I just finished my most recent chat with a student who was asked to leave the room by their teacher. The conversation started out much the same as they usually do.
Student: I don’t know why I got sent out of the room.
Student: I didn’t do anything but talk to _______(fill in the blank) across the room.
You know how these conversations go. Well, this time I couldn’t help myself. I continued his dialogue for him because I think I’ve only heard it 5 or 6 hundred times. In a lightbulb moment I decided , along with our secretary’s help, that a checklist would be in order. That way the student could check off the injustices and be one step ahead before they got to the office.
Please Take to The Office:
Check all that apply:
1. I don’t know why I was sent out of the room.
2. I didn’t do anything.
3. I didn’t say anything.
4. It’s not fair.
5. The teacher’s picking on me.
6. He/she’s just trying to get me in trouble.
7. They threw it first.
8. Why am I the only one who ever gets in trouble?
9. Why did I get sent out and they didn’t?
10. I was only________________(fill in the blank).
11. I was just answering the question!
12. Other:
Oh the things that one gets up to with just a little bit of extra time. Might have to use it one day for a giggle with the grade eight students. Hope you get a bit of a laught out of this.
2 responses so far ↓
Shaun Loeppky // April 18, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I think I would like to see one for teachers who walk out/complain as well…
1.) Kid ticked me off.
2.) If he/she makes one more snide remark, I would have ______ him/her, so I left the room.
3.) Decided that coffee was more important than stress.
4.) Needed personal reflection in the middle of the lesson.
5.)Dog ate my lesson plan.
6.) Pumping gas is more rewarding…
7.) Forget there names and why I was there.
8.) Straight jacket came loose and the gate was open, so I made a run for it.
9.) I found myself transported to the adaptive dimension.
10.) My motivational set motivated me to leave.
Rosanne // April 20, 2008 at 8:12 am
A good chuckle guys!