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by subteacher86

May 3, 2012

Hi,

My observations during student teaching were not really productive for a lot of reasons. Now, I'm finding that I'm having trouble keeping control of classses. Right now, I've only worked as a substitute teacher, but I can't seem to gain the middle school students' respect. High school makes a little more sense. I did most of student teaching and observations in a high school, and they are almost like adults, more or less; they understand the rules and have logical and reasonable needs for exceptions to those rules at times, because they may work or have to take care of other responsibilities outside of school. Plus, they just aren't as rowdy.

Middle school students, on the other hand, are confusing. If I try to treat them like adults, they try to run over me! If I treat them like children, they get angry with me and still refuse to do what I tell them to do and intentionally try to mess things up. The successful teachers seem to run middle school like boot camp ...See More

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