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I have been very lucky not to have too many unmangeable students. Perhaps it has to do with me I don't like to take crap from students but if what they are doing is in fun, they aren't disrupting, and they are still learning then I just ignore it. I had one student who was jabbing pushing a girl in my class (5th grade) so I said loudly to her "Oh just ignore him. Boys do that sometimes when they like a girl." He turned beet red and the whole class laughed. He was one of my good students too and could take a laugh. He laughed about it too but he quite bugging her. I substituted in highschool Algebra and English at one school and the kids were great. It was parochial school and they knew that if I had a problem with them the staff would back me up without question. I think the biggest part is whether the staff will back the teacher up. If you are fighting your own partners the students know it and they are like wolfs. I feel sorry for that teacher more than anything. I've known frustrationg like that and it's only been because the staff are against you. I had a principal get ripped because I had told my students I was pregnant - what else was I to do I had morning sickness. He said I didn't know yet cause I hadn't seen the baby's ultrasound or anything and it could possibly be a tumor. Grrr yeah right. A woman KNOWS when she is 3 months pregnant. Duh. You gotta have backup or you haven't got anything at all.
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