I have students just like the kids in the movie
I'm a first year teacher and to my surprise I end up with students similar to this movie, of course not as dramatic as the movie. I teach history to 9th grade special education students in a inner city school district. The students that I do have are some of the most disrespectful children I have ever met. The first day of school I had one student spit in my face because I asked her to read section one of the syllabus. She refused to and I kept asking her why and she walked up and spit in my face and walked out of the class. The administrative staff told me I should expect that type of behavior from these students. She was only suspended for 5 days and she still in my classroom. They refuse to do any classwork, participate or complete homework assignments. I have called the students parents and none of them seem to care. Now I do have some wonderful students who do A+ work but its only 8 students out of the 40 students that I teach. Sometimes I just go home and cry because I feel that I'm not doing my job.Just before the winter break there was a fight in my classroom with two young ladies fighting over a boy. It was insane. I look at my colleagues classrooms and there students are completely different then the students I have. I just don't understand how I ended up with classes like this. I have watched this movie over and over to get ideas on how I can reach them. So I will probably do a few contest and games in my classrooms and give out prizes. Any teachers ever deal with anything similar to this movie? I have asked some of the senior teachers for advice and they just give me the nastiest look as if I don't deserve to hear there advice. It's really sad how some teachers act towards others. I hope to have a happy ending like this movie but I doubt it. Thanks for listening to my rant. lol
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