Sorry for the long delay between posts...have been incredibly busy. The veteran teachers at my school have often told me that every year of teaching is different than the one before. Naturally, the students personalities, like and dislikes, and learning styles will vary year after year. In addition I have found that my teaching style changes each year as I constantly modify lesson plans to make them more effective.
The reason for bringing this up today is that by and far the biggest difference I've noticed between this year and last year is the way in which the students react to the consequences they are given for unwanted behaviors. For some reason it seems that no matter what is done to deter the unwanted behaviors the students do not seem to care. We can contact their parents, send them to ISS, refer them to administation, after school detention, lunch detention, silent lunch...etc. The problem is that despite all these measure the SAME students day after day and week after week are still doing the same exact things that got them in trouble in the first place. It is quite frustrating as a teacher to have to deal with the same discipline issues on a daily basis, but I suppose that is the nature of the beast.
The battle of wills between teacher and middle school student continues and I love it!
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