No Child Left Behind now has schools funded by direct payment for hours of students in seats. So, when you throw a student out of a class, you get less money. In a ghetto school like this one, it's pretty serious.
On a (higher, deeper) level, they can't model positive behaviour unless they can see it. And we've just accepted another 10 students who have criminal records, GPA's of less than 1, etc.
I'm a bit burnt; I could reach the normal students if I didn't have to spend all my time shutting down the punks, who know that nothing seriously bad is going to happen to them. And, for the socially conscious in the audience, yes, I understand that they have a lack of positive role models (they mimic rappers as much as they can, as the only "men" in their lives). I have 2 classes who are essentially failing/have failed because I spend all my time talking with problem students, writing up problem students, making up packets for problem students.
Bad fact: 1/5 to 1/8 of my students are now special needs. 1/5 are discipline problems. If you're not a problem, I don't really have time to deal with you. And this doesn't count the independent study students I accepted...
That's accurate.
On a (higher, deeper) level, they can't model positive behaviour unless they can see it. And we've just accepted another 10 students who have criminal records, GPA's of less than 1, etc.
I'm a bit burnt; I could reach the normal students if I didn't have to spend all my time shutting down the punks, who know that nothing seriously bad is going to happen to them. And, for the socially conscious in the audience, yes, I understand that they have a lack of positive role models (they mimic rappers as much as they can, as the only "men" in their lives). I have 2 classes who are essentially failing/have failed because I spend all my time talking with problem students, writing up problem students, making up packets for problem students.
Bad fact: 1/5 to 1/8 of my students are now special needs. 1/5 are discipline problems. If you're not a problem, I don't really have time to deal with you. And this doesn't count the independent study students I accepted...