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Students will give teachers a hard time and teachers wish they were respected more. What is something teachers can do so that their classes aren't constantly disruptive and students have fun learning?

Don't teachers have very little freedom in their lesson plans nowadays? Might be pulling that out of my ass.

Classes need to be engaging in ways that stimulate all of your senses. The disruptive ones ain't gonna fly on reading tablets and listening quietly.

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You sound like a hell of a teacher based off passion alone.

beat them in fortnite or the friday night funkin roblox game

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Tag for when I get home but I've been teaching for 10+ years and I kinda feel if any of us feel we are at that level, we are doing a disservice to the kids.

Like we should strive for that level but never attain it if that makes sense.

the fact that you have to call teachers by mr/mrs last name, sir/ma'am in the US still baffles me.

Respect is earned. How it is earned is different depending on circumstance, and could realistically not be possible

AsucaHayashi posted...

the fact that you have to call teachers by mr/mrs last name, sir/ma'am in the US still baffles me.

So you just call your teachers Frank or Donna?

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You sound like the kind of teacher that asks all his students how to make a peanut butter jelly sandwhich at the beginning of class so he can win a bet with his roommate

cjsdowg posted...

So you just call your teachers Frank or Donna?

since kindergarten

Mr. Frank and Ms. Donna

Personally I show up and do my job professionally, so the kids know I respect them and the school.

I also simply interact with them the way I interact with anyone. I treat them the same as adults. I think that shows them I value them as people and don't look at them as just "kids."

Another thing I do is that I show up to all of their events. It doesn't matter the sport or the extracurricular I will be there. And this goes for kids even when their past my grade. I rarely see other teachers at things. I know the kids notice me being their and taking an interest in them, and I know they notice I am one of the few there.

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i'm just saying that these conventions(and probably many more like it) all add up to what might be a bad overall work/school environment that leaves teachers feeling like they can't command respect and leave.

teachers still leave over here but definitely not because of the kids.

AsucaHayashi posted...

i'm just saying that these conventions(and probably many more like it) all add up to what might be a bad overall work/school environment that leaves teachers feeling like they can't command respect and leave.

That's probably the least worrisome part of teaching in the US though.

The only "negative" side to that is that the kids default to calling you that after they are no longer your students. Like when they are out of high school and they come back to visit or see you out in public and they go back to the Mr/Ms/Mrs nomenclature.

AsucaHayashi posted...

since kindergarten

My I ask what country you are from ?