So today I had a student call me poop face. I was cracking up at his comment which of course made him mad but he was being super disrespectful despite his inadequacy to come up with a decent cut down. I started to get on to him and his Korean teacher came to the door. He started crying (apparently I can look at a student a certain way and they cry) and then I looked like the jerk. SO now I was called a poop face and actually temporarily felt like a poop face.
I am doing better now. He deserved it, but crying kids have a way of getting sympathy. I just need to be more of a hard ass.
Give it time. By the end of the year, you will not feel bad at ALL for making kids cry. :)
ReplyDeleteI do it all the time, and since I know it's usually a way for them to manipulate me, I just ignore it.
It's the ones you know are actually tender hearted that get to you, but when they really deserve it, it isn't that hard. ;) You just have to have the, "I hate that you're upset, but you do see how this is your fault, right?" conversation. You can do it!