DawnT
Sous Chef
How about a hot tub shed next to the woodshed? Then those that are behaving, can watch the one that were "misbehaving"!!
How funny! One year the other 4th grade teachers decided to have the kids who didn't behave go to detention during lunch and recess (they still got lunch but had to eat it in the detention room). We took turns doing detention duty. Most of them had the kids do homework or read, or just lay their heads down. I didn't do that. In my opinion, they were not there to do their homework, which would free them up to goof off more at home, and sleeping was a treat which allowed them to get away from detention mentally if not physically. When I had detention they sat and looked forward. They were not allowed to look anywhere but at me. Also, if they dropped their food on the floor they had to do another day of detention. One parent objected to it because her son said that it was an accident that he dropped his food all over the floor (she was also the head custodian), but when I explained my position, she was fine with it. He was the only one who ever dropped his food--can you imagine how many "accidents" there would have been if I let them get by with it? Anyway, needless to say the kids hated doing detention in my room (but they still liked me, and they admitted I was fair). I even heard some kids in other classes ask which teacher had detention that week, and if it was me they waited to misbehave! I wasn't able to get work done or read or anything when I did detention, like the other teachers did, but it was worth it to me. By the way, the other teachers decided against having detention after that year--partly because they didn't want to do it, but also because some teachers (like me) only gave detention for fairly serious things, and others gave it for petty things....the worst punishment would be to send them there with no computer and to stare at the cracks on the wall (wood in this case) all day.......happened to my son when he was 15.........wasn't doing his homework....they chased him down put him in room 13 and gave him 2 bathroom and a lunch break and if he got up he had another day of room 13. Guess what? My son who always learns the hard way got up and he spent another day in there........he said that he memorized every crevice and crannies on those 4 bare walls. Never had a problem turning in homework after that............
I love that! Make the punishment fit the crime. And really, that's the kind of "guidance" they never forget.Barbara L, I once caught a student writing on a table in the cafeteria during study hall. I gave him the option of being sent to detention or having me dole out the punishment. He chose me(silly boy). I gave him a sponge and a bucket of soapy water and he had to wash all the tables that were not being used, dry them and then ask everyone to move to the ones he had just washed so he could wash the rest of the tables. As if that wasn't enough, I then had him call his mother and explain what he had just finished doing and why. Needless to say, he never wrote on another table again, and his mother was pleased to say that his new chore at home was to wash the dinner table at home!!!
goodness, SuzieQ, you weren't kidding about getting up early were you?????? I just looked at the time......I thought that I got up early............well, I guess Legos Lassie needs an eye on her doesn't she???
I'm exactly the opposite. If I am up at 4:00 a.m. (which I usually am), it is because I haven't gone to bed yet.LOL I was up an hour and a half by that time!!!
I usually get up at 4. Legos must be removed by 6:30.
You will have to sneak out and get online--we can chat! Yikes--9p.m. here is only 6p.m. where you are from. You are either going to have to adjust quickly or just resign yourself to not getting any sleep!Barbara..you and I have the same problem..I don't know what i will do when the N.C. family goes to bed at 9PM. I will be sleeping in the same room with Paul's niece. (she is a retired school teacher)...
My naughty son Nick decided homework was a waste of time in 2nd grade since he always aced all his tests. His teacher thought otherwise and made him write a looonnng apology letter to me every single day he didn't turn in homework. Stuff like "I am heartily sorry for disappointing you again" and "I sincerely apologize for failing in my duties once again". It took half the school year but he finally started doing his homework. This same son was caught shooting spit wads on the bathroom ceiling. There was quite a mound up there. The principal had a method for curbing this. She made the offender make, glue down, and number 100 spit wads on paper and turn them in to her. She said by the time they made 100 spit wads, they were usually cured. Sadly, my Nick turned it into an art project and glued them all onto a large posterboard. He used full-color, illuminated numbers and decorated the entire board with flowers and glitter and attached a card that said "A Gift For You"!
LOL I sleep, but I just don't do it when everyone else does! Now that I am working (a whole 4.5 hours this week--lol) afternoons, it works out pretty well. I just sleep later than I used to. When I get a regular teaching job again, it will take some getting used to getting back on a regular sleep schedule! Not that I ever got to bed early. I do need to work on it though!Barbara......I'm setting an alarm clock for you that will deliver a computer shock if you stay up too late ......I've witnessed first hand how late you stay up online because your wee hours are my late afternoons..........and you need your sleep, GF........
Do they have any CAD jobs for James? Don't be surprised if you find us on your doorstep!I understand......try a 12 hour time zone difference...... the jetlag is not fun.......and I see that you are online........ Maybe you're on Kazakh time? Come for a visit!! We're dying for teachers over here........