This causes me to suspect a very simple reason why more experienced teachers feel more confident: it's because they have had more time to expect the worst and to rehearse for such situations.
Every teacher, then, needs to plan in advance for all of the most common breaches of discipline. What would you do, then, if:
a student talks while you're talking to the class
a student insults you
a student insults a class member
a student disobeys your instructions
a student asks you to repeat instructions right after you gave instructions to the class
students are requesting passes to the restroom and the drinking fountain while you're trying to start a lesson
If you have any comebacks for any of these situations, please drop us a line.
I hear some of you saying, "What do you say about a teacher who walks around with a paddle in one hand? Isn't that a perfect example of negative expectations?"
I don't know. I'll have to do more thinking on the subject.
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