Why did this one student call me out and doesn’t respect me as a staff. Co-workers yelled at me.
Today was a very tough day. Two of my coworkers are annoyed with me because they think I “lack” doing my job and not paying attention. One student called me out all day, well not all day. He called me out for “Yelling across the room and it’s too much for him.” I was stopping a student for jumping on the table and scolded at him for it. Then he yelled at me, “Ms Layla would you just stop it?!” The other teacher asked him what I did. I was just telling another student to sit in his seat and I was just doing my job.
Then I told him to stop banging on the table and he shot back and said, “You stop! I have to keep hearing your voice all day!” Wow…..that hurt but didn’t let it bug me. The teacher took him outside for being rude. She stayed outside with him. He respects the other teachers but not me. He doesn’t listen when I try to help him with reading or math. When the other teachers did, he listened and is kind to them. He talked back to them but he mostly does it to me.
One co worker (let’s call him Mr. Lee) scolded at me for not listening to him the first time. He said something and I said, “Huh?” And Mr Lee yelled, “She needs to be taken to the van I said!” I said “Oh” he did have to yell. I looked at the teacher but she didn’t do anything. We were looking for the girl’s backpack. He said something and then I asked to repeat it and another co working (let’s call her Ms Mara) yelled, “He said her bag is already IN THE VAN!” And I said, “Oh okay. Thank you. Ms Amara had that annoyed look, rolled her eyes and walked the other way.
Then I heard her said, “Sheesh!”
Ms Mara looks like she doesn’t like me much. She never talks to me but she talked to the others.
My sister told me, “Maybe you should hear what the child has to say and asked what you are doing that’s bugging him because ignoring him won’t help. Then he’s gonna think that you don’t respect him and don’t care about how he feels. I know you do but you should reconsider his feelings and ask him why he’s acting that way. Probably why he listens to the other teachers and not you. I know it sounds blunt but just saying. Just ask him what’s bothering him the next time he does that. Also don’t take it personal what he or other kids are saying. If you want to be a teacher you’re gonna have to learn how to handle it because if you don’t then it’s not for you. Some kids say to me and I don’t matter overpower me even though it hurt.”
Then I told him to stop banging on the table and he shot back and said, “You stop! I have to keep hearing your voice all day!” Wow…..that hurt but didn’t let it bug me. The teacher took him outside for being rude. She stayed outside with him. He respects the other teachers but not me. He doesn’t listen when I try to help him with reading or math. When the other teachers did, he listened and is kind to them. He talked back to them but he mostly does it to me.
One co worker (let’s call him Mr. Lee) scolded at me for not listening to him the first time. He said something and I said, “Huh?” And Mr Lee yelled, “She needs to be taken to the van I said!” I said “Oh” he did have to yell. I looked at the teacher but she didn’t do anything. We were looking for the girl’s backpack. He said something and then I asked to repeat it and another co working (let’s call her Ms Mara) yelled, “He said her bag is already IN THE VAN!” And I said, “Oh okay. Thank you. Ms Amara had that annoyed look, rolled her eyes and walked the other way.
Then I heard her said, “Sheesh!”
Ms Mara looks like she doesn’t like me much. She never talks to me but she talked to the others.
My sister told me, “Maybe you should hear what the child has to say and asked what you are doing that’s bugging him because ignoring him won’t help. Then he’s gonna think that you don’t respect him and don’t care about how he feels. I know you do but you should reconsider his feelings and ask him why he’s acting that way. Probably why he listens to the other teachers and not you. I know it sounds blunt but just saying. Just ask him what’s bothering him the next time he does that. Also don’t take it personal what he or other kids are saying. If you want to be a teacher you’re gonna have to learn how to handle it because if you don’t then it’s not for you. Some kids say to me and I don’t matter overpower me even though it hurt.”