Friday, February 18, 2022

Standards for Our Times

Seventh grade science. Friday. 

I was warned about her fifth period, and they lived up to expectations. Roamers. Students who didn't do any work. A constant stream of students needing to use the restroom. Playing video games. (I allowed the games after they completed the work. But too many didn't even bother attempting the assignment.) 

These are the kinds of classes I didn't miss. 

While trying to keep the noise level down to a dull roar, I noticed a page of standards with the teacher's stuff. (Standards are what they call it when they have a student write a line over and over again a la Bart Simpson at the beginning of The Simpsons.

Line reads: "I will wear my mask properly in class." 

Did I notice this kiddo having a mask problem? Yup. I reminded him at least five times to pull up his mask. Sigh. 

Some days I have more issues with this than others.

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  1. Should've had him do the standard. Not that it would help.

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    1. I got him to stop roaming. I considered that my win for the day.

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  2. Yeah, because it works SO WELL for Bart.

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  3. Some kids (and adults) just seem to not be able to cover their nose. They can't...

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  4. Doesn't sound like a fun day, but hey, it's the weekend now!

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  5. It frustrates me when I see people with the mask below their nose - why wear it at all? But if you got him to stop roaming, that's definitely a win.

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  6. Wow, I didn't know they handed out punishments like that anymore, I haven't seen that since I was in Catholic School.

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    1. They've been using things like that for years. Some of the teachers have a paragraph they make the kiddos copy, about education being a privilege denied to many.

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  7. Great way to practice your hand writing skills.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  8. HAHA....I think you prob already figured out that I am a rebel but in school I was a good kid.....but a good kid that liked to push the envelope! I was always challenging teachers to a point and in a nice way. I would have been one with the mask issue! I had to be told the other day to pull mine back up in the doc waiting room. Asthma, makes it hard to breath. HAHA....

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    1. The mask thing only gets a consequence when it's blatant and they're clearly defying. On some students it just falls.

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  9. Rough class.

    Here on Ling Island the substitute teacher shortage is so noticeable that our newspaper did a full length article about it.

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    1. Oh, they notice it here, too. I've seen a couple articles as well.

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  10. That's funny that teachers still do that as a punishment. I don't think it does any good or helps to sink in the message.

    It does annoy me when I see people with their mask below their nose.

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    1. I think of it more as a way to keep them busy. And the administration has to see minor consequences before they'll intervene on something.

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  11. Strange times. Lack of subs is an ongoing problem. Re-writing is an old favorite.

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    1. Yes. The kids hate it, and it keeps them busy. Win-win.

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  12. It's a shame that the kids have issues with masks which are designed to keep them safe! But I guess they are only kids in the end!

    Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! :)

    Away From The Blue

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    1. Most of them don't. Find the kiddo who would normally be misbehaving, and that's the kiddo having a mask issue. It's not about the mask.

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  13. I often wonder what's the point in wearing the mask if it doesn't cover the nose and mouth!

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  14. Does it help for them to do the standards? We had to do such in grade school if we didn't behave.

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    1. I don't know if it helps. It's a consequence for misbehavior. I suppose it helps as any consequence for misbehavior helps.

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  15. I also wondered if him doing the standard would have helped in some way because it's curious that old time educators used that method - maybe because it kept students in their seat? But it sure didn't help Bart any. I really wonder how many students it does help.

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    1. Does it correct the behavior? I don't know. I do know that when you warn a kiddo to behave and they don't, there has to be a consequence. It's a step below a detention.

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  16. I was in a convent school in the 60's and the nuns would slap us or pull our hair whenever we flouted a rule!

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  17. I consider myself fortunate to live in a country where masks were commonplace before the pandemic. And I have honestly noticed my health improve since I started wearing one regularly. (pollution while riding motorbike, plus extreme humidity filling the sinuses... both alleviated.)

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    1. Nice. I am fortunate to live in a state where we've had mask mandates. It makes the masks more ubiquitous.

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  18. I don't envy you. ~sigh~ Stay safe and sane!

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