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Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY
Posted by Dani on 6/16/08
>>> I just finished my fifth week student teaching in a 4th
>>> grade classroom and I'm losing my mind. I've worked with
>>> students K-2 and middle school before, and I feel like
>>> these 4th graders are the neediest kids I've ever met.
>>>
>>> During many lessons I walk students right through many of
>>> their homework problems as examples, and always ask if
>>> anyone has questions. Once they start working independently
>>> on questions, five kids in the class always raise their
>>> hand and say to me, "I don't get it!" very whiny needy
>>> sounding. Usually I give them a couple of prompts to get
>>> them started on the problems and they do fine, and then I
>>> encourage with "You knew it all along!" but day after day
>>> they will just sit and stare at their paper instead of
>>> trying it on their own because they "don't get it." There
>>> is no motivation to finish assignments, so if they don't
>>> get it, they just don't bother.
>>>
>>> The students also come up and interrupt me when I'm talking
>>> with other students. Today I was speaking with a student
>>> during independent work time and a boy came up to me and
>>> interrupted to tell me that when he went to the office they
>>> gave him a new icepack. I snapped at the student that his
>>> comment wasn't something he needed to interrupt me with,
>>> and then I felt terrible about being rude to him. I don't
>>> want to be a bad teacher who snaps at students. I
>>> understand that these students just want approval, but as a
>>> human being I cannot handle so many interruptions when I'm
>>> trying to work with students.
>>>
>>> I've spoken to my cooperating teacher about this, but I
>>> think she enjoys feeling needed because she always jumps in
>>> to help students even when they don't need it. What can I
>>> do to keep myself sane when my students are so needy in
>>> class?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 2/22/08, by Gayle.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 2/23/08, by Kristy .
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 2/27/08, by MMM 2nd grade teacher Florida.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 4/02/08, by Angie- 2nd Grade.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 4/21/08, by Joey.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 4/22/08, by Darlene.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 4/23/08, by Darlene you left no message NFM.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 5/22/08, by Diana.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 6/16/08, by Dani.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY, 7/19/08, by Susan.
- Re: Needy Students Driving Me CRAZY (long), 7/23/08, by Kim in CA 4th grade.
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