Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Talking like a white girl I work at an inner-city school and I am the only white person in the classroom. Whenever I have a behavior issue with a student, I follow our school guidelines. When discussing it with my mentor teacher and team leader, they always respond that I need to quit talking to my students like a white girl. They inform me that my students come from the ghetto and sometimes it is necessary to be loud and "ghetto" to get respect from students. I don't agree with this. Any suggestions of how to get respect from my students and have them follow the rules of the classroom? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Definitely do not listen to them, and the word "ghetto" should really not be used to describe students of lower ses. You do need to be authoritative and let students know that you are the boss of the classroom and that if they do not follow your rules and procedures, their actions will have consequences. Usually it is most effective to earn students respect on the first day vy being prepared and showing students what it will be like in your classroom as well as what your expectations for them are.