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how much slacking off can you put up with?

by limited patience

Feb 22, 2013

I feel like by high school, if a kid chooses to fail a class that's their problem and I'm not going to go out of my way to motivate them. I think with younger kids it makes sense to find out what the issues are, but in high school the consequences of slacking off are fairly immediate- they won't graduate, or they lose credits. If a kid refuses to work and either sleeps in class or plays with their phone, how many of you will just ignore them (assuming they're not being disruptive) and how many of you will bug them to get something done?

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Lynne in TN I make the kids take notes and do their classwork. If they will not do it when I point-blank tell them to do it I have them put in ISS and they can do it there. The problem I have is that kids with truancy issues won't do makeup work.

On 2/22/13, limited patience wrote: > I feel like by high school, if a kid chooses to fail a class >...See More

Feb 28, 2013

Vet Teacher br> > As to the poster who mentioned that people outside of education > would be upset to hear that teachers let kids fail, those people > need to understand the context of the situation.

Their opinions > are fairly worthless if they don't.

Their opinons are certainly uninformed - no one can possibly know what tea...See More

Mar 5, 2013

I've known many a bright, lazy child On 3/05/13, Vet Teacher wrote: > >> >> As to the poster who mentioned that people outside of education >> would be upset to hear that teachers let kids fail, those people >> need to understand the context of the situation. > > Their opinions >> are fairly worthless if they don't. > > Their opinons are ce...See MoreOn 3/05/13, Vet Teacher wrote: > >> >> As to the poster who mentioned that people outside of education >> would be upset to hear that teachers let kids fail, those people >> need to understand the context of the situation. > > Their opinions >> are fairly worthless if they don't. > > Their opinons are certainly uninformed - no one can possibly know > what teaching is like unless they're a teacher. > > But it's not their opinions that solely matter - it's their tax > dollars. Public education is supported by tax dollars. However > worthless or uninformed their opinions may be, we need their tax > dollars. > The public school system in the large city near to me has been > brought its knees by all the taxpayers. They lobbied for the right > to establish charter schools and for their school tax dollars to go > instead to those charter schools and then - pulled their kids out of > the public schools and put them in charter schools. > > None of which can be termed worthless even if their opinions are > because they took the worth of the school district with them. > There's hardly anyone left and the city is closing 36 schools and > laying off all the teachers and support personnel in those schools. > > I admit to having a student right now that I feel I have to let > fail - nothing else but that natural consequence is going to wake > him up - but I hesitate to tell people that. People cringe and > criticize when they hear a teacher is going to let a student fail.

Who's gotten him/herself together after earning that first F. A teacher who never gives F grades misses out on seeing a little lost lamb return to the fold, ask to sit up front (away from Those Friends), start doing classwork, shut the mouth, and quit acting up for attention.

We could baby a kids all day long, and beg and lecture and nag them to do their work. The ones who still roll their eyes and pull out their I-phones aren't worth all that wasted effort. There are too many other kids in the room who need our guidance and support.

Mar 5, 2013

Catsister I've rarely seen a kid who's disengaged who's not disruptive. I actually have the opposite problems--kids who will (more or less) do the work but are raucous, chatty with each other or over-ask questions (either they are premature, repetitive, or trying to get hints or the answer from me). They also spend a lot of time begging for free- time, movie...See More

Mar 10, 2013

Erin In my small, rural school, we probably baby too much, but we don't just let kids slack. We are expected to contact parents, and that often will have some results, depending, of course on the student and family situation. If the kid is still slacking, I also will contact our principal, who may also call parents and/or set up a meeting with parents/s...See More

Mar 10, 2013

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