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Re: Teaching
By: db105 Date: February 8, 2018, 8:48 am
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Hatchet obviously won't have this long-windedness problem. The
Count of Monte Cristo, like most of Dumas' works, was originally
published as a serial in a newspaper. It helps to think of it as
a successful TV show. While the audience numbers are good, the
author has an incentive to keep it going. It's how he makes his
living, after all. When people start getting tired of it, the
author may be encouraged to bring it to a close.
I also felt sorry for Paul's parents, having to hope for
understanding from the teachers. I think you have a lot of
experience and understanding for boys with ADHD, so there should
be no problem there.
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Re: Teaching
By: Zyngaru Date: February 8, 2018, 10:17 am
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[quote]
Hie finished undoing his belt and reached for the button as he
nodded and mumbled 'yessir'.
"Good, and second, are you really going to drop your pants right
here in the hall?"
He'd been reaching for his zipper when he suddenly stopped and
looked around.
"Go to the bathroom, get it done, and get back to class. I
won't mark you tardy."
"Yes, sir," he said, not holding his pants up and together.
"I'll hurry. Thank you."
I just shook my head and went back to class.
[/quote]
Obviously he isn't overly modest either.
He sounds like a fun boy. Quick to please. Polite. Thankful.
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Re: Teaching
By: Adric Date: February 8, 2018, 11:08 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=349.msg3571#msg3571
date=1518090578]
Paul has very dark, nearly black, brown hair, and his eyes are
almost that dark - they look solid, where you can't even see the
iris.[/quote]
This can make a person seem very honest, trusting, and likeable,
among other things. An iris that is very dark is easily
mistaken for an iris that is wide open (dilated), and that is a
strong and well-established indicator
HTML https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eye-opener-why-do-pupils-dialate/<br
/>of emotional involvement. Paul should be able to exploit the
appeal of his dark eyes as an advantage
HTML https://www.enkirelations.com/do-pupils-dilate-when-you-like-someone.html.
[quote author=Jack link=topic=349.msg3571#msg3571
date=1518090578]
"Paul, two things. First, where is the waist of your pants
supposed to be?"
He looked at me, then looked down, and tapped the top of his hip
bone.
"Let's pull your pants up and fasted your belt a bit tighter,
when you get your shirt tucked in, okay?"[/quote]
I sympathize with Paul's problem since I'm guessing he has very
little in the way of hips to hold up his pants. The solution is
to spend most of his time hiking up his pants, wear his belt
uncomfortably tight, or wear some extremely unfashionable
suspenders instead of a belt. None of these seem ideal so it is
a problem he probably just has to live with. As for him
correcting the shirttail problem right there in the hall, I
suspect he thought that was the right thing to do under the
circumstances.
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Re: Teaching
By: Jack Date: February 8, 2018, 12:12 pm
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[quote author=Adric link=topic=349.msg3577#msg3577
date=1518109722]
I sympathize with Paul's problem since I'm guessing he has very
little in the way of hips to hold up his pants. The solution is
to spend most of his time hiking up his pants, wear his belt
uncomfortably tight, or wear some extremely unfashionable
suspenders instead of a belt. None of these seem ideal so it is
a problem he probably just has to live with. As for him
correcting the shirttail problem right there in the hall, I
suspect he thought that was the right thing to do under the
circumstances.
[/quote]
I disagree, Adric - I'll bet he didn't think about it at all. He
was told to tuck in his shirt, so he started tucking. While the
classes between 5th and 9th grade are mostly gender segregated,
that doesn't mean there are no girls in our area, so a tardy
female could have walked along at any moment. Then again, you
need your fly open and spread to make a good job of tucking your
shirt, but you don't have to actually drop your trousers. Then
again, as you guessed - he doesn't have much in the way of hips,
so if his hands slipped, his trousers would probably have been
gone.
[quote author=db105 link=topic=349.msg3572#msg3572
date=1518101294]
Hatchet obviously won't have this long-windedness problem. The
Count of Monte Cristo, like most of Dumas' works, was originally
published as a serial in a newspaper. It helps to think of it as
a successful TV show. While the audience numbers are good, the
author has an incentive to keep it going. It's how he makes his
living, after all. When people start getting tired of it, the
author may be encouraged to bring it to a close.
I also felt sorry for Paul's parents, having to hope for
understanding from the teachers. I think you have a lot of
experience and understanding for boys with ADHD, so there should
be no problem there.
