by altha-admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Articles
It's a great way to end an argument. Just tell the other person that he or she is racist, and that will stop the other person in his or her tracks.The worst of straw men, the non-issue shuts many people down because they feel compelled right away to explain that...
by altha-admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Articles
Teachers do not enjoy the greatest rapport with every student.With one student in particular, it was a nightmare. Every day in one class, I would have to send this student out. He would play with his textbook, distract other students, make insensitive comments toward...
by altha-admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Articles
But it's not just in juvenile court schools where kids chant "Are You Scared?"At one of the local high schools, a student would not stop talking with another groups of students. When I asked him to move his seat three times, he refused, calling me a...
by altha-admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Articles
In juvenile hall, the students love to scare, to intimidate the new teacher, and they definitely love to play with the sub.My first day at Central Juvenile Hall, near Downtown Los Angeles, one of the students shouted at me:"Are you scared, sir?"Of course I...
by altha-admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Articles
One of the most powerful exhortations I ever received as a teacher was from another teacher who shared with me harmless tagline that has motivated me ever since. At one point in my career, I had gotten so frustrated with students who insisted on arguing and...
by altha-admin | Oct 19, 2011 | Articles
Dr. Richard Lavoie, a Connecticut-based special education instructor and advocate, created an instructive film called "When the Chips Are Down".In one segment of the film, he argued that young people, specifically special ed students, need to build up...
