Last year, Buggy's English/Social Studies class burned through 5 teachers. The class room was totally out of control. The kids chased out two of the teachers who resigned saying that they changed their minds about wanting to teach. 30+ six graders brought each of these adults to crisis through their behavior. Buggy was one of the "problem children", I'm sorry to say. At the end of the year, she 'passed" the sixth grade, but at least six others from her class did not. I told her that, "you may have passed the grade, but you didn't learn what you needed to learn", and I made her repeat the grade. Her social life has taken a hit for it, of course, but she'll live. And she's finally learning to do homework and turn stuff in on time. With the help of grandparents and what's left of my savings, I was able to pull her out of public school. In exchange for a heavy dose of hell fire & brimstone warnings (which may not be a bad thing right now), she has eleven kids in her class, an energetic teacher that she CAN'T push around and she's getting Bs & As. Learnteach, you need less kids, you need more supplies, you need BACK UP from the school & the parents. Most of all, you need to not let those kids learn through you that they have the power to chase away a teacher. I have now idea how; I'm not brave enought to take on what you have. But I saw that, once they had chased out the first teacher last year, the others didn't stand a chance - those kids together were brutal.
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The class room was totally out of control. The kids chased out two of the teachers who resigned saying that they changed their minds about wanting to teach.
30+ six graders brought each of these adults to crisis through their behavior. Buggy was one of the "problem children", I'm sorry to say. At the end of the year, she 'passed" the sixth grade, but at least six others from her class did not.
I told her that, "you may have passed the grade, but you didn't learn what you needed to learn", and I made her repeat the grade. Her social life has taken a hit for it, of course, but she'll live. And she's finally learning to do homework and turn stuff in on time.
With the help of grandparents and what's left of my savings, I was able to pull her out of public school. In exchange for a heavy dose of hell fire & brimstone warnings (which may not be a bad thing right now), she has eleven kids in her class, an energetic teacher that she CAN'T push around and she's getting Bs & As.
Learnteach, you need less kids, you need more supplies, you need BACK UP from the school & the parents.
Most of all, you need to not let those kids learn through you that they have the power to chase away a teacher. I have now idea how; I'm not brave enought to take on what you have. But I saw that, once they had chased out the first teacher last year, the others didn't stand a chance - those kids together were brutal.