I have a young lady (elementary school).  Who thinks she is quite the little princess and she is on her throne and she will do what she wants when she wants!  How do I get her to do her work using your system??  She procrastrinates when doing her work, meaning, she tries to make it look like she is doing something but when her work is turned in next to nothing is done!!!!

I had an awesome first week at my new teaching job!  Actually the best start to the school year in the 5 years I have been teaching high school.  I just switched schools and am currently teaching 7th, 8th and 10th grade German.  I had all three classes write out the rules which actually took 2 full class days.   I had three students challenge me already and one served detention.  The one student said it wasn’t going to be worth it to break the rules in the future.   I kind of made a mistake Friday by not having another 10th grader serve detention that day because I couldn’t stay after but I realized that did open me up for being inconsistent so starting Monday – one word from any one will get them an automatic detention.  The kYe is to saty consistent.  My bellwork Monday is going to be rule related as well and I think I am going to go over all the rules again.    I feel for the first time in my teaching career that I am total control!  Thank you!!  Also to answer someones question about late busses…if it isn’t possible to stay after school then lunch time visit might also work….or morning detention.  Just a thought.

Peg from Buffalo, NY