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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a no nonsense teacher who has been knocked on her butt the last two years by out of control students. They throw things, destroy things, elope from the classroom, spit/hit/punch others/me. They set off a few others in the classroom who aren’t that extreme. It’s been hell. These are students who haven’t experienced limits in their home lives and it shows up at school. They are addicted to screens and will freak out trying to get any screen they see (including my phone when I call for admin support). Thank God for sturdy cell phone cases or mine would’ve been broken by now. [/quote]

I’m another no-nonsense teacher. The methods I’ve used for decades no longer work.

Students are quite different now. For some, the school year starts with distrust and open defiance. I’m used to earning my students’ respect, but for some it’s almost impossible. And it used to be 1-2 in a class. Now it can be 8-10, which splits your focus and makes follow-through exhaustive.

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Another MoCo teacher here and both PP’s are 💯 spot on with their comments. Admin has made it clear they do not want office referrals (this year’s goal is to reduce the number of office referrals for black and brown students so the solution is…not documenting the severe behavior disruptions) so teachers are left trying to manage these out of control behaviors while also teaching. One of my main concerns are the students who witness these out-of-control behaviors from their peers and see that there are clearly no consequences from admin - more and more students attempt to also engage in negative behaviors. Also like PP’s have stated, the number of students outrageous behaviors has at least quadrupled. In the past, I may have had one or two students that were disruptive but this year, the majority of classes at our school have multiple out of control students in each classroom. I’m honestly at a loss trying to figure out how to proceed from here…it’s not fair to the other students. I honestly dread coming to work most days because I am exhausted dealing with these extreme behaviors. The other day, a 4th grade student in my class pulled out their cell phone during instruction and started showing classmates photos on their phone. I asked the student to put the phone away, was told “no, I don’t have to,” I asked again, they refused, [b]I advised the student I would need to hold on to their phone until the end of the day, they stated, “you can’t make me do anything, this is my phone.” I called on the walkie for support from the counselor , the counselor came in and asked for the phone, the student refused again, the counselor left[/b]…and that was it! NOTHING was done and the student faced zero consequences! I’ve sent emails, called home - no answer per usual. This is not one of the behavior issues I described earlier, but just one example of how the lack of consequences has empowered students to do whatever they want.[/quote]

So besides the student being disrespectful, no adult in the building(not teacher, counselor, nor anyone else) confiscated the phone.  I wonder why kids believe there are no consequences.[/quote]

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