corners and surround them with quiet kids. Unfortuanately, you often have more than just 4 bad kids, but this is a start.
All experienced teachers know that the seating chart you create is your best friend. It may sound cruel, separating the kids from their best friends, but you can't teach them anything if you don't have their attention. So you have to have these rules.
And teachers learn this by experience and talking with other teachers. Nobody teaches you this when you are in college. You have to learn almost everything on your own when you are a teacher....so you better be VERY SMART, or you won't make it.
Teaching is a very demanding, incredibly complex and stressful job, and surprisingly, the kids are not the biggest problem. It's usually the principals and the parents who are the biggest problem. And that's the facts.
One more thing: I had an innovative principal in junior high one time; he allowed the teachers themselves to make the kids stay after school, and if they didn't, the teacher had the right to kick the kid out of school until the parent called THEM. And I can tell you, from experience, this was the ONLY way that REALLY worked to solve many of the serious discipline problems. It truly worked, as the WORST thing to do to a kid is to make them stay after school. This was in an inner city school envirnonment; it worked there, but I don't know if that would work elsewhere. This points out the major PROBLEM facing teachings today: THEY HAVE NO POWER AT ALL, except to use their own wits and devices, to come up with solutions to all these kids problems. The power has been stripped from them by the administrators (ie: principals and their assistants) and the parents. If you really want the kids to perform better, I say you MUST RETURN POWER TO THE TEACHER! Support them, they are a parents best friend, but most parents don't understand this AT ALL!
And I'll go one step further: if people dont' start treating teachers with more respect, you're not going to get any more good teachers. Think about that....and I further tell you, a good teacher is worth their weight in GOLD! If you think education is too expensive, what until you see how expensive ignorance is....
2006-11-03 22:07:51
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answered by MrZ 6
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the biggest problems are usually student behaviours, as it can cause disrupt for other students in the class. Other issues are students who dont want to participate for various reasons. Also students being unprepared for school, not having the resources, or having homework done, because of various reasons (home life, parent problems, etc).
Im an qualified teacher, in an early childhood classrooms, there are always issues which arise that can be quite difficult, but as long as the right sort of teacher is in the classroom they can be managed to still provide the best learning enviornment possible.
2006-11-03 23:52:21
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answered by Anonymous
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All the above plus poor listening skills.
I was observing a class last week where the teacher gave clear, concise directions but 6 or 7 kids raised their hands to ask what to do. I felt like screaming,"She just told you three times!" I guess they feel they don't have to tune in until the third repetition.
Parents: My aid does duty in the cafeteria and about three times this fall she has been called out of my room to go to the office to defend herself,because the parents are up there complaining "She yelled at (their) little darling" Well the cafeteria is so loud you have to yell and their kid was throwing food!
2006-11-05 14:50:48
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answered by atheleticman_fan 5
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I coach 5th grade in a low earnings college and that i stumble on that the biggest situation my pupils face the two interior and outdoors of the lecture room is a ought to look cool to their friends, and please their mum and dad and instructors. the scholars who do nicely academically get made exciting of, so the cool youngsters will in lots of cases cases do poorly on purpose while asked a query in front of the class, yet while this is something achieved in my opinion at their table, they excel. I relatively have observed that this motives a great deal of inner conflict.
2016-10-15 09:00:27
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answered by Anonymous
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In my classroom it is talking at inappropriate times. Usually it is at an extreme in the afternoon. In the middle school environment it is usually the boys trying to impress the girls. They are such Goofballs!
2006-11-04 14:55:20
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answered by alicia0821 3
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The worst problem in classrooms, today, is that teachers aren't allowed to administer proper discipline.
2006-11-03 21:58:33
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answered by Anonymous
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Not listening/talking when I am trying to teach. Also, negativity.
2006-11-04 06:40:59
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answered by cammie 4
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keeping the students on task.
2006-11-04 06:04:23
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answered by robert2 2
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not listening to teacher
2006-11-03 22:05:50
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answered by j 2
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the students.
2006-11-03 21:55:44
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answered by ? 3
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