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Angie213
December 11, 2007

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Hidden Journaling reads: Although I’ve lived in Kalamazoo for the last four years, being placed in a very diverse sixth grade classroom is a bit of a culture shock. I can’t believe the things that come out of these kids’ mouths, the scenes their eyes have witnessed, and the verbal abuse their poor ears have endured (let alone what they can dish out).

During the second or third week of school, I had to discipline Jeremy while Mrs. ****** was reading. He was doing typical immature boy stuff. Kicking girls, throwing papers. We went out to the hall and I told him to fill out the behavior reflection form. I went back into the classroom to give him a few minutes to “think about what he’s done.” According to the staff meetings, these discipline intervention steps work perfectly! Pssshhh.

I returned only to find his wadded up paper thrown halfway down the hall.

“Jeremy!” I said in my best teacher voice, “Why would you do that?”

“Just felt like it,” he coyly replied with a huge grin.

Eric walked out of Ms. *****’s room across from us, behavior reflection form in hand. “What are you guys doing out here?” he asked.

In an instant, Jeremy grabbed both my hands and started dancing with me.

“We in the hall….we makin’ loooove” he sung.

Both boys crack up and I’m sure I had this shocked, disgusted look on my face…before I burst into laughter!

All the classes and seminars tell you that you have to be composed. You can’t laugh. It just encourages them. But really, how could I control myself?

A layout from my intern teaching last fall.


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