My 6th graders had gotten out of hand. So much so, that I had to develop a new rule. It was easy enough to remember, yet I still made my students practice and repeat for 5mins to really drive it home.
Act like humans. Not monster.
Act like humans. Not monster.
Humans can control themselves, monsters can't. "Which are you?", I asked them. Most of them agreed they weren't monsters, and would do better to act as the mini-humans they are.
It's still a work in progress. But today I felt confident that the monster virus has begun to be eradicated from my classroom and with it hope is being restored. I feel so confident that a full recovery is possible, that today while they worked I let them listen to music.
This was one of the songs they requested....
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btDd9rOlc2k?wmode=transparent]
Not sure if I should read into the song title or not... but I do love Big Bang. Here's to all the monsters!
They're clever little guys, aren't they! They knew exactly what they were doing when they asked you to play that song! hahaha. Love the fact that you made them say the phrase over and over and over again!
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