Ch 13.
There are so many students that haven't outgrown the "brat" phase. Some examples would be when a student doesn't stop talking to his friends across the room, doesn't participate in class or flow out doesn't listen to what they are told. I have run into this a few times in the art room. I had a student that took everything as a joke, tried making all of his art into an inappropriate piece, and would stop distracting the other students around him. Eventually we moved him from his distractions and found out what he was interested in so that we could incorporate it into the project.
Ch 15.
To avoid being a "weenie" teacher, I will stick to my word when I say no, no matter what the excuse may be. Once they realize they can get what they want by nagging, they will do it all the time. I make the rules, so we need to follow them as well as possible. The problem with being consistent all of the time is that we teach kids to play hardball and they grow ruthless and persistent.
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