Today, my nice cap needed to come off when teaching. I was doing a mental maths test with 5 of my glorious students who decided it was the right time to talk... During a test.
I told them numerous times to stop talking, warning them that if they didn't change their behaviour, I would give them a zero on their test because they were talking and therefore technically cheating. I put the ball in their court after the second warning and they didn't listen. By the end of it, I stopped talking whenever they tried to initiate any conversation with me choosing to only speak to say the question.
They still carried on talking and so when they finished, I informed them that they were getting a zero mark on their test and to go and explain to their teacher why they got zero.
I didn't like it. I hate being mean to my students especially when the marks are recorded but I gave them the choice and they are now old enough to know what is right and wrong. They know when they should be quiet and listen to me.
I think it gave them a little wake up call that I wouldn't be a push over and I would actually follow through with what I say.
I want nice teacher to come back now!
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