how to pass a class with an ugly teacher?
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look at it this way if you don't pass you'll spend another year in his class.
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It appears you have been very professional in dealing with this - good on you!  Do you belong to a professional organization of teachers?  They should be able to provide more support.\n\nInterpersonal relationship advice.....why does she have any power over your students?  You've done very well in modelling appropriate behaviour - good on you!  Is there another teacher who could give your students peer partners?  That would give another opportunity for appropriate modelling.  Ask her students about their motivation:  What do they get from being mean to the girls?  Until you understand the underlying fears of the people involved, you won't be able to determine their motivation.  Sometimes we just have to work with jerks - realize her limitations and work around them.
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I know it is easier said, but first try power of silence. It worked for me.  Once you enter into the classroom, you simple have to take charge, stand in front of the class and do not move or say anything until you get total attention of all the students.\n\nSilence is powerful. It took the student about 15 minutes before I got complete silence.  The teacher next door ran to the principal requesting that I be employed full time and this was what they did. The vacancy resulted because the last two teachers for this class could not take it no more and gave up the plan book never to return.   \n\nSecond lay down you class rule.  I had one rule: If you want to stay, you must obey.\n\nThird, inform them that you will have phone numbers, address, and emails to make contact with their parents and guardians.\n\nAlso so not call on anyone in your class to do something before giving them advance notice or before you know them individually. I had an 11th grade student who acted up in class only when students were asked to read in class.  Why? The student could not read and did anything to avoid called upon to read.  So get to know your students. \n\nFinally ask each student to write something about them self and turn it in to you. If it is the lower class ask them to say it while you take time to write what they say.  Now that you are in control, you can teach, not baby sit.
780425
Notify the dean about her teachings.  Teachers like this should already be on his watch list.  I had a prof. in college like that and they fired her.
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Go with the easy professor.  It's easier to have to wake up early/stay up late and have a teacher you can learn from and get a fair grade from than get a good hour and have a hard time in class anyway.  But make sure you know WHY they say he's a hard professor, because maybe it's something you wouldn't mind, even if everyone else does.
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That is very rude and surely causes the kid alot of pain. The teacher should be dealt with by her superiors. She should know better. You might try becomming this kid's friend. He could probably use one that's understanding and kind. If someone starts taking his side that person may get some flack but the best part is knowing you're doing the right thing for the right reason. Good luck.
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hmmm...\n1) videotape her doing something\n2) tell on her\n3) splash water on your shirt and rip it a little and say she did it. use an old shirt that u dont like\n4) ive noticed that most girls have the same handwriting. get a girl to write a note saying that she hates that teacher and throw in a few cus-words. Then simply put the stuck up girls name on it. write it like evil girl is writing a note to her friend. then tell your teacher u found it on the ground and give it 2 your teacher!
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Maybe she was having a bad hair day. lol. Anyhow you can always retake the class next semester. You'll have an adavantage. If you don't like your teacher you can request a different one next time. ;) Peace!
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I'm a teacher of 13 years experience.  I have taught most of my time in junior high (where I still am), but I've also taught high school and college.  I hope I have some guidelines that help.  Remember there is nothing like experience in education.  For all the advice you'll get, you just have to do trial-and-error until you find what works for you.  Everyone has his/her own style of discipline and motivation.  So, in no particular order, a list of problems and solutions:\n\n1) Tell the student to spit out gum, and don't make a big deal of it.  This is a minor offense.  If there is eating and drinking going on, emphasize that this is not the time or the place.  In a junior high school, a second offense gets paper pick up, where students have to go around during break time and pick up papers and tidy the campus.  For a college class, I'd recommend dismissing the student from class early if it's continual and passive-aggressive, having a talk with the dean.  Or if this is a college class, make clear, specific rules for bringing food to class and make your expectations clear about how to dispose of it.\n\n2) For excess talking, move the students around.  Say that you will not talk while they are talking, and they need to listen as a courtesy to you and the learning community.  Keep "playing chess" with them and bouncing them around the classroom.  You must back up what you say with consequences, too.  You cannot just ask someone to stop, then tell them to stop, and keep telling them.  The third time, there needs to be a consequence, not only because some people are inconsiderate and insensitive, but because there are others who are passive-aggressively hostile and need other people to set boundaries for them because they won't do it for themselves.  Remember sometimes you just have to stop talking altogether.  The withering glare (or my favorite, "The Gorgon") is particularly effective and also always gets a laugh.  Never shout over them.  I often speak my first sentence a bit louder than I need to, then immediately soften my voice so they have to strain just a bit to hear.  \n\n3) For verbal defiance in the classroom, I stare directly at the student, lean over, and say, "Excuse me?" and keep staring.  This usually gets an immediate apology and a quick re-statement.  If the student continues to be defiant, inform him or her that you are not going to put up with the obnoxiousness and rudeness, and immediately send the person to another classroom or an early dismissal if a college student.  Then you MUST follow up, whether with detention, a phone call home, a visit home, a talk with the dean of discipline.  This is three-fold: not only are you not letting yourself be a target, but you are also letting the student know that a boundary has been violated, and you're letting the class know indirectly that you have the authority to discipline and keep order and control.  \n\n4) Keep your students so busy that they do not have time to turn around and talk or cause problems.  Give them interesting, engaging, mind-expanding work to do so that they get caught up in their work and won't want to make problems, because they are enjoying what they do.  Of course, making work interesting and enjoyable takes years of practice, tinkering and imagination, and it takes empathy with your class, its age, and your objectives.  Anyone can learn how to keep order in a classroom, but the art of teaching comes from entertaining and opening up the mind so that people want to learn and want to come to class.\n\n5) Sit needy students near you, as well as students who ask a lot of questions.  They get their questions answered quickly and easily, and the classroom isn't disrupted (as often).  Often simply sitting close to the teacher may result in fewer questions; they may simply want attention or need to be close to an authority figure to feel safe and get the attention that they want.\n\n6)
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Hi Itsme,   Sounds like this professor sucks in his teaching.So the class move on to a better class,and subject.\n\n  Clowmy
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I got the same thing. Im sitting next to this boy thats a faget. He talks to himself, hits like a maniac and is a big B****. The teacher probably does that so we cant talk. You can always sit next to a person you dont want because maybe your teacher hates you. I hate my teacher and he hates me.
