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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I am somewhat sympathetic to the PP above, [b]I remind you that if you have to get to know each one of your students afresh every day you are doing it wrong.  [/b]Supposedly you take time to learn what makes each tick when you first get them.  I also don't believe that the problems you are having are all that new. Kids didn't change that dramatically in the last 10 years. Instead of taking away the only break they have, find other ways to get through to them.  It's possible.  Good teachers know how to do it. [/quote]

Teacher PP here.

A. I didn't say that. I don't have to get to know each one of my students afresh every day.

B. Yes, I take time to learn what makes each tick when I first get them. My school has a high mobility rate. The class I started with in August is not even close to the class I have now. Often you find out what makes a student tick and what works for them and then they leave. Then you get a new student with completely different needs and it takes time to figure that out without the luxury of the "getting to know you" time at the beginning of the year. I still have about 14 of the 25 students I started with in August. I have gained and lost many others since then.

Care to elaborate on your statement about other ways to get through to them that stops the behavior? I'm talking about the significant behavior--not just the chatty kids or the ones who daydream instead of doing their work. One kid told me recently that he'd stop yelling in the classroom if I buy him a PS3. He was serious.

And again, for the record, I don't take away recess in case that wasn't clear in my first post. 
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