tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933131906835108306.post6366585625587842656..comments2017-05-03T09:32:26.617-04:00Comments on Learning to Sit Still: What I learned from my first year teaching...Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01719522588542214322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933131906835108306.post-26338373290733676772011-07-19T22:39:51.074-04:002011-07-19T22:39:51.074-04:00Matt, I especially appreciated #5: "Teaching ...Matt, I especially appreciated #5: "Teaching Requires Discipline"...right up there with consistency. I found this to be one of my biggest challenges this past year. Namely this: how do I stay consistent with a group of 22 sixth grade boys who, quite frankly, make me exhausted? Somehow, I managed. And somehow, they learned Latin.<br /><br />One thing I did find with disciplining kids, though, was that I couldn't do the same thing all the time. They got used to it and then it didn't matter. <br /><br />One day during tutoring (with 10 of the said 22 boys) the boys were out of control; they had drawn all over my board (forbidden!), were loud, obnoxious, and not paying attention. So I finally sent them to their class and had a good chat with a teacher next door, who gave me the following advice: there have to be consequences, and they have to be new.<br /><br />The next day in class those particular boys had a particularly difficult Latin translation to work on during the entire class period...and yes, I expected them to catch up with the rest of the class on their own time. It got through to some and not to others, but I made my point: regardless of how it was perceived, there were consequences.<br /><br />It's one step at a time, one day at a time. Thanks for posting, Matt. I didn't (and still don't) have the time or courage to post my first-year reflections. :)Heidi Jacksonhttp://www.notesfromheidi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933131906835108306.post-54687571626195088882011-07-10T18:10:13.655-04:002011-07-10T18:10:13.655-04:00Matt! This is such a great post. Thank you for sha...Matt! This is such a great post. Thank you for sharing your wisdom! I think it, like most great things, transcends the actual subject and can be applied to many things. Mucho gracias!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845051786114528609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1933131906835108306.post-33828423316214230262011-07-09T12:47:44.708-04:002011-07-09T12:47:44.708-04:00Great post, Matt.Great post, Matt.Mitch Klingenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028284372754211139noreply@blogger.com