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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my lower SES high school it seems that some freshman are pretty terrible.  Cursing out teachers in the hallway.  Throwing fits and disrupting class.  We learned today that there isn’t really a referral for disrespect at them moment, only if it refers to gender, race or sexual identity.  So, “F U Mr./Ms. teacher” doesn’t trigger an immediate consequence.

Is this worse at other school too?[/quote]
I don’t have a feel for the 9th graders at our HS yet, but the hallway issues are mostly individual class avoidance rather than groups of kids. We’ve been focusing on limiting passes and putting extra adults to shooing kids into class at the bell. Still not under control, but not as bad as two years ago.

For folks who aren’t teachers, the cursing at a teacher isn’t acceptable, but administration and security are so overwhelmed with worse behaviors that they have no bandwidth for it. It isn’t worth reacting to as a teacher (when things are this awful). Just ignore the cursing and treat the behavior like you would a toddler having a tantrum. “I can’t hear you until you use polite language and a normal tone of voice.” Grey rock them. It’s not worth your energy to engage. At the end of the day, it’s the kid losing out, not the teacher.

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Maybe.  But it’s exhausting for the teachers.  I’m not a teacher, but having to deal with this kind of disrespect on a daily basis, as a professional (and as someone who is not working as a jail warden) seems too much to ask.

Admin and Central Office need to fix this.  For teachers and for the sake of other students.  [/quote]

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