By Teacher Mom to Mandy

Posted on 10/27/09

Mandy, I understand where you are coming from and just because a
teacher is lenient that doesn’t mean the students should take
advantage. You raised a good point though because some defiant
students will look at the situation like, "I can throw this pencil
because she's not going to do anything about it!" Students tend to
flock to the teacher who is easier/nicer/or less-strict however
they have to know that at some point in time the line will be drawn
and they should not cross it.

Does anyone agree or disagree? Are there any suggestions of how to
proceed in such a situation?

-Teacher Mom

On 10/27/09, Mandy to Ann wrote:
> Don't you love how the students turn it back on you? ;-) That
> happened to me last year - except I agreed with the students - I
> wasn't strict enough. However, I'm not sure if that warrants poor
> behavior, if that makes sense. We might not be strict enough, but
> does that give anyone a reason to throw a pencil in the first
> place??? (unless there's that attitude of "well, I'm going to
> throw this because I know I won't get into trouble," but
> still...) Does anyone see what I'm trying to say?
>
>
> On 10/26/09, Ann wrote:
>> I hear you!!
>> I was having a class meeting with my 7th graders today
>> discussing ways to improve class behavior. One girl told me
>> I'm not strict enough. I was shocked! I thought I was too
> strict!
>

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