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knuxnole posted...

Most kids in middle school DO NOT CARE about the lesson

Unless you're in those "honors" or "gifted' classes no-one cares

I never listened in english class, or math class or science or S.S. Way too boring. We were too busy goofing off, playing DS, or watching videos on our phones haha

Then you must have had a pretty bad teacher - my first year teaching in the Bronx was a nightmare man, a kid broke my door opened and jumped another kid during the middle of a lesson

I took time to reflect what went wrong that year and revamped my methodology.

I can guarantee you I dont teach honors and I do teach special education children, its about - in my experience - having a social classroom.

I use a workshop model (look it up) so all the learning is done by the students in an exploration based set up