Re: Miserable week although it was only 4 days. Any updates?

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On 9/09/11, New Teacher wrote:
> Hi everyone, and hello Fanny! Thank you for your responses.
> I wanted to give you an update on this week. It was only 4
> days because of Labor day but it felt like 10.
>
> I have one class with six students that are very
> disruptive. I have written all of them up. They came back
> with a vengence and almost started a riot in my class. I
> told them to leave my class and they would come back in
> every 5 minutes. I tried to tell one student he could not
> come back in without a pass and tried to close the door and
> he physically would not allow me to close my classroom
> door. I have been told "F-- you"-- " I don't want to be in
> your damn class!!" "F--ck this sh--T" and you are a mean
> teacher. One student enjoys seeing me mad and upset and
> hurt. She smiles and yelled at me five times or more "YOU
> ARE A MEAN TEACHER!! " These kids constantly come back to
> my room although I tell them to go to the office. There are
> no hall monitors in the basement of this school. The
> students are all liars. They challenge me. When I tried to
> move the loud ones, one guy stood up from his chair and
> wanted to fight me saying "WHY SHOULD I MOVE? DAMN!!! WHY
> THE HELL SHOULD I MOVE?" AFter telling him several times to
> move he did not. I feel physically sick working here. I
> feel that these students have mental problems, aggression
> and behavioral problems and have racial hate towards me.
> The students from this inner city TITLE I school normally
> get sent to an alternative school but they are so backed up
> and won't accept any new students. These students make me
> physically sick, so I am not doing so well right now.

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