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<blockquote data-quote="Abbey" data-source="post: 201076" data-attributes="member: 179"><p>Beth...dear Beth. The best piece of advice I got in college was if you teach MS, you have to be equally neurotic of the kids. Personally, I loved that age. Most of my 20+ years were in MS. They are mostly smart enough to get my dry humor, but I can still intimidate the heck out of them when they get sassy.</p><p></p><p>You'd be surprised, but simple things like a small candy or sticker can go a long ways. They want to pretend that they're too old for those things, but they LOVE them. We'd have tossing wars where I'd throw a wrapped caramel at some kid...if he caught it, he'd have to throw it back. If I caught it...he'd get two.</p><p></p><p>I'd give stickers for about anything you could imagine. You'd never seen agendas that were so perfectly written out. They lived for the little sticker I'd put on it when I checked them out.</p><p></p><p>Every now and then a kid would accidently cuss. I'd just stop dead in my tracks, look them dead in the eye...then slowly walk over to their backpack. Whatever I would find that is good bargaining stuff (cool pens, cell phones, IPods) I'd take. Of course I'd eventually give them back, but they learned <strong>REAL</strong> quick to not mess with me. I always chuckled at watching the students surrounding the 'offending' child clutching their backpacks to their chests.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line is that we can all have fun. But when it's learning time...you better buckle up.</p><p></p><p>Have fun with them. There are a lot of teachable moments that happen when it is not in the lesson plan.</p><p></p><p>Abbey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abbey, post: 201076, member: 179"] Beth...dear Beth. The best piece of advice I got in college was if you teach MS, you have to be equally neurotic of the kids. Personally, I loved that age. Most of my 20+ years were in MS. They are mostly smart enough to get my dry humor, but I can still intimidate the heck out of them when they get sassy. You'd be surprised, but simple things like a small candy or sticker can go a long ways. They want to pretend that they're too old for those things, but they LOVE them. We'd have tossing wars where I'd throw a wrapped caramel at some kid...if he caught it, he'd have to throw it back. If I caught it...he'd get two. I'd give stickers for about anything you could imagine. You'd never seen agendas that were so perfectly written out. They lived for the little sticker I'd put on it when I checked them out. Every now and then a kid would accidently cuss. I'd just stop dead in my tracks, look them dead in the eye...then slowly walk over to their backpack. Whatever I would find that is good bargaining stuff (cool pens, cell phones, IPods) I'd take. Of course I'd eventually give them back, but they learned [B]REAL[/B] quick to not mess with me. I always chuckled at watching the students surrounding the 'offending' child clutching their backpacks to their chests. Bottom line is that we can all have fun. But when it's learning time...you better buckle up. Have fun with them. There are a lot of teachable moments that happen when it is not in the lesson plan. Abbey [/QUOTE]
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