To MUCH or To LITTLE?

Hi all,

Well this week was interesting! The topic was defiantly classroom management, however, the question still remains what I'm I to be doing?  Because, one time it's to little and another it is to much. WHAT!!

At the end of last week I thought this was all behind my and I had finally excelled  in this area. Apparently not,to start things off I was asked to remove a well earned detention  so a "Good" student wouldn't have it on their record. Easy answer, NO. I was then approached by two other students that wanted theirs retracted as well so they wouldn't miss prom or be removed from the school district.They all revised the same answer NO and I asked them if they wanted the short list or the long list as to why they got detention and why it was not going away. I thought that would be the end of the headache for the week, no such luck.

The following day a student informed me they wanted to punch me in the face and were counting down the days till I left so they could. This was brought on by a group project, they didn't like their group, and then they didn't like the other group they were moved to. Luckily, three other students witnessed this to back up my  referential that the office said was to much and my COP said was just enough. But any ways the week went on to Friday and my last review of course this week of  the period acted like the kindergartners they always are and the than the one project I was looking forward to and the majority of my students had been looking forward to was crushed by a handful of student, who I was advised to ignore "they just have an attitude sometimes".

Out of all my weeks this is the one that has gone the worst by far and relay has my questioning why I want to teach because of the question what is to MUCH and what is to LITTLE? Hopefully this week goes a lot better as I take it upon myself to have a review of the expectations and consequences with all of my classes and the one heads back to kindergarten with there classroom management.

till next  time!