| It's an understatement to say that teaching is a tiring job. As a teacher, and if you're a teacher I'm sure you'll agree with me, you play about 50 different roles. You're a parent, a classroom manager, a disciplinarian, sometimes a friend, an advisor, a counselor, a security guard, a psychiatrist, a role model, a janitor, an inspirational speaker...and you try your best to be a teacher with excellent, engaging lesson plans as well a teacher who models and teaches good behavior on top of all that.
Students have no clue what teachers go through.
Students REALLY have no clue what teachers go through.
My students have a self-control issue with speaking when I am giving instructions or teaching them something new. Now, I don't have a problem with them talking when they're working on activities or when we have group discussions (duh) - in fact, during those times I WANT them to talk, but when I'm teaching them, they KNOW they are supposed to close their mouths, give me their eyes, and listen.
I've even written self-control and goodness on the board so they have a visual reminder of the things they need to work on. 3 things that we are working on: self-control in talking/behavior, goodness, no complaining.
They know this, yet they continue to disobey what I tell them to do.
So, yesterday, I had them write "How I Will Change Starting Now" on the top of a sheet of paper, and explain how they, as individuals, are going to change in terms of their behavior.
Some of their responses are hilarious. Some are super sweet. Some, I do not understand...
This is an English Language Development class (aka ESL), so some of their English language skills aren't quite there yet. I thought I'd share the wealth with you guys - it made my day; it made my roommate's day; and maybe it will make yours a little better as well. Here are some snippets, mistakes and all:
"I need to change my talking because when I talk I get Ms. Shin get mad. Sow is not fair that I do things to fill bath to Ms. Shin. Now I wrily goin to change because Ms. Shin is bery good with us, And she dont yell at us. I wonder why we only have 1 of your class."
~Juanito
"I will not talk when the teacher is talking." (check mark)
"When Ms. Shin is telling A Direction I will due." (check mark)
"I need to Raise my hand when I have A Question and Not Say Ms. Shin" (no check mark)
~Perla (I asked the kids to re-read what they wrote and promised me yesterday, reflect on it, and ask themselves if they did this or not today. So she put check marks next to what she did do..haha)
"I will change Buy not talking when the teacher is talking and I will give my work and Be Good to the calss and help the calss iF they need help."
~Aisha
"Sel control no ToQuin" = Self Control. No Talking.
~CElEStE
"Also we are 7 grades and 8 grade no 2nd grades we can mejorar (be better). And never ever talk. (ever?)"
~Promise,
Marco
"-I will try bast ALL my time.
-I will listening you.
-I will make you happy. I will! I will!"
~Paw
"I'm gonna try to work harder than these days because I think I can work more harder than I do."
~Luis
"I will let my group do the work to
I will wait be passion (patient) until i have my Journal
I will try to have sef control and goodness"
~Kimberly, the perfectionist
"I will change by doing my work on class and when the teacher tell me to do something I will do it and I will work hard And have control in class and dont talk when we do something Just work and work."
~Uriel (kid must think I'm a slave driver or something - work and work)
"I Going to listening to what he say and do what he say"
~Dibeley (so now I'm a "he")
"No talking in the classRoom no gum and No candy and boy...there is my Promes Ms. Shin, and No talking more"
~Anais (man...they really think I don't want them to talk at all...)
"...to not talk when the teacher is talking. I will tray my best for do the work nistly (nicely) and ontime. I will not complaind"
~Karina
"Fallow direcTions when some adolT toldme something i think no all need the pushment..."
~Manases
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