next time.....

use a condom. that's all i want to say to some of these parents. they don't care about their children, or quality of life. maybe they do a little bit, but i don't get that impression.

so, don't have kids.

the other day i tried giving the students a little break and we played a game that was designed to last 20 minutes, time to unwind, and then get back to math.

ha!!

i had speculated before this strategy might work instead of consquences. it may still, i haven't completely given up, but got real close. we were simply playing around the world with multiplication and division and they just can't handle moving to something else. i was very disappointed in them and told them so.

examining what i could have done better or differently, i am not sure yet. i let them know the game and the amount of time (approximately) that we would be playing. once it came time to switch, they didn't complain. complaining isn't the issue. it was getting them to focus on the next math concept or whatever else it happens to be. the game has done nothing to entice them to work so it will happen again. it just killed some time.

hmm. i will keep thinking of strategies to engage and enlighten. not just them, but also me.