Three Very Important Student Behaviour Issues

Lets face it, students aren’t obedient these days and there are hardly any “teacher’s pets” left anymore. Screaming at student’s faces will get their attention but will give you a bad reputation. The main problems with students these days are mostly :

1. Disobediency

It is not likely every student in a class will listen to you if you just ask them to listen. You have to scream at their faces to actually get their attention. As I mentioned before, screaming will get you a bad reputation throughout the school. So a good option is to scream occasionally and always try to “Ask politely” to stop talking. If they don’t stop talking, try talking a little louder, if they still don’t shut up, then you should scream at their faces. However, being a “FUN” teacher will make your class more obedient to you. At the school I currently attend, one of our substitute science teachers conducted an experiment by throwing a chair onto the floor and asking the class how that happened. Now this teacher is very much admired for his sense of humour and the amount of fun he has with his class. The students automatically respond to his every command without anyone disobeying. However, not all teachers have a sense of humour and are lenient and know how to have fun.

2. Not doing Homework/Assignments

A lot of students don’t do their assignments because they “Can’t be bothered” or they’re just too lazy to do it. I don’t bludge out of assignments but I have had friends in this situation. But at the last moment, they regret it and start doing it and they lose a lot fo marks for doing it at the last moment. The major reasons for why students don’t do their homework apart from laziness is that teachers don’t always check for homework and that is it boring. Making homework exciting with some sort of reward for those who do it or adding a brain teaser perhaps. Teachers don’t often check for homework. They often forget about yesterday’s homework and continue with their lesson. Enforcing teachers to check for homework could fix this. It would really help if teacher’s put a detention or some kind of punishment for not doing homework instead of telling them to hand it in tomorrow.

3. Not doing work in class

When the teacher sets work for the students in class, it’s not very likely that every student will immediately start doing the work without being told again. They will most likely talk with their friends until the teacher tells them to stop and to start working. It would prove useful if the teacher provided some kind of reward for the person who finished their work first and well. My science teacher would make us play a word jumbling game at the start of every lesson and give lollies to the group who won. However, she doesn’t give a reward for doing normal class work. If rewards aren’t a good option for a teacher, they could let the students bludge or play games for the rest of the period.

Overall, in order for students to be good, a teacher must be funny and have a good sense of humour. These are the key elements a good teacher must have for their students to obey