The first week at after school one of my third graders refused to her homework. It was difficult for her, and she simply did not want to do it. I finally got her to get started, reassuring her that I would help her with her assignment. After a bit of time I had to leave to lead the rest of the students in a group activity, so I asked a volunteer to help her finish. I later found out she told him she wasn’t going to do anymore. When my volunteer told her she had to do her work, she responded, “Really? You’re actually going to make me do my homework here in after school? You can’t do that.” My volunteer quickly responded, “Yes I can. That’s how we do it here.”
The next day, she didn’t run laps
To all my teachers, or future teachers, out there. I think running laps as a punishment for not completing homework is a horrible reprimand. In college I would of run a mile if it got me out of writing a paper, and kids have more energy than me
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