by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
The freshmen classes could be really bad. Some of them felt entitled to interrupt me as often as they pleased. They were barely literate, on certain occasions, yet they felt entitled to correct me openly in front of everyone. I put to silence the honor's class....
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
Kicking kids out is an expeditious way to a make a point, though. If timed properly, the rest of the class will get really quiet and stay that way for the rest of the period. At Los Padrinos, one student refused to be quiet and focus on his work. At first I was...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I think that I have kicked out more students than most substitutes in years past. At one point, I remember overhearing one substitute proudly inform the secretary that he had not written a referral to send a student out, and that was at least five months after the...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I am happy to report that in my years as a substitute teacher, there was one school where I was guaranteed to command a decent amount of respect. At Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, the principal Frank Noyes commands a great deal of respect with students, but...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I do not care for some students – not so much for overt disrespect, but because they liked me as a clown and a comedian, and took every opportunity to walk all over me and call it good. Karl B. was one of those students – a clown who refused to do any work. At the...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I cannot presume that the student in question will ever find this post. Perhaps this turn of events is all for the best. After five weeks of turmoil, terror, and terrible conditions both social and cultural at Hawthorne High School, I resolved to bring in the dean for...
