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August 28, 2016

Misbehaving in lessons

Misbehaving in lessons
I’ve been pretty lucky over the past few years. I’ve never had a discipline problem with any of my students. Diminishing attention spans, yes, minor defiance, yes, but never a chronic discipline problem. A situation last week made me question how I can better prepare mentally when a student is rude or disrespectful. The student, Sean, was clearly in an upset mood from the start of the lesson. When I asked him how his day at school was, he didn’t answer. So I moved on and once we started to go...