I don't klnow whether to be happy or upset. He has spent the entire year upsetting the classroom in one way or another. When mom came in this morning for a meeting, she literally accused me of being the problem. "He isn't naughty. He doesn't talk back. Read More...

Every year since I began teaching, I have had a consistant nightmare before school starts. It is always along the lines that the students are out of control and they ignore me. I try my signals, nothing. I yell, again nothing. They just continue to run Read More...

When I was a kid, I never got in trouble in school. I was a goody-two-shoes. I may even have been a suck-up. However, I think that was because my Mom was a teacher at the school and I couldn't come home if I got in trouble at school without lots of fear. Read More...

I am not a screamer. I am a yell-er. My class is very noisy and I have need of a strong voice to get their attention. They work in groups and forget that there are 34 students in the class. I do not put children down, or make them feel small in the classroom. Read More...