Today was CRAZY. I don't even remember all the stuff that happened today, but two of the students that have been having the most trouble behaving in class really got their act together and were great all day. We had a new student join our program, so we started explaining procedures, but we decided to let the two students explain things to the new guy (partly to make sure they remembered the rules and because we were so swamped). I was working on some paperwork near them when I overheard them talk about us as teachers.
Student A: "All three teachers are OK. They're actually really nice. Mr. B is cool, so is Mr. Lee. They're all cool except for Mrs. S."
*i mentally cringed*
Student B: "Yeah Mr. Lee is tight."
Student A: "Yeah, they're nice when you're good, but when you break a rule... boyyyyyy, you better be ready for some punishment. It's really gay but just don't get in trouble."
Aside from the dig @ the female teacher, it warmed my heart to hear him say that he respected me b/c the past couple weeks I felt like he was a brick wall. Even yesterday he was incredibly stubborn when he kept asking for help in math, but refused to try learning it my method. Secondly, it was good to hear him verbalize that he understood the purpose of the rules; they were there to teach them acceptable social behaviors.
Success! for now at least.
Also during some break times, they drew pictures for my side of the room. Coming from them, it was actually a really huge gesture that I really appreciated.
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