16 out of 22 kids in a class are in suspension

[bleedingheart]

a friend of mine has a boyfriend who took his first teaching job.

He teaches 4-5 classes a day and in one, there are 16 out of approximately 22 of the kids on suspension. He has only gotten to meet six of the kids this week.

He is the sixth teacher these kids have had this year for this one class.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Sounds like QUITE an opportunity.

[bleedingheart]

2. his girlfriend is working with him to come up with incentives

for the kids.

She feels (and so do i) that they need to have him continue with them so that they realize they are worth teaching. So she is trying to come up with some good incentives to keep them interested and doing their work.

[KitchenWitch]

3. That is very cool!

Incentives for kids that age can be difficult. I hope he is able to do it.

[tigereye]

4. wow

best hopes for him and for the kids.

Hope he has lots of support from experienced teachers!

:hi: BH!

[bleedingheart]

7. doesn't seem so good on the admin end

but I am hoping for the best for him!

How ya doin Tigereye!!!

[tigereye]

13. not too bad

busy as hell with family stuff and workpile. I just want it to be warm!

How are ya?

[Fran Kubelik]

5. What grade?

That sounds terrible!

[bleedingheart]

6. junior high level

I think it is 7th grade...

[MonkeyFunk]

8. oh, they're suspended...

I thought it was some Xtreme chemistry display or something.

[bleedingheart]

9. hahahaha...now that would be a very entertaining chemistry class

[MonkeyFunk]

10. I know MY

Jr. High chemistry teacher would've done it to us, if he could.

[mzteris]

12. Reminds me of my hs chemistry class

- our teacher was lame. We were bored. Totally bored. So one day a kid circulated a "how much will you pay me to get up and run around the room - ON TOP of the lab stations (jumping from station to station) right in the middle of another boring lecture" note.

Well - MOST of us decided that would be a pretty funny thing to see. So we ante-ed up and off he went. One slight hitch. He tripped over one of the sink faucets, broke it off at the base and water started spewing out all over the room. We had to evacuate the room.

The room flooded completely - thank goodness it was one of the non-carpeted rooms. But it seeped under the walls and the carpet in the hallway got a tad wet, too.

uh-oh.

The next day the Principal came into our chemistry class - dismissed the people who hadn't signed the petition - and lit into the rest of us. Not in a real bad way - but - boy we knew we were in trouble. He COULD have suspended all of us I suppose - but instead we had to pay for the faucet getting fixed, the water vacuum - for the floor and carpet - and a special dryer for the carpet. We took up a collection to pay it off. I think there was some other stuff we had to do - but it's hard to remember that far back. lol....

[hellbound-liberal]

11. Here's a helpful web site for helping students with disciplinary problems.

It gives the behavior that is exhibited, possible reasons for it and ways to deal with it. I've found ot very helpful in my short teaching career. http://www.disciplinehelp.com/