ok so to my quandry....how to deal with the student that is constantly absent, where do we draw the line on how much we bendover backwards helping the student catch up and when they are taking advantage of a kind teacher? I have always tried to help because i know that things happen( i am the case in point right now) to good people but when its every other week and then the expectation of "you can't test me on this i wasn't there"....oooohh that one REALLY makes me happy.... how do we tell them, its your responsibility, deal with it. and isn't it interesting that the students with those attitudes are the ones with the parents that have no quams calling and complaining that their little angles are failing my class. (also the parents that take kids out of class for 2 weeks so they can go for a vacation and expect the world to freeze until they come back, if you miss class you need to catch up with us when you come back, is that fair or am i ranting again?)
ok i think i have broken every known grammar law, sorry english teachers, so i will sign off.
This is a great question and it all revolves around your management style. I for one, have a hard time telling anyone else what to do because I know how much I hated it when I was younger (I still hate it now). Where do you draw the line? Cliche, but burning question nonetheless. How much do you go against your own principles to gain management in a classroom where many students make it their agenda to undermine authority and avoid any kind of learning whenever possible. Sometimes I just want to take a laid back stance and assume the best. Other times I want to crack heads. I'm not sure what the answer is to this.
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