| | Naughty kid and Naughty parentThis year I have been blessed and my kiddos are sweet, respectable, and just a great bunch! I haven't had much behavioral issues and the parents have been nothing but supportive! I did get a new one this week and he on the other hand is a handful with no ounce of structure in his 5 years of life. It's his first time EVER in a public school so he's having difficulty following directions, sitting still, and how to be social with other kids. Anyway, I encountered for the first time today a situation where I tried to restrain a child. She wasn't a child in my class (thankfully) but I was the one who was dealing with her during recess because I was one of the teachers on duty. There have been lots of crickets out on the grass lately and the kids have been going crazy catching them and trying to smoosh them with their feet. Well we made a rule about no picking up the crickets and killing them and told the kids about it. So today I saw some kiddos trying to catch crickets. I went over and warned them not to touch or catch them. Sure enough, I look again later on and those same kiddos are playing with it again. I asked the two kiddos to go stand out in timeout for not following directions. One student went his way to timeout, the other one did not. So I yelled to her in a loud voice so she could hear me that she needs to go stand in timeout. Well she saw and heard me loud and clear but still chose to ignore me and went her way. I looked at her and called her by name this time and told her to come to me immediately. She just stood there and did nothing. So I started my way towards her and then she started to move further away. Then, as I got closer she started to run away from me and thought it was funny. (I could hear her giggling and saw her smiling.) Well I wasn't about to let her get away with it so I chased after her and finally caught her. As soon as I caught her, she pitched a fit and tried to pull away from me. I did not want her running away from me again so I pulled her back to me and she kept pulling herself away from it. It was like a tug of war for what felt like 5 minutes. I was getting worn out by the pulling and tugging but fortunately the assistant principal came to my rescue and tried to talk to her and calm her down. People who were driving by the street saw what was going on and literally stopped to see it. They probably thought I was a psycho teacher who was hurting the child. Anyway, that student's teacher called her mom to let her know about her temper tantrum and what happened at recess. Instead of being concerned about her child's temper tantrum, she wanted to know why her child could not play with the crickets.  Seriously, sometimes the parents cause more of a headache than the students themselves. No wonder her daughter throws a fit, no wonder her daughter doesn't follow directions and thinks it's ok to ignore what the teacher says. It's not even the student's fault why she is the way she is. It is her mom's fault for not disciplining the child and letting her do whatever she wants. Ugh... if only parents would do their job of disciplining their child and making sure they go the right way, we teachers would have less headaches and white hairs. I just needed to vent! That's all. |
| | Posted 9/13/2007 8:31 PM - 3 comments
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