Comments on: Guest Column: Should teachers get involved in hall monitoring? http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/01/20/guest-column-should-teachers-get-involved-in-hall-monitoring/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Susan Rotello http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/01/20/guest-column-should-teachers-get-involved-in-hall-monitoring/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Susan Rotello Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:56:12 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=22301#comment-569 I also stand and monitor the halls at a school that houses K-8..by far the older children are easier to control.The 3, 4th and 5th graders are out of control. The previous writer was correct,,,,students ignore you or blow you off with their verbal disrespectful, roll their eyes at you and then do what they want. There are not enough people in the school to even begin to address these problems,AND GUESS WHAT..TODAY, THE 25TH WE JUST RECEIVED TWO MORE NEW STUDENTS FROM CHICAGO,,,ONE IS READING AT A KINDER LEVEL, WHILE THE OTHER ONE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HER LEVEL OF INTEGRITY BY USING FOUL LANGUAGE AT HER PEERS WHILE THE TEACHER TURNS HIS/HER BACK. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE POLICE AT OUR SCHOOL...PRAY FOR US ALL. I HAD A 3RD GRADER UNDER MY CONTROL FOR ABOUT AN HOW AND THE WHOLE TIME HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT "HE NEED TO POIMP OUT." YES HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES AND SAID THOSE LOVELY WORDS..HOPEFULLY ONLY I HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD... EVEN SADDDER IS THAT HE'S MIMICKING WHAT HE SEE AT HOME. I'M SURE HE SEES IT EVERYDAY... I also stand and monitor the halls at a school that houses K-8..by far the older children are easier to control.The 3, 4th and 5th graders are out of control. The previous writer was correct,,,,students ignore you or blow you off with their verbal disrespectful, roll their eyes at you and then do what they want. There are not enough people in the school to even begin to address these problems,AND GUESS WHAT..TODAY, THE 25TH WE JUST RECEIVED TWO MORE NEW STUDENTS FROM CHICAGO,,,ONE IS READING AT A KINDER LEVEL, WHILE THE OTHER ONE HAS ALREADY SHOWN HER LEVEL OF INTEGRITY BY USING FOUL LANGUAGE AT HER PEERS WHILE THE TEACHER TURNS HIS/HER BACK. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE POLICE AT OUR SCHOOL…PRAY FOR US ALL. I HAD A 3RD GRADER UNDER MY CONTROL FOR ABOUT AN HOW AND THE WHOLE TIME HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT “HE NEED TO POIMP OUT.” YES HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO MY EYES AND SAID THOSE LOVELY WORDS..HOPEFULLY ONLY I HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD… EVEN SADDDER IS THAT HE’S MIMICKING WHAT HE SEE AT HOME. I’M SURE HE SEES IT EVERYDAY…

]]> By: Abused teacher http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/01/20/guest-column-should-teachers-get-involved-in-hall-monitoring/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Abused teacher Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:59:13 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=22301#comment-561 I do stand in the halls as much as I can. I have been run over, cussed out, had food thrown at me, and the kids do not care who you are or what you are doing. We can't depend on their parents to help because the parents act as bad if not worse than the kids. We have had parents at the school fighting and cussing, threatening staff and students. It's a Jerry Springer mentality. I have had parents hang up when I called home to discuss their child. Many have a non-functioning phone. Have you ever had a student threaten to get his "G's and come to your house" The district is heading towards a strike situation this year. My question is will the public stop it?? The children of this district deserve to be safe at school, so do the teachers. Kids can't learn when they are under stress and fearful. PLEASE HELP US!! I do stand in the halls as much as I can. I have been run over, cussed out, had food thrown at me, and the kids do not care who you are or what you are doing. We can’t depend on their parents to help because the parents act as bad if not worse than the kids. We have had parents at the school fighting and cussing, threatening staff and students. It’s a Jerry Springer mentality. I have had parents hang up when I called home to discuss their child. Many have a non-functioning phone. Have you ever had a student threaten to get his “G’s and come to your house” The district is heading towards a strike situation this year. My question is will the public stop it?? The children of this district deserve to be safe at school, so do the teachers. Kids can’t learn when they are under stress and fearful. PLEASE HELP US!!

]]> By: Ann http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/01/20/guest-column-should-teachers-get-involved-in-hall-monitoring/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Ann Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:53:18 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=22301#comment-560 I wish having teachers in the hallway would solve the problem - many of us would be willing. Unfortunately, the students who are wandering the halls when they are supposed to be in class do not believe the teachers to have the authority to make them do anything. Even more unfortunately, they're correct. When a principal tells a student to go to class and they are ignored (and this is from an awesome principal), the security guards are ignored, where does that leave the teachers? Having the police in the buildings last year to write citations was VERY effective. The students who are not following the rules don't respect much, but police officers seem to have a little more success with these students. I wish having teachers in the hallway would solve the problem – many of us would be willing. Unfortunately, the students who are wandering the halls when they are supposed to be in class do not believe the teachers to have the authority to make them do anything. Even more unfortunately, they’re correct. When a principal tells a student to go to class and they are ignored (and this is from an awesome principal), the security guards are ignored, where does that leave the teachers?

Having the police in the buildings last year to write citations was VERY effective. The students who are not following the rules don’t respect much, but police officers seem to have a little more success with these students.

]]> By: K http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/01/20/guest-column-should-teachers-get-involved-in-hall-monitoring/comment-page-1/#comment-545 K Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:23:48 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=22301#comment-545 Can I ask when you retired? This is a solid article, but times are much different than they were even 10 years ago. I have been hit and pushed several times and frankly am tired of it. If something substantial would happen to the students that did this, as far a discipline, then I feel many teachers would be more than willing to do this. This is done in a few schools right now on a voluntary basis and does provide a bit of assistance, but most kids just laugh and walk away or cuss us out. Can I ask when you retired? This is a solid article, but times are much different than they were even 10 years ago. I have been hit and pushed several times and frankly am tired of it. If something substantial would happen to the students that did this, as far a discipline, then I feel many teachers would be more than willing to do this. This is done in a few schools right now on a voluntary basis and does provide a bit of assistance, but most kids just laugh and walk away or cuss us out.

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