#105

I should maybe blog about my start of the knew year... but I'm not that motivated.

What really got me today was this incident:

My class is a bit talkative and I honestly don't mind when they talk in class as long its not while I'm teaching. They tend to get a bit loud and sometimes I have have to call them to attention. But of course as a teacher you can only do that so many times till it gets irritating. So I give my students a choice keep going with all the talking or they get more homework. They know that I'm pretty good about keeping their work load light, but they also know that I can lay it on thick. Let me also point out that they know my mannerisms to a degree.

So they were give the choice again today.

During their Reading, I gave them work to do and let them have at it. Their volume level was moderate and not high. The punch line to this was that I only stood up from my desk to reach for a workbook for the next class and immediately the whole class goes quiet. It was such an abrupt change that I nearly laughed out loud that their response conditioning. They had thought that because of their talking I was going to give them more work.

I think its going to make me giggle for the rest of the day.