Question 2

Small Success

I have found some success in getting to start over. I was fortunate enough to get new students this semester (as of Jan 19), which allowed me to almost start completely fresh. I changed the amount of papers I collect daily and how I run my classroom, which has help me have fewer things to grade nightly and my classroom management is much better. Last semester I had a class that was completely out of control and the concept of lecturing or note taking was out of the question because I couldn’t get a word in. This semester the small success I have is that in every one of my classes I can do about 15 minutes of notes with the class quiet or raising their hands and asking questions. This also may be due to the fact that I am much more strict this semester in not letting the students who come to class just to disturb the class into the room.

I still can’t get my students to class on time, my first period class has no more than 4 people in their seats by 9:15, which is a half hour late, and the class should have 33 students. I am still only passing a handful in each class. But those who come see to be understanding what is going on- so I guess that is a small success.