Today, I realized how much these thoughts have changed to some degree
I offer a list chronicling the details:
- Advisory: two students surreptitiously eating sunflower seeds. Immediate detention to both of them which they took with good grace surprisingly
- Advisory (again): students passing/reading notes while I taught a somewhat dry lesson on effective questioning. Took notebook away, and had a firm discussion in the hallway with one the perpetrators. Gave her time to cool off, and then moved her seat to a new spot
- Gave two detentions as an advisor to two other students: lateness, and chewing gum in class
- Group E: started the day off with a firm talk about expectations, and used my clipboard to shut down shouting out at the beginning of class (something they absolutely love doing)
- My new statement "Not everything in your brain has to come out of your mouth. Learn to control that"
- Group F: threatening to take away a math dance I had created if they did not control themselves, which they immediately did.
- Group F: acting foolish at the end of the period (students were putting up chairs, talking, etc, while I was trying to tell them the hw assignment). Finally, I used one of my new trick moves, which is simply 'be quiet for a minute'. someone of course said something, so my response was 'now it's two minutes'. We got to five minutes before they realized I was serious.
From all this, I am realizing that I am no longer afraid to be 'the reluctant disciplinarian'. I have my moments of weakness, ineffectual and mixed signals, etc. but I am learning nonetheless, and learning when to put my foot down.
This is good....(I think) I hope it continues....
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