Comments on Walk Tall: Day 1

yo! why you already counting the days!! do you lik...

2007-09-17T02:00:00.000-04:00

yo! why you already counting the days!! do you like teaching!?!?

I like this question. I'll write more in-depth abo...

2007-09-11T20:37:00.000-04:00

I like this question. I'll write more in-depth about it tomorrow morning on my blog.

I find that warnings basically give the kids a free pass to misbehave once before getting in trouble. I give a warning at the beginning of the year and from then on, any misbehavior is fair game to punishment.

I generally have the students call home and tell whoever answers the phone what they did, what their punishment is, and what happens if they do it again. It's generally lunch detention for the first time, after school detention after that, and office referral as the last resort.

When all else fails, us elective teachers can request a schedule change...

give warnings and enforce consequences. If you do...

2007-09-10T23:16:00.000-04:00

give warnings and enforce consequences. If you don't enforce consequences that hurt you will have this problem all year.

How I handle it is persistence and consistency, an...

2007-09-10T21:11:00.000-04:00

How I handle it is persistence and consistency, and letting them know there is a line of demarcation, and it's solidly protected by you ... something to that effect.