EP119 Why I let 2 kids' behavior ruin my school year (and what I wish I'd done differently)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2018
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I'm sharing one of the biggest mistakes I made as a teacher. I have a feeling it's something you'll be able to relate to, particularly if you have a couple of students who you just don't feel like you are equipped to handle. The choices I made took a bad situation and made it worse. I'll share what I wish I'd done differently, how I ultimately changed my approach, and what YOU can do to prevent the same problem from happening to you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 119 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your |
| 0:06.4 | host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:11.6 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the |
| 0:14.5 | the week ahead. Today I'm going to share why I let two kids |
| 0:18.8 | behavior ruin my entire school year and what I wish I'd done differently. |
| 0:24.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get a transcript for this episode or to share your |
| 0:29.5 | thoughts in the comments. |
| 0:31.0 | I want to share with you in this episode one of the biggest |
| 0:34.7 | mistakes that I made as a teacher. I have a feeling it's something that you're |
| 0:38.8 | going to be able to relate to, particularly if you have a couple of students who |
| 0:42.4 | you just don't feel like you're equipped |
| 0:44.4 | to handle. The choices that I made took a bad situation and made it much worse than it really |
| 0:51.7 | needed to be. And if you're in a similar |
| 0:54.0 | predicament I hope that you won't have to learn that the hard way like I did. It's my hope that |
| 1:00.0 | this episode will be sort of a wake-up call for you if you're making this same mistake. |
| 1:05.4 | And at the end I'm going to share how you can join me in an online book community with other |
| 1:10.3 | educators who are committed to enjoying their teaching every day no matter what. |
| 1:16.4 | So one year when I was teaching third grade, I had a student with autism and oppositional |
| 1:22.2 | defiance disorder. We'll call her Sarah for the |
| 1:25.5 | sake of this podcast. I knew that Sarah was going to be in my class ahead of time so |
| 1:30.6 | I was ready for the challenge. I had already met her mom. I talked her previous year's teacher. |
| 1:36.0 | I don't mind difficult situations, but I am a planner. I like to be prepared. I like to plan ahead of time. |
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