Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Listening to the Intern There is a student that is genuinely good when there in an intern in the room. They constantly run to the intern and when ever the intern asks the student to do something they do it immediately. Whenever I ask the student I have to ask several times. The student also acts out whenever it is just myself and constantly interrupts me during lessons. Is there anything I can do to possibly get the student to listen to myself? The intern is only with me two days out of the week and will occasionally come in to fulfill some volunteer hours. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would have the intern ask the student to be good while they are gone and listen to the teacher. When the intern is not present just make sure to help that student feel like they are important to the class and that you have an interest in their success and maybe the student will listen to you and respect you just as much as the intern.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Very helpful advice. I also think making the student feel important while the intern is not around will help the student. Rated On: September 28, 2015 10:55 pm Rated By: eduruM                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think this is a good solution! Maybe the intern gives this student the little extra attention he/she needs. Rated On: September 29, 2015 1:32 pm Rated By: Tabitha Tirado                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I believe this is a very useful and respectful solution that would be easy to implement. Rated On: September 29, 2015 4:58 pm Rated By: eWeHaz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I did not feel that that asking the student to be good while the intern is out of the classroom is solving the issue. The student is looking for attention and there are some behavioral issues that need to be addressed. More information in this solution is needed. Rated On: October 1, 2015 9:37 pm Rated By: zemyRy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: The intern is not the main teacher, the exception being the two days they are there. That being said, the intern shouldn't have to tell the students to listen to the teacher because you have been there longer as the main teacher. You should also always try to make sure that the students are aware you feel they are important and that you want them to succeed in school. Rated On: October 4, 2015 4:40 am Rated By: ubuXes                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would never do this, the students will not listen and the intern would never know if the student listened when he or she wasn't there. Rated On: October 13, 2015 4:59 pm Rated By: bahete                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: The student should be respectful and good for the teacher without the intern having to ask him/her to do so. Rated On: October 18, 2015 5:29 am Rated By: zaLyju                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I fear that undermines the teacher. Rated On: March 6, 2016 2:33 am Rated By: uPuneq                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I do not think this is a good solution. The intern should not have to ask this of the students. The teacher needs to be responsible for obtaining the respect of his or her students. I would not try this solution. Rated On: October 16, 2016 9:45 pm Rated By: Brittany Doxsey                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: The intern is only going to have so much "power" over the student, and this sounds like it demeans them like a child. I've found that a lot of students like interns that come in mainly because they are closer in age. To a high school student, there is maybe three to seven years difference in age and this is something they can relate to them on. The intern is more personable, so they can interact on a similar level than the teacher. Rated On: October 10, 2017 2:40 pm Rated By: yGeHyz