Vent/Idea--Will Never Happen---Quiet Classes

[Anonymous]

Admin should do their jobs and support teachers as it may have more positive outcomes than harassing teachers to just inflate grades willy nilly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Admin should do their jobs and support teachers as it may have more positive outcomes than harassing teachers to just inflate grades willy nilly.

What does inflating grades have to do with a quiet classroom?

[Anonymous]

Because classrooms with out rules and full of chaos are difficult to learn. Without consequences , enforced rules, or red tape that hinders a teachers a teachers ability to manage and teach them it is an easy set up to blame blame blame the teachers and coerce teachers to make up numbers as they want to keep their jobs and maintain the illusion if learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admin should do their jobs and support teachers as it may have more positive outcomes than harassing teachers to just inflate grades willy nilly.

What does inflating grades have to do with a quiet classroom?

Classroom education sucked, but at least I got an A. Welcome to the real world.

[Anonymous]

This is how I run my HS classroom. I have very focused time for quiet tasks (independent reading or writing) and very focused time for not quiet tasks (partner, small group, or class discussion). I didn’t ask any kids if they wanted this, though! It’s just my way of managing the classroom.

[Anonymous]

It might surprise you to learn that some administrators ding teachers whose classes are too quiet. They say those teachers are not promoting discussion between students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was on the train this weekend and choose to sit in the quiet car. Why can't schools offer a "quiet" section of the core classes? Students would opt into the section and they would have to sign a contract agreeing to the rules of the classroom. 3rd time you violate the rules you are moved to a non "quiet" section.

So put all the "good" kids in one class and the "bad" ones in the rest? I'm sure that will go over well.

[Anonymous]

You mean having kid self segregate based off behavior?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on the train this weekend and choose to sit in the quiet car. Why can't schools offer a "quiet" section of the core classes? Students would opt into the section and they would have to sign a contract agreeing to the rules of the classroom. 3rd time you violate the rules you are moved to a non "quiet" section.

So put all the "good" kids in one class and the "bad" ones in the rest? I'm sure that will go over well.

No one is “putting” anyone in any classes. Kids would have to agree to the rules of the classroom. It would be one section; the other sections would be filled as they currently are. No one is saying that a talkative kid is a “bad” kid. Some people just learn better in quiet environments. What is the harm in creating a section of a core class that addresses that need?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on the train this weekend and choose to sit in the quiet car. Why can't schools offer a "quiet" section of the core classes? Students would opt into the section and they would have to sign a contract agreeing to the rules of the classroom. 3rd time you violate the rules you are moved to a non "quiet" section.

So put all the "good" kids in one class and the "bad" ones in the rest? I'm sure that will go over well.

No one is “putting” anyone in any classes. Kids would have to agree to the rules of the classroom. It would be one section; the other sections would be filled as they currently are. No one is saying that a talkative kid is a “bad” kid. Some people just learn better in quiet environments. What is the harm in creating a section of a core class that addresses that need?

And parents will all want their kids in the quiet classes even if their kids will not follow the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was on the train this weekend and choose to sit in the quiet car. Why can't schools offer a "quiet" section of the core classes? Students would opt into the section and they would have to sign a contract agreeing to the rules of the classroom. 3rd time you violate the rules you are moved to a non "quiet" section.

So put all the "good" kids in one class and the "bad" ones in the rest? I'm sure that will go over well.

No one is “putting” anyone in any classes. Kids would have to agree to the rules of the classroom. It would be one section; the other sections would be filled as they currently are. No one is saying that a talkative kid is a “bad” kid. Some people just learn better in quiet environments. What is the harm in creating a section of a core class that addresses that need?

You're saying there's one class where the students agree to follow the rules, and others where the students say they won't follow the rules. You don't see any problems with that?

[Anonymous]

I bet there would be a lot fewer kids in the Catholic schools if the public schools did this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet there would be a lot fewer kids in the Catholic schools if the public schools did this.

That would be bad then since schools would get more crowded and the budget would remain the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet there would be a lot fewer kids in the Catholic schools if the public schools did this.

Public schools have a long way to go to be palatable to Catholic school parents. Bring back discipline, consequences, behavior expectations, and actual teaching, then they might be interested.

[Anonymous]

IDEA and DEI are why. The rights of disruptive students trump the rights of well-behaved students. This applies even when the disruptive students and their parents don't even want the rights.