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It wets it's pants!

I got a new student.  Yes, we have only 5 weeks of school left.  The office didn't want to deal with the complaints of the other teachers on my team, so they begged me to take the new one.  I have more students than the others.  This one?  If you get mad at him, he wets his pants.

I told the parents I was a yell-er.  I told them I had high expectations and expected the work to get done.  I TOLD THEM!  They put him in my room anyway. 

Here is the problem...how to you not yell at a little twerp that refuses to do his work, plays with his pencils, doesn't look at or open his books, and is in general using wetting his pants as a threat.  My solution would be to let him pee and then sit in it for the rest of the day.  However, the parents won't allow that.  They don't want him to be embarassed in the classroom.

Can I not yell at this kid for 5 more weeks?  I don't know.  He has a "stupid" attitude.  You know what I mean?... duh?  I don't get it.  Did you read the directions?  No, I just thought you were supposed to start.  You said to begin work. 

So far in the one week I have had him, pee-boy hasn't turned in one single piece of paper.  But, when I get after him for not doing his work, he just asks to go to the bathroom.  (Yeah, I let him.  I don't want to Piss off his parents)

Published Monday, April 28, 2008 10:04 AM by MysteryTeacher

Comments

 

Patience said:

Well, although this child does sound like he would test nearly anyone's patience I am struck by the fact that you are a self proclaimed yeller and find this to be an effective teaching method.  Do you do a task better, faster, with more clarity when someone yells at you?  Children require patience and a lot of it.  They are learning and it sounds like this child's wetting problem could be a learned behavior.  My suggestion would be to show him that there are both positive and negative consequences for his actions, but  do this with out losing your temper or yelling.  Speak to him.  Remember he is a person too, just because he isn't fully grown he still deserves respect.

I realize this can be easier said than done.  Of course I too have had students that I could have yelled at, but I think they were the ones that stretched me and helped me to grow both professionally and as a person.

Remember, maybe you're the only positive influence in his life.  You could be the one person that gives him any attention, any one on one adult conversation each day.  Don't miss the opportunity to use that for good.

April 29, 2008 4:12 PM
 

Murrow said:

I'm not trying to be rude, but come on....the kid wets his pants for crying out loud! Hey, don't feel bad- it's the end of the year and we are all on edge...I definitely would get tired of dealing with a child wetting his pants....

April 29, 2008 5:15 PM
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About MysteryTeacher

I am 53 years old and have been teaching for 20 years this year. I have two daughters and two grandaughters and two son-in-laws, all of whom I adore. I love to travel with friends but I am now saving for retirement in about 14 years. I am becoming technologically educated. Since digital is the 21st century than I believe that teachers should too. We need to be educated enough to understand our students. I have a teaching degree, a masters degree, an ESL endorsement and a Gifted endorsement.

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