Another principal visitation

[c green]

My principal arrived in class again today, this time to inform me--and insist I leave class to verify personally--that some of my students have been throwing their silent reading time books out the third floor window, and they have been landing on the ledge outside the classroom of the teacher below.

Apparently, I need to control my class better.

SCRRRRRRRREAAAAAAAAAM!

Yes, the little (unsuitable language deleted) have been throwing books out the window, ain't no doubt. They've also been writing in them and drawing dirty pictures. I have a headache. And I'm basically out of my mind.

STUPID! GOD, THEY'RE STUPID! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! THESE KIDS WERE RAISED IN A BARN! YEEEESH! WHAT KIND OF ROTTEN, JERKY KIDS THROW BOOKS OUT A WINDOW? WHAT LITTLE KNUCKLEHEADS!

Better now.

 

[musicbug]

Change the name and it could be said of my

....cherubs. My principal was in my room to see if it was "safe" after a kiddo threated another witha knife made from scissors. 45 minutes, no try 3 hr observation. I thought I was going to be fired. No communication with me before hand. I had to talk to the building rep.
Grrrr.... You didn't tell your kids to chuck the books, anymore than I told my kids to act up. Principal needs to address the issue of locks for the window that the kids can't open.Make the kids parents pay for the book damage. Then they can teach their kids respect.
Keep on keeping on(sorry Eagles fans),

 

[KT1]

bolt your windows

A teacher at my school had the same problem last year, but the kids were dropping 1-kg masses (science class) from the 4th floor, and it almost hit a custodian below. The teacher ended up bolting her windows shut so the kids couldn't open them. Just a suggestion...........

 

[teacher4]

visit

Visit the neighborhood these kids live in and you will see why they behave like animals. We have hispanic students at my school who live in drug infested trailer parks. It is unsafe for these children. So they come to school not realizing school is a safe haven for them.

 

[maryteach]

I swear, cgreen,

I HATE, HATE, HATE your principal and your vice principal, too. These people are horrible to you. I read your posts all the time and I cannot believe some of the treatment these people dish out to you. I wish you could find a job at another school.

Your principal making you leave class to see this is demeaning, insulting and humiliating. They offer you absolutely no help whatsoever with these little monsters. I also wish you could just leave them high and dry right now, in February, but I know you can't do that, for many reasons.

Well, this didn't help you one little bit, and I am sorry about that, but God, those administrators sound like the worst on the planet.

 

[c green]

Thank you so much!

I needed the support folks. Thanks! (Especially after finding out that they also threw out the fire extinguisher, and that someone's been coloring with crayons on the side of the computers I was trying to salvage so we can word process in class. I really don't understand the last one. They're kind of interesting, my kids.)

Now that I'm home, and it's the weekend, I can giggle about it.

The principal said to move the books away from the window. I may as well do that, and perhaps box them, so you have to get the box down to find another book. I talked to my classroom management mentor, who is a lovely lady, and she proposed shutting the windows. There's a window over my desk that can't really be accessed without getting on top of my grades computer, so I guess that can stay open. This won't be nice come later spring, though.

There's a bunch of little boys who like to sit on the radiator under the window while they read, and I'd been allowing it--guess that's over. I figure, if we clear off the heater, box the books, and close the windows, they'll at least have to work harder.

The encounter with the principal was a little bizarre--but I did keep my head, and was pretty calm about the whole thing. I'd heard this problem once before, but I figured it was a once-off situation, so I just apologized and warned the class, and hadn't heard anything for a couple of months. I'm not sure how the principal got involved--if I'd gotten another notice that it was continuing, I'd have done something before now. An e-mail would have done it.

Anyway, luckily the kids were working on a little grammar quiz when I had to leave. If we'd been mid-lesson it would have been problematic.

On the NICE side, another teacher has decided to organize a study team meeting for one of my real problem children. She just let me know she was doing it, and said she'd coordinate with me to get a translator. YAY! One less thing to do, and this one really needed to be done. This woman is so sweet--and she likes this boy, which is really more than I can say. It's great that someone's watching out for him.