... the grass with their books. I felt like I had entered a park, not a college. I walked into a big hall with video games, tables and chairs. People were eating, playing video games, and doing their homework. I soon discovered that it was the cafeteria. I felt quite insignificant; the campus proved to be shockingly enormous. Finally, I approached a student and showed him my classroom number in the schedule book ... in college it was a minimum of ninety minutes. Therefore, sitting in a classroom on the first day was difficult for me. After class was over, the teacher gave us a lot of homewo...

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... do well in the class. The second thing is to work outside of the classroom. The things that you need to do out of the classroom include: homework, projects, papers, and studying. Usually, the homework and studying is rather easy and only takes a few minutes to finish. You will receive more than one night to complete papers and projects and you should ... work on them a little at a time. When you do this, the finished item is better than if you waited until the last minute doing a rushed job. The third thing ... ...

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... of books in every classroom, it would prevent students from developing back problems, there would a less chance of books getting lost, and students would be more inclined to do their homework. In one study, six out of 10 students ages 9 to 20 reported chronic back pain related to heavy backpacks. However, the backpacks themselves are not the main concern, the weight ... even stolen right out of students" lockers. Purchasing an additional set of books would help students take better care of their belongings. A major excuse students give for not having their homework done is because they ...

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... rewarded for learning. The first thing you need to do is understand learning itself. When you first think of learning you first response is studying and homework. Many points and other people think that there are some points and counterpoints to students being rewarded and students not being rewarded for learning. Teachers ... figure out a way to talk with the misbehaved student and 3 try to make them understand what they are doing is wrong. When considering using award schemes you need to be very careful when doing so, because they can act as motivators for the young students and they c...

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... checks ( ) to individual students, if the student got five checks ( ) a day then they would get a star on the Rewards Chart. After getting ten stars they would be excused from doing their homework for that night. The checks would be given out for answering a question right, lining up quietly or getting prepared for the lessons quickly. By giving a reward for good behavior the ... consequences. I do not believe in yelling or embarrassing the child, so I think the first time you should give a warning. Point at the problem and tell them that what they are doing is not proper. Second time m...

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... life was tremendous. He seemed to be willing to go any length to make sure that his students succeed. Mr.Chanler used Machiavelli's advice, "the ends justify the means," by doing anything in his power to instill knowledge into students. He turned Machiavelli's intriguing principles, generosity, fear, and appearances, into modern day perspectives. "Generosity used in such a manner as to give ... anything, and it soon turned into not turning in assignments at all. Every morning during second period, Mr.Chanler would walk into the classroom and expect for all of our homework to be on his d...

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... terms of obeying the rules. The rules will be enforced promptly, consistently, and equitably from day one. Students will be made aware of the consequences of misbehavior. My goal in doing this is to earn the respect of my students and let them know that I am teaching because of my love of learning and not in order to hold grudges against ... particular students. In addition, during these first two weeks I will also explain and demonstrate common classroom procedures such as turning in homework and passing out papers. This will alleviate much wasted time in the classroom and will again r...

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... room who weren't invited. In college, it's an incredibly dull day if you don't have at least five random people walk into your room to disrupt whatever you could be doing. At home, family was the only people living inside the house. In college, the whole floor becomes your new family and communication between the group is important. Email becomes like ... hold hundreds. I used to actually get ready for high school in the morning, but in college I find myself rolling out of bed, grabbing my books, and walking directly to class. Homework was a big issue in high school. It was usually chec...

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... rules would be a reward system of points. Students could get points at any time during the day for many things. For instance, points can be earned for turning in homework on time, doing well on an exam, helping out another student or adult, etc. The points can be totaled up to earn reinforcers. The reasons to get reinforcers are so diverse because ... ...

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... get at least some guidelines from teachers at school. Every student/child has at least one teacher they can talk to or like. If they dont then teachers are not doing their job. I am not saying to step on what parents what their children to have for values but to step back and realize that theaching is more than bookwork and ... in a childs life. It really does only leave a few hours at the end of the day before they got to bed. This also is leesened by extracurricular activities, friends, and homework. I just never looked the amount of time families really have together. It gets less as...

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... very distracting, and it makes it hard for anyone to pay attention. It is also hard for the teachers to teach because they constantly have to stop what they are doing and tell them to sit back down in their seats or to stop moving around. The last group of distracting students is the Whiners. They aren't as bad as the ... Wigglers but they can still drive a person insane. Even if there is nothing to whine about they will find a way to whine about something. In class they complain about the homework, about the teacher, and about how school is too long. They whine about the cafeteria food...

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... or her mother was everything for that child. The child defined in detail how the mother was always there to protect him or her. For example, how she helped with homework even though her English was not as good as the other people. She did not smoke or drink like people on television. The child also mentioned the considerable challenge to ... thinking that I had great admiration for this woman. I was envious that this mother had a child who loves and respects her unconditionally. I was amazed by the wonderful job this mother was doing in raising this child. Surprisingly, the teacher fini...

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... campus, who seem to be overly excited about their return! The following assignments will all be due in class tomorrow. Let me remind you, anyone failing to turn in their homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade. The pace of the film as it guides us through and then suddenly stops to show a class room, with the ... 's real ambitions of life. Mr. Perry is actually the one who is responsible for Neil's death, because he has done this unknowingly or he may have known that he was doing it, but just doesn't want to believe it. Therefore, Keating is not responsible ...

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... terms of obeying the rules. The rules will be enforced promptly, consistently, and equitably from day one. Students will be made aware of the consequences of misbehavior. My goal in doing this is to earn the respect of my students and let them know that I am teaching because of my love of learning and not in order to hold grudges against ... particular students. In addition, during these first two weeks I will also explain and demonstrate common classroom procedures such as turning in homework and passing out papers. This will alleviate much wasted time in the classroom and will again r...

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