Conception —- Birth(Baby)——Toddler—- Pre -Schooler-
–Pre-teen–Teenager–Adult
From the day the arrived in this world we have never stopped loving and catering for their needs. A mixed little bundle which can send us on a whirlwind of emotional highs and lows.
Our natural instinct is to protect our child from all the ills of the world and at the same time teach them how to fend for themselves. The mama bear come out of us when we feel that our cubs are being threatened or mishandled.
As they grow up they develop their own personalities. It is our job as parents to guide them and teach them the skills to survive in this world. It is a fine balance being an overprotective parent and a “hand’s off” one.
From a tender age my boys have been very challenging to handle. I’m sure most parents would agree with me that when they are good they are very good, when they start throwing their tantrums it drives you up the wall!!
I do not profess to being the “perfect” parent no do I have the answer to all parenting problems but based on my observations and experience there are certain key factors which we need to cultivate with our child.
Open communication
A sense of responsibility for their own actions.
I will be going into more detail on the above factors in my next posts.
Earlier this month I wrote about how I motivate the students in my classroom. In this post I’ll be opening up to you what I face in the classroom on a daily basis.
Teaching is simply exhausting. There are 101 items which one must handle daily on top of teaching the given syllabus and performing conflict management simultaneously.
Everyday fresh new challenges are thrown as me when I enter the class and address the 42 individuals with the unique personalities. It had been a bit overwhelming for me when I first took charge of this class but I have been slowly getting to know then and their peculiarities.
On a single day I have to deal with :
students being verbally abusive to both peers and teacher
defiant students.
petty complains about other pupils.
chasing after pupils to complete and hand in their homework on time.
being constantly interrupt by students requesting to visit the toilet.
For 8 hours a day I have to deal with more then 100 different pupils as we take multiple students depending on our subject combination.
For me I take my main class English, Science, Art, Social Studies and Health Education. On top of that I have 4 additional classes of Art and 2 additional classes of Health Education.
I realized after handling this extremely large group of kids that the best way would be to treat them like toddlers. Most of my students are still extremely attention seeking and some of them are actively seeking my attention by being disruptive in class.
Here are some tips for beginning teachers/parents on dealing with kids of different personalities.
Make your expectations and rules clear from the start of the year. Ink them down and paste them in a prominent spot in the room. This will serve as a constant reminder to students what you are expecting from the students.
List down your to-do-list on a daily basis.
I do this so that the pupils know what they are suppose to do and the time frame allocated for each activity. This also ensures that they are kept on track to complete the given class work.
Give verbal warnings and follow through on any punishments if they have to be carried out. I will write down the name of the errant pupil on a corner of the board if they do not cease misbehaving after two warnings. These pupils would have to have a one to one conferencing session with me after class.
Have a tick -off list u to monitor your pupils performance. I have a multi-tabbed Excel spreadsheet for every class that I teach where I record down the grades each student received for all tests and exams administered, whether they handed in their homework punctually [ Each type of homework is dated and color coded for easy reference on the spreadsheet] I also record any offences or praiseworthy mentions of the student which could be feedback to the parent during the parent teacher meeting session.
How do your children’s teachers deal with them
in the classroom?
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