Thursday, September 07, 2006

AHHH!!! Is it over yet?

I can't wait to be through with this review section, and I feel like I have beat the topics to death. I have had some problems with a student in my 12:30 class, and I believe I took care of it today in class. I didn't think that I would ever react in as truthfully as I did. The student has been talking consistently in my class, and today he pushed me over the edge. We were comparing Mid-level reviews to Formal Reviews, and I asked the class to list things that they knew were different. When I asked him to write something on the board he took a Smart-ass tone with me, and said " Why can't you write it for me?" I asked him again to write his comment on the board. He reluctantly came up to the board saying " Like this is hard, all the answers are on the sheet you handed out". I told him that not all were on the sheet, and then asked him to define "complex sentence" which was difference he had brought up. He was unable, and told me that he felt it was unfair that he had to define his difference when others did not. He got very hostile with me, and I in turn expressed my dislike for his behavior and asked again if he could describe what a 'complex sentence' was and he just glared. I then opened it up to the class by asking "can anyone help Cody define 'complex sentence'?" A boy who sits behind him gave a very good explanation, afterwards the hostile student proceeded to mock the other muttering something under his breath about over eager students in high school. The first day of the semester I told the class that I would not tolerate any hostile behavior against other students, and I repeated my warning again. I was very proud of myself, because I was able to keep my cool and I thought that I handled the situation to the best of my inexperienced ability. Although, I do feel that I could of handled it better, however I am glad that I took care of it right away.

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