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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher #1 is the thing I most have to teach the ‘advanced’ students.  They often assume they are always right and immediately argue.  It is a learning process and most get much better as the year progresses.[/quote]

Ha, do you teach my kids? That is actually the most helpful thing I learned from the video. I have always gotten glowing behavior reports from the kids' teachers, but the other day my son told me an anecdote in which he thought the teacher was being unfair, my son pushed back, and the teacher got really upset. My son said "well he calls me out in front of the whole class, so I can call him out in front of the whole class." AHHHHHH! My husband and I are fine with kids pushing back against what we say--they are free to make their argument and maybe we will change our minds. But I'm embarrassed to say that we didn't teach our kids that things don't work that way in the classroom. I just spoke to my kids (middle schoolers) and taught them to say "I understand," "Okay," "I'm sorry," etc. when the teacher calls them out. I explained that if a class is to function properly the teacher needs to be the leader and they need to be the followers. [/quote]

PP again and I totally get it.  My situation is more that a kid argues in front of the class why their answer is right and mine is wrong (which it’s not).  I don’t think the kids realize it’s inappropriate, and I actually don’t mind discussing with a kid why my answer is different from theirs but it has to happen individually.  In front of the whole
class is a power struggle teachers won’t/shouldnt engage in.[/quote]

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