Today I Was Embarrassed for Society
Today I taught with a sub in the classroom. She's from India, where she taught for 18 years, and today was her fourth day subbing in America. Between classes when we talked, I could tell she was just totally appalled at how spoiled and stuck up some of the kids in Walled Lake are. And she's completely right. Across the district, in every building I've been in, the kids swear openly in front of teachers, talk back, roll their eyes, make faces when you turn your attention, leave trash sitting in the middle of the floor, etc etc. They make it really difficult to pay attention to the good kids, a clear majority, by forcing their teachers to clamp down their rules tightly so something can actually get done.
Of course, giving a kid a zero is just going to sic a parent on you. **"Nevermind your kid was ruining my lesson that all the other kids found really interesting, it certainly can't be his fault he kept talking after I told him thrice not to. By the way, when I told him I was giving him a detention after I clearly warned him I would, he told me you were going to kill him. Apparently you can't even teach him how to save his own life."**
Ugh, parents just do not cut it today. Discipline your freaking kids! If they think doing that means you don't love them, then you need to discipline them more!! Why aren't people persistent in loving their children?? They need to learn how to take criticism without pathetically whining and blaming the kid next to them, "he made me talk, wah, I can't control my flapping jaw, waaagghh!!" "Talk to me after class about it." "But waaaaghh, but but but....*loud sigh, exaggerated shrug of shoulders*"
Ugh.
Of course, giving a kid a zero is just going to sic a parent on you. **"Nevermind your kid was ruining my lesson that all the other kids found really interesting, it certainly can't be his fault he kept talking after I told him thrice not to. By the way, when I told him I was giving him a detention after I clearly warned him I would, he told me you were going to kill him. Apparently you can't even teach him how to save his own life."**
Ugh, parents just do not cut it today. Discipline your freaking kids! If they think doing that means you don't love them, then you need to discipline them more!! Why aren't people persistent in loving their children?? They need to learn how to take criticism without pathetically whining and blaming the kid next to them, "he made me talk, wah, I can't control my flapping jaw, waaagghh!!" "Talk to me after class about it." "But waaaaghh, but but but....*loud sigh, exaggerated shrug of shoulders*"
Ugh.