Your Hidden Talent

You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system. And while this may not seem big, it can be. It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes. You're just a bit behind the scenes, so no one really notices.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

You Are Apple Cider

Smooth and comforting. But downright nasty when cold.

What Part of Fall Are You?

A not so brilliant idea..

My grip on the reins is slipping. I thought that I had instilled a healthy dose of fear and respect into my 5th grade class, but it turns out that I didn't - they were just pretending. They're absolutely horrible and I don't know what to do. This week I've spent more time telling them to be quiet than actually teaching them. So today I had a brilliant idea. I'd do a sort of points reward system. I start the class out with 10 points on the board. I tell them that when they're behaving well I will give them points, but when they misbehave I will take points away. And when they get a total of 50 points they will have a free day - or a day in which we play games like: BINGO and Heads Up 7-up. I guess you could say that it's sort of a bully system. So if one or two kids are bad then the others tell them to behave or be quiet so they don't ruin everything for the rest of the class. I thought that this would be the answer to nightmare class. Well, it wasn't. Today, I started the class by putting the 10 points on the board and explaining why they were there; and by time the class was finished there were no points on the board and I had sent two kids out of the class. I know that it's not allowed to send students out of the class, but I did it anyway. Now I know that a point system won't work. Ok, so what next? I'm definitely making a new seating chart - which I should have done in the first place. And I think that I'll try making a behavior chart so individuals are rewarded for good behavior. All of the girls in my class (12 of them) and maybe two out of the ten boys are really well behaved and deserve to be rewarded. It's those other eight boys that I'd just like to throw out the window.