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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!)
Well I'm an African American teacher, but I'm very small AND I look like I could be one of my students.Students initially thought they would be able to run all over me because of my size. I was one that never liked to raise my voice at my students, but what I have realized is that it took about two times for me to actually drop to my students level and tell them that they didn't know who they were talking to like that, and once I showed them I wasn't about to let them treat me any type of way, it really helped. I'm not saying get "ghetto" with them because then they will take you for a joke, but sometimes you have to show them that you aren't going to let them disrespect you. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: First off I'm surprised someone would say that you sound like a white girl. I think thats offensive. I like this solution though because it is not exactly changing the way you talk ("ghetto", "white-girl") and it doesn't involve yelling. Yelling is not fun. It ruins peoples days and is negative. I'm a very positive person which is why I would rather warn them not to test me and that I am serious to get them to respect rather than yelling at them. |
| Rated On: October 16, 2015 12:46 am |
| Rated By: JatePa |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Rated On: November 2, 2015 4:47 am |
| Rated By: uSezaV |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: . |
| Rated On: November 3, 2015 8:33 pm |
| Rated By: yDyjuB |
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