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It’s official. I’ve officially lost my mind. I’ve known it’s been coming, looming overhead like some awful monster about to attack. I could feel it. It happened yesterday during my 10th grade class. All hell broke loose and my students saw the spawn of the devil in me as I chewed them out for their disrespectful behavior, spewing the words “rude” and “disrespectful” and “ashamed and embarassed of your actions.” There was silence in the room, and then muttered apologizies, and a whole lot of staring at the sneakers. And there should have been! They needed to hear it! But, deep down I feel so so so bad because I truly and genuinely like all of these kids and want them to be successful, so giving them the “rude and disrespectful” lecture (NOT in a nice voice, let me say) is not a fun thing for me to do. But when the bell rang, and I heard them push out into the hallway saying, “dude, you should’ve just seen Mrs. Styles! She’s p#@*#@ off!” I couldn’t help but laugh.
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Well Shannon, these students are “your children” for a majority of the day, and just like when you guide your sons, Nate and Aiden, the students are gettng a character lesson when you stress certain behaviors are unacceptable. I’ve heard your “not a nice voice” and it’s really not that bad! How else would a room full of lively teenagers hear you?!