[/quote]
I should have known that Dumas was a serialist, and that
probably does answer a lot of the questions - like why long
segments which had nothing to do with the narrative (or little,
at least) kept appearing. I'll mention that to the kids
tomorrow.
I agree with you about having to depend on the sympathy of
teachers, but that's one of the main purposes of BCA, and why
they gender segregate classes from 10 to 15. They have as many
male teachers as they can, teachers who will empathize more with
boys behavior - both common and extreme. They also have
training in what to watch for and how to deal with the more
common behavior and emotional problems with boys. Paul is an
extreme case, but BCA has proven to me that they're willing to
go out of their way to help.
After writing that this morning, I took a moment between classes
to look at Paul's record again. I note that, while there have
been a few times his dad (or mom in his younger years) was
called up their to give or watch a spanking (bared), there were
also times when he was sent to the nurses office to lie down and
rest for a bit, or given an extra snack.
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Re: Teaching
By: Adric Date: February 8, 2018, 1:39 pm
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Actually, I think we agree.
[quote author=Jack link=topic=349.msg3578#msg3578
date=1518113544]
I'll bet he didn't think about it at all. He was told to tuck in
his shirt, so he started tucking.
[/quote]
I didn't mean it was the product of deep thought. You said do
it, so he started doing it.
[quote author=Jack link=topic=349.msg3578#msg3578
date=1518113544]
"Why don't you tuck it in before I have to write you up then?"
[/quote]
Sounds like he should get on with it ASAP. A delay might lead
to a write-up.
[quote author=Jack link=topic=349.msg3578#msg3578
date=1518113544]
I know it's stupid, but I fell in love with Paul at that moment.
[/quote]
Doesn't sound all that stupid. (Maybe it was the eyes
HTML https://www.enkirelations.com/do-pupils-dilate-when-you-like-someone.html.<br
/>;D)
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Re: Teaching
By: kalico Date: February 8, 2018, 2:20 pm
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Aw he sounds like a cutie
Hugs kal
#Post#: 3588--------------------------------------------------
Re: Teaching
By: David M. Katz Date: February 8, 2018, 3:28 pm
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Jack, I can tell you are truly enjoying your teaching
assignment.
#Post#: 3652--------------------------------------------------
Re: Teaching
By: Jack Date: February 11, 2018, 3:55 am
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I learned this yesterday, but was tired and didn't feel like
updating.
BCA will be closed Monday, and they'll make a decision on
Tuesday today.
This is partially because of the flu. While it wasn't Mr. P's
decision, he and I did talk. Apparently absenteeism has been up
over average for a few weeks. Except for a few spikes, it
hasn't been up horribly. In this case, the trouble isn't just
flu - it's that for a number of reasons, over a quarter of
teachers are going to be gone. The pool of substitutes probably
wouldn't cover that in normal times.
There were some hard feelings about that when I let the kids
know, until I reminded them that the BCA Kids (and I) would have
to make those days up at another time.
I checked around some. Marcus is going to stay home with his
kids, though they've decided to let Emmet stay over here
tonight, since Billy is going to. I talked to Kim Malone and
James Worley, and we decided it would be okay for their kids to
come over tomorrow (many of them were here yesterday, so it's
not like isolating them now would do a lot of good). The
Guthreys are going to drop their boys off this evening, since
both of them still have to work, and Ethan still hasn't built up
enough 'responsible' points to be trusted alone with his little
brother all day. As far as I know, that's pretty much it. Most
of my other kids who attend BCA are old enough (or have someone
in the family old enough) to stay home alone these days. I'm
sure some of them will drop by tomorrow just to hang out.
BCA usually sets their schedule almost exactly with the ISD, so
this will be... maybe the first time I can think of, where I've
had all the BCA kids, but no public school kids around the
house. Should be a fun day.
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Re: Teaching
By: Jack Date: February 11, 2018, 5:34 pm
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FYI - Change in plans: Marcus and Marcia's kids are going to
stay over here tonight, because the King boys and the Ewing boys
are going to stay over. Plus, Marcus said he could really use a
quiet day to catch up on grading papers. Basketball's been
running him ragged recently, apparently. Also, Kix is going to
be staying over with Kaden.
On the other hand, I did stress to everyone (from Paden to Kix)
that they had to be respectful of the other boys, and if there
was any trouble, sore bottoms would be the result.
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Re: Teaching
By: David M. Katz Date: February 12, 2018, 3:58 pm
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How did the day go? Should we expect an updated spanking
report?
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