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Kid wants to..

by Phil

Jan 13, 2016

A 5th-grader wants to arm wrestle me in class. I agreed to do it tomorrow, but I want your opinion first. It's just friendly competition, and he is likely to lose. But what if he complains about me? I know we're not supposed to 'get physical' but this is a game.

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Phil Some kids brought some snow in after recess and started a snowball fight in class. Before I knew it balls were flying across the classroom - must have been at least 8. I yelled at the kids to stop - nobody listened. Floor got soaking wet and was slippery - called custodian. Pincipal came by later - she sorta put the blame on me. I said maam,I was n...See More

Jan 29, 2016

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Ze Povinho On 1/29/16, Phil wrote:
> Some kids brought some snow in after recess and started a
snowball
> fight in class. Before I knew it balls were flying across
> the classroom - must have been at least 8. I yelled at
> the kids to stop - nobody listened. Floor got soaking wet
> and was slippery
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> called cus...See More

Jan 30, 2016

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BJ I would not have you back either. You need to develop the skill of with-it-ness, being aware of what's going on in your classroom at all times. I can quickly determine if students are acting strangely, or hiding something like a phone. They certainly can't have been doing their work - and that's a red flag.

On 1/30/16, Ze Povinho wrote: &g...See MoreI would not have you back either. You need to develop the skill of with-it-ness, being aware of what's going on in your classroom at all times. I can quickly determine if students are acting strangely, or hiding something like a phone. They certainly can't have been doing their work - and that's a red flag.

On 1/30/16, Ze Povinho wrote: > On 1/29/16, Phil wrote: >> Some kids brought some snow in after recess and started a > snowball >> fight in class. Before I knew it balls were flying across >> the classroom - must have been at least 8. I yelled at >> the kids to stop - nobody listened. Floor got soaking wet >> and was slippery > - >> called custodian. Pincipal came by later - she sorta put >> the > blame >> on me. I said maam,I was not involved. I did not see the >> snow. I could not remember all the participants. She said >> another > teacher >> said I was sleeping during prep time. I don't remember >> this. > Don't >> know if I'll be back here - have been here since >> wednesday and > was >> starting to like the place. >> >> On 1/28/16, some random dude wrote: >>> On 1/14/16, Lee wrote: >>>> On 1/13/16, Phil wrote: >>>>> A 5th-grader wants to arm wrestle me in class. I >>>>> agreed >>>> to >>>>> do it tomorrow, but I want your opinion first. It's >>>>> just friendly competition, and he is likely to lose. >>>>> But what >>>> if >>>>> he complains about me? I know we're not supposed to >>>>> 'get physical' but this is a game. >>>> >>>> >>>> Under no circumstances should you arm wrestle a student >>>> of any grade. You are setting yourself up to be fired, >>>> or possibly sued. Suppose he got hurt? Were you >>>> planning to wrestle the rest of the class if they >>>> asked? >>> >>> do it, let the kid win > > Probably, given the scenario, you will not come back to > the site. If a principal says the sky is yellow when it is > blue, the sky is yellow. If she says it was your fault, > then it is your fault. > > Any allegations, whether they are true or false, are > enough to fire a substitute. > > Ze > >

Jan 30, 2016

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Kathy The snowball fight would get you banned from that school, if not from the entire district where I sub. However, more worrisome is that someone said you were sleeping during the planning period and you don't remember whether you did or did not fall asleep. Kathy

On 1/30/16, BJ wrote: > I would not have you back either. You need to develo...See MoreThe snowball fight would get you banned from that school, if not from the entire district where I sub. However, more worrisome is that someone said you were sleeping during the planning period and you don't remember whether you did or did not fall asleep. Kathy

On 1/30/16, BJ wrote: > I would not have you back either. You need to develop the > skill of with-it-ness, being aware of what's going on in your > classroom at all times. I can quickly determine if students > are acting strangely, or hiding something like a phone. They > certainly can't have been doing their work - and that's a red > flag. > > On 1/30/16, Ze Povinho wrote: >> On 1/29/16, Phil wrote: >>> Some kids brought some snow in after recess and started a >> snowball >>> fight in class. Before I knew it balls were flying across >>> the classroom - must have been at least 8. I yelled at >>> the kids to stop - nobody listened. Floor got soaking wet >>> and was slippery >> - >>> called custodian. Pincipal came by later - she sorta put >>> the >> blame >>> on me. I said maam,I was not involved. I did not see the >>> snow. I could not remember all the participants. She said >>> another >> teacher >>> said I was sleeping during prep time. I don't remember >>> this. >> Don't >>> know if I'll be back here - have been here since >>> wednesday and >> was >>> starting to like the place. >>> >>> On 1/28/16, some random dude wrote: >>>> On 1/14/16, Lee wrote: >>>>> On 1/13/16, Phil wrote: >>>>>> A 5th-grader wants to arm wrestle me in class. I >>>>>> agreed >>>>> to >>>>>> do it tomorrow, but I want your opinion first. It's >>>>>> just friendly competition, and he is likely to lose. >>>>>> But what >>>>> if >>>>>> he complains about me? I know we're not supposed to >>>>>> 'get physical' but this is a game. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Under no circumstances should you arm wrestle a student >>>>> of any grade. You are setting yourself up to be fired, >>>>> or possibly sued. Suppose he got hurt? Were you >>>>> planning to wrestle the rest of the class if they >>>>> asked? >>>> >>>> do it, let the kid win >> >> Probably, given the scenario, you will not come back to >> the site. If a principal says the sky is yellow when it is >> blue, the sky is yellow. If she says it was your fault, >> then it is your fault. >> >> Any allegations, whether they are true or false, are >> enough to fire a substitute. >> >> Ze >> >>

Feb 1, 2016

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Emma K Are these posts for real or is someone pulling our leg, posting this ridiculous stuff to see how we'll respond. If this is "for real", then I can only echo what BJ and Kathy said. Good grief!

Feb 2, 2016

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