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Do the students just not like me? For the past year and a half, I've been substitute teaching, and I almost always get blatant disrespect from the students. They try to do whatever they want, and I can only really bring them back by calling administration and threatening to write them all up. Every school I go to it's the same general pattern, I I try to start class by handing students their work, and students ignore me after about fifteen minutes. The noise level in the room reaches an unbearable level, and students start complaining about getting into playfights, losing paper and pencils, and generally making nuisances of themselves. I state clearly at the beginning of class that there is to be no talking or walking around the room and that students should raise their hands for permission to get up, but it doesn't always help. Sometimes, the children ignore me like I'm not even saying anything. At the end of of the day, I'm very frustrated; paper is thrown all over the room, and I ha...See More
OIld Teacher On 11/10/12, KB wrote: > Do the students just not like me? For the past year and a > half, I've been substitute teaching, and I almost always > get blatant disrespect from the students. They try to do > whatever they want, and I can only really bring them back > by calling administration and threatening to write them all > up. Eve...See More
Nov 17, 2012
Leah You may want to post on the substitute chatboard of Teacher's Net.
Nov 18, 2012


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