I got a new student. Yes, we have only 5 weeks of school left. The office didn't want to deal with the complaints of the other teachers on my team, so they begged me to take the new one. I have more students than the others. This one? If you get mad at him, he wets his pants.
I told the parents I was a yell-er. I told them I had high expectations and expected the work to get done. I TOLD THEM! They put him in my room anyway.
Here is the problem...how to you not yell at a little twerp that refuses to do his work, plays with his pencils, doesn't look at or open his books, and is in general using wetting his pants as a threat. My solution would be to let him pee and then sit in it for the rest of the day. However, the parents won't allow that. They don't want him to be embarassed in the classroom.
Can I not yell at this kid for 5 more weeks? I don't know. He has a "stupid" attitude. You know what I mean?... duh? I don't get it. Did you read the directions? No, I just thought you were supposed to start. You said to begin work.
So far in the one week I have had him, pee-boy hasn't turned in one single piece of paper. But, when I get after him for not doing his work, he just asks to go to the bathroom. (Yeah, I let him. I don't want to Piss off his parents)