Good evening bloggers, Romans, Countrymen.
So it's the end of a long couple of weeks. Having finally recovered (mostly) from infected wisdoms and having virtually no immune system as the antibiotics wipe everything out of me. I can certainly say real life has definitely kicked in! Just sat on the DLR from seeing my brother perform at the Royal Albert Hall (very proud!) and mellowing out to some chill out tunes on my dying ipod and thought of you - yes you! I bet you feel special now. Well you should.
I firstly want to apologise to the many loved ones currently following this blog for my truly dismal attempts at communicating with normal society. I hear that balance gets easier to manage with time! Right! Now onto the thing you came here for!
The Good:
I have become the queen of detention! I know. I know. You're all thinking 'why's that so good!?', and I'm not normally this harsh with them, but I really have found that the level of respect my students have for me has jumped up! They now understand that Ihave high expextations for each and ever one of them - and I'm willing to push them to meet these!
My first handshake - building good relationships with students is vital. Get them on side and they'll be loyal forever. Learning names has significantly helped me achieve this as the kids know I know them. Other ways to build good relationships include good notes home, Merits, telephone calls or emails home, taking an interest in their out of school interests as well as their in school achievements.
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