I think I need to.
I teach a Year 11 class (started at new school in Sept) and a group of lads who sit at the front have always been under my radar. They talk constantly, even when I'm at the front trying to lead the class. Whenever I address their rudeness, they blame other pupils in the class too. There's an odd dynamic in this class - two classes joined at the latter end of year 10 - lots of resentment, cat-calling and threats of fighting. It always seems centred around these lads.
I moved them before half term and they sulked and seethed the whole lesson, saying loud enough for me to hear that the lesson was "shit". I plugged on with the lesson, stomach churning and ignored them. (BTW: Leadership team are un-supportive) so kids don't listen to the discipline system, don't turn up for detentions etc and they aren't chased up at all).
Now that I've marked this class's books over half term, I can actually see that these boys I've targeted have actually done the work. All of it. Really well-presented too. Better than some of the others in the class. I'm at a loss now. Clearly I've badly managed the situation (I'm a fairly new Teacher) and whilst I usually get on with most teenagers (even really awkward ones usually), I've cocked up badly with these two.
I'm considering apologising to these lads, and admitting that I've made a mistake and targeted them wrongly. Is this the wrong thing to do? To be honest, I can't think of any other way to rectify this situation.
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WelshMoth · 03/11/2012 09:33
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