In two days I start at school teaching writing, Earth Science and Biology to high school students. Up to now, it's been up to the eighth grade, but these guys -- I dunno.
It was a little daunting to think about, but Meet The Teacher Night at school wasn't too bad, and they weren't all that scary. Coupled with the fact that apparently the last teacher had the knowledge of a rock and the personality of a turnip, I left feeling a little bit better about my chances.
I will say these high school kids are a different breed than what I had to deal with over the past few years. I'll have to toughen up a bit, but I have the feeling that if you show them you mean what you say, but that you're fair about it, they'll eventually figure out the routine (and so will I!).
First week's under the belt -- grading a chapter test this weekend, and we'll see if they figure out that it's probably a good idea to listen to the material in class and to study rather than to play with the new teacher all class period. In short, I don't have a lot of hopes for the first scores, but I figure it may snap a few of them back to reality.
Ah, high school.
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