Today is a very short response day. Just another day of testing and it is so boring sitting outside. They have two testing sessions; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I’m glad it’s Thursday though. That means all this testing is almost over and we are getting closer to graduation and going home. I also had an interview right after the testing so I wasn’t there for the longer of the classes. It was nice to write up a lesson plan and leave it for my cooperating teacher so that she could teach it.
The second class of my day I took them to the weight room. We finished up our pulse logs that we started the other day. These students really worked hard. I think it was because I challenged them. I had told them that today they were going to be working to get the highest heart rate over the past two days of doing these logs. I think they are really learning about the importance of taking their heart rate and how it can impact how they work out and be healthy. This was the class that has the student who was giving me some troubles over the past couple of days. He did really well in the class and it even took me by surprise that he asked me for help with one of the machines. I guess you could say that I was expecting him to ignore me and be rude over the next couple of weeks. I guess I though wrong.
The last class only had 20 minutes. We also finished up the pulse log (just a small review and one or two exercises). I then just let them finish the last 12-13 minutes in the gymnasium with my colleague’s class. They were just playing basketball, soccer, or volleyball. My students jumped in and were participating as well. There were even a group of girls who were just standing around and talking and I just told them to make sure they were moving a little bit. They started walking around the perimeter of the gym.
Students are so disrespectful and rued anymore these days. I can’t say for sure because I experienced both places (here and Pennsylvania) with two totally different lenses. Students don’t know the line between those with authority and those without. They are very defiant. For example, whenever I ask a student to give me a ball because it’s time to clean up or to sit down because I am trying to talk, they are so resistant to doing so. I had to ask this one student six times to give me the ball and she kept refusing and moving further away from me. It wasn’t until I told her that I would write her up if she didn’t give me the ball and that’s when she finally handed it over. I don’t know if this is because I haven’t really established much of a relationship with these students over the time that I have been here or if that is just how students are these days.
It’s my job to escort the students to the bathrooms, nurse’s office, or main office, or wherever they need to go whenever they finish their testing. I get about 4-5 students every time to go to the bathroom. They are to be respectful and quiet while walking through the halls because other classes are still testing. I walk with them and constantly try to get them to quiet down, but they don’t care. They only think about themselves and what they need. These kids are just rude to others, but except others to treat them better. What gives?
Until tomorrow.
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