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flirt him in class too and ignore him absolutely outdoor
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I don't think there is one best method. Here are a few suggestions:\n\n* Try quiet methods such as giving noisy students eye contact or holding up your hands. \n\n* Do your best to avoid blowing up in front of the class, even if you feel like it.\n\n* Realize that you can't always control them all the time. Give them some degree of freedom, while not letting them take over.\n\n* Read a book such as FIRES IN THE BATHROOM by Kathleen Cushman or TOOLS FOR TEACHING by Fred Jones. Those might give you some more ideas. \n\n* Ask your colleagues what they do. There might be a technique that works perfectly.
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There are no mean teachers....there are BAD students!!!!\n\nWhen I was in high school everybody talked about this Spanish teacher Mrs. Bolanos, they said she was really mean and strict.  When I found out she was going to be my teacher I was really scared, however I got surprised when I realized she was not mean with me or any other GOOD student, she was only mean with the bad ones.  She was a very helpful teacher and I learned a lot from her, she was also willing to help the students who were not "bright" but gave their BEST.\n\nThis is for nghttymguy112:  SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!! How do you dare to advice him to be disrespectful to a teacher??  You should give him a nice advice like everybody did, and not tell him to behave like those kind of students who one day go to school carrying a gun and kill innocent people.  People like you are the future terrorists (if you are not one already).
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Tell the teacher exactly what you told us. I'm sure the teacher will understand and don't be shy. I'm sure it'll work out fine. I myself have experience Believe in yourself.Ask your friends to help too. I think the situation right now is she is spoiled and she thinks she is so hot and smart! Is that right? I hope this helps with your problem at school, but remember one thing DO NOT APOLIGIZE TO HER!!! That will make her seem like she is the queen or something. Just choose a song yourself and perform it.\n\nGood Luck!
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Find a fellow student who understands them well and ask for help. A plus would be finding a HOT fellow student......
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Go to class one day with a big duffel/sports bag. Put anything in the bag - old newspapers, soft toys, you name it. Right at the top of the bag, put something that you think might interest your students - depending on their age and sex it might be a newly released CD, or a favorite sports magazine, or the latest in hand held PS2's. Make sure the bag is zipped closed. As you enter the classroom put the bag somewhere very obvious (but within easy reach of yourself). \nStart your class in the normal way, and somewhere within the first 5 minutes mention to them that you have a bag of goodies you want to use for today's class. But you first have to deal with some grammar/vocab/etc. Handle the class like you normally would. Maybe remind them that you have to finish the work to get to the bag with stuff. Make sure your face gets all excited when you mention the bag - they might start to wonder what is in the bag. Try to ignore the rowdy ones and concentrate on the well behaved ones. If the class gets very rowdy, just touch the bag, or maybe just take a sideways glance at it. Make sure your kids see this. \nNow, if the class didn't behave like you would have wanted them to behave, end the class (when time is up) with a sentence like, "Oh, I'm so sorry we didn't have time to look at what's in the bag. Act like they're not in class with you, open the bag, take out the noce goody at the top (zip up again and don't let them see what's at the bottom of the bag), and start paging through the magazine/take out your diskman and listen to the CD (making sure they see the cover)/ or do whatever you want to  with the goodie. \nDON'T say anything to them after that. Just shrug your shoulders if they have any comments.\nNow, say they were good, you could use that article in your class just before time's up. \nFor the next lesson they have with you, again bring your bag. This time make sure you have something they are really keen about, and that you have a plan on how to incorporate it in your classroom. Follow the same procedure as the first lesson. (If you used a CD the first time, maybe come to class listening to it over your diskman, or play it on the classroom CD player until they start to arrive for class.) Again, if they're not good - no bag. \nKeep this up for at least 4/5 lessons. Sometime during these 4/5 lessons, tell them that they didn't have time to work with the bag's contents, so that means they will have to do extra homework - the reason for this is that the contents of the bag would have helped them to understand something better/practice a grammar concept/practice some vocabs. But because they didn't get to the bag, they have to do extra homework to make up for the lack of practice.\nTry it. I used it on a few classes at different schools, with different age groups, and in all instances, it worked by the 3rd lesson. \nTo keep them on their toes afterwards, why don't you plan for some type of fun activity once every 4/5 lessons. Maybe help them to learn their favorite song's words. Let them bring their own CD's to class and have a listen to the CD day - be sure to have them rate each other's CD's and say why they like it/don't like it (all in good English, of course). \nTry not to involve the director or another teacher, if possible. This will show them that you can't handle them and they will feel totally in control Even if some are punished by the director, they will become martyrs, and you will be able to get less out of them. Always try to handle the problems without losing your cool. They like seeing teachers squirm - it is a natural drug for them! \nGood luck, and if you try it, let me know how it worked.