I know it has been awhile since I have blogged but work has really been busy this year.
This year I am teaching a special education Physical Science class, a honors class, and a repeater class. Needless to say, my day is crazy and when I get home I exhausted.
Today was a terrible day actually. I am the type of teacher that tries to reach every student and honestly believes that student's have a good side to them and they can all learn physical science. Well today they all tested my patience. I feel so bad after I yell at them, but today there was no choice. I have never had such disrespectful students. I came home and felt terrible because I was so mean. After much thought I have decided that I need to get over the fact that I can reach EVERY student and try to teach most of the how to have respect.
As a teacher your goal is to make good relationships with your students and help them get through your class. Since I teach high school I try really hard to teach students that they are all capable of going to college and getting a good job. The hardest part of my job is to see so much potential in certain students, but watching them not use their potential. I feel like a failure because I don't know how to reach these students because I was never like this. It is hard for me to realize that students do not want to work up to their potential.
So.. I am writing this more for me to get my feelings from the day on paper (or computer) but if anyone has any suggestions for how to reach difficult students PLEASE let me know!
1 comment:
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
You can bust your hiney all you want with those kids, but ultimately, they choose what to do with what you teach them. I know how you feel. It's so frustrating when you know the kids can do it, but they're simply lazy.
Don't stress over it (you've got your health and your baby's health to worry about now). Just make sure you're doing your job, take a deep breath, and continue to encourage them anyway. That's all you can do.
And I guarantee you - there's a child who will remember you and what you did for him long after he leaves your classroom.
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