How to Respond When A Student Disrespects You

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• WA

  @wassimaddad · 1 year ago

  Your video is very informative honestly but, nowadays both students and their parents are disrespectful towards the teachers and I’ve been working as a teacher for three years and I believe it’s the hardest job ever because you’re a teacher, a doctor, a nanny, a source of wisdom ….. and the list continues

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• NE

  @NewLeafMovement · 3 years ago

  Ooooeee they be so disrespectful not just to teachers but to each other it's sad to see. Thank you for creating a video like this

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• RA

  @rajeshadvani4194 · 2 years ago

  I come from India and teachers are respected as much as God. No room for all this in Indian classrooms - Thankfully.

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• AP

  @applesidertea · 1 year ago

  My strategy was to FULLY ignore the disrespectful students—no eye contact, nothing. I’d gather the well-behaved students into a circle and resume with quietly teaching them.  I’d give them my full energy, and I’d smile at them.  This confused the disrespectful students.  After about 4-5 minutes, the disrespectful students would get frustrated that I was not paying attention to them.  A few minutes after that, most of them would become embarrassed that they were not a part of the circle.  Most would calm down after that. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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• JA

  @jamesbaggett2013 · 1 year ago

  I'm a teacher's aide at a middle school and to be honest none of this really works in a group setting. I have a few groups of students that just refuse to be respectful, or to follow instruction. If I attempt to encourage corrective behavior I'm told to "Mind my business" or "You're not a REAL teacher" and my personal favorite "You need to check your caucasity"....The current generation coming up has zero interest in learning, and essentially no respect for others  or themselves. It's infuriating, depressing, and heart breaking at the same time.

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• AR

  @arthurbrantley7174 · 3 weeks ago

  I learned...the only help for teachers is to quit...find another profession.

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• DA

  @dawng1783 · 2 years ago

  Nothing is personal.

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• SA

  @sarahwomack4415 · 2 months ago

  “Choose not to take the disrespect personally. It is a choice. It’s a mindset shift.” Your first point hits the nail on the head for me. The times that I have taken disrespect personally have been the times I have failed. In my anger I may have gotten compliance from those particular students,but it created an adversarial atmosphere.

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• JU

  @juliuswilliams1438 · 2 years ago

  When something is not ok and won’t be tolerated, what does that mean. It seems there aren’t consequences that they even care about.

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• TH

  @TheKnallkorper · 2 years ago

  I’m a kindergarten teacher and I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Call backs don’t work, asking for a level 0 doesn’t work. Taking a preferred activity away doesn’t work, calling parents comes back and bites me in the butt. I’m screaming into my pillow trying to teach a lesson for the 3 kids who care enough to learn how to build words

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• WR

  @Wrenz4731 · 1 year ago

  Prior to covid parents use to say that the teachers are not teaching children anything but after covid I hope the parents realise how badly they have failed to teach their children social skills, children walking and eating and spilling food from their mouths etc, to respect themselves enough to respect the adults some parents have failed their children so badly.

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• MY

  @myoung6067 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The problem is, I&apos;ve watched a gazillion youtube videos on classroom management and they all say &quot;use your consequences&quot; but that&apos;s the part I have trouble with. What should the consequences be? Nobody gives suggestions on consequences and as a new teacher, I don&apos;t know what to do. If there&apos;s no consequence, there&apos;s no classroom management.<br><br>Edit: I&apos;m coming back because I feel like my comment came across rude. I love your videos! I&apos;m just frustrated, have a very difficult class and had a horrible day. I&apos;m going to watch some of your other videos for ideas.

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