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I have had that exact same thought...
By Ally
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Why are we expected to reward a kid for behaving how they should be at school!? Like it is an accomplishment to not poke your classmates with a pencil, call out rude names and all the other misbehaviours we see daily! When| I was in my student teaching year, our university instructors made a big deal about "self esteem" and how very careful teachers had to be not to negatively impact on their students' fragile egos...when talking to my husband, he remarked that when he was in school, you actually had to do something to gain self esteem, it was not handed out by the adults in your life...that point stuck |
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in my head.Before anyone misunderstands me, I, of course, advocate treating students respectfully but I also feel that many times that equation is unbalanced. I am not receiving the respect back...the old saying says something about earing respect, but I do not feel I have "earned" disrespect, but it seems I have to teach polite behaviours to more and more students...I actually had a parent tell me that her son did not mean to be so rude to me but he was having a hard time figuring which adults in his life he had to be polite too! He was 8! It was on the tip of my tongue to ask why in the world he had a "choice" in the matter! Well time to get off my soapbox...just wanted to let you know that you are not alone!
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