I have newfound respect for teachers

[Hauldren Collider]

I am confused. What subjects did you teach them, and how did they react to you?

"Architectural design" (google sketchup/3d modelling, no actual architecture)
Web design (basic HTML/Javascript/CSS)

I think they liked me. Hard to say. The Web Design class had a jackass who I will probably have to put in line at some point.

These are two-week classes. It's mainly summer camp. The activities are basically supposed to be fun, while learning something kinda useful.

[Wiglaf]

Nice. I taught 7th and 8th graders from the inner city during a summer of college. Their standardized scores declined by the end of the program. I made the mistake of telling them they could all get into Harvard if they really tried, which I meant to be encouraging but was taken by their parents as a commentary on affirmative action. The next day I clarified that they probably would not get into Harvard, which led to two students roughing up a white student at recess. The whole thing was just a mess, but I was never fired.

I should clarify that the program was not in the inner city. We made them come to us and go through magnetometers.

[Imran Siddiqui]

[Fake Boris]

[Hauldren Collider]

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[Kuciwalker]

[onodera]

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[Sava]

So today was my first day. I had classes of about 7 kids, which is not a lot. The ones in the morning were 5th and 6th graders, the ones in the afternoon 7th and 8th graders. Gender ratios were about equal in both.

1. Kids are very cute. But large numbers of them are quite intimidating.
2. Younger kids are way easier to deal with. Keeping them occupied is really simple.
3. Jesus christ, 12 year olds think they know ****ing everything. I mean everything.
4. Girls are just so much better behaved than boys.
5. If you are a parent or a teacher, I salute you. You have a very tough job.

I like you better after this post.

[Lorizael]

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[Hauldren Collider]

Today at the end of the day, my kids played a game called "Try to stump [HauldrenCollider] on a computer question". Wasn't my idea, but they didn't succeed

[Fake Boris]

Good for you.

Intellectual respect from your students is the key to discipline.

[Elok]

Intellectual respect, the assistant principal, or sheer physical intimidation, among other things. There are a number of keys to discipline, depending on context. Anyway, I always rather liked the middle school kids when I was subbing. The high schoolers tended to be SOBs, except for the gifted classes.

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[MikeH]

3. Jesus christ, 12 year olds think they know ****ing everything. I mean everything.

Us older posters feel the same way about you.