Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea
Posted by Elyssa on 5/09/08
That phrase usually means the teacher has given up trying to get the students to be polite and listen while she is teaching. In fact, most teachers now have such a low standard regarding what they expect from students that it is VERY rare to find a class that will be quiet and listen respectfully during a lesson. I am always astonished when I walk into a classroom where the students ARE capable of being quiet. What is really disturbing is that we have dumbed down our expectations. What exactly does "good but chatty" mean? It means students have not learned to control themselves and be quiet and do their own work. They are incapable of realizing that the teacher is not a TV set or movie screen. They don't know that the sum total of fifteen "little conversations" is a huge din that makes it impossible for any teaching to actually happen. It means that students are nonresponsive to the teacher's request for silence. It means wasted instructional time. It means the teacher is making excuses for her students' bad behavior. Elyssa On 5/09/08, Anne wrote: > I have subbed for several teachers now who in the sub notes > say their kids are "good but talkative or chatty". I am > starting to wonder if this may be code for "bratty and > loud" instead though. :) What are your thoughts on this?
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- When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = really?, 5/09/08, by Anne.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by r hehehe.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Lee.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by newazsub.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Lee.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Elyssa.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Lee.
- Re: I agree Elyssa, 5/09/08, by Annise.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Jean.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Eunice Brooks.
- Re: I agree Elyssa, 5/09/08, by Ze Povinho.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Elyssa.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by subverted.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Eunice Brooks.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Anne.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/09/08, by Elyssa.
- Re: Sometimes I use the phrase to the teacher to mean....., 5/09/08, by peggie.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/10/08, by for the teacher.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/10/08, by Quarterlife Gal.
- Re: When a teacher says their kids are good but chatty = rea, 5/10/08, by carol.
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