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Show 'No rubber Glue Balls' .Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 1983 'f Substitutes Must (Establish Rules By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Correspondent I would like to pass on a few hints to anyone who may be a substitute teacher or may be' thinking about becoming one. The first thing I learned is going into the classroom was that you should never assume anything. Dont assume that are all in the proper seats, that the boys will tell you their real names, that recess actually is scheduled when the class tells you it is. Never believe that the student sitting in an isolated seat away from the rest of the class will behave himself there. The regular teacher put him there to do what he could with him. The situation is not under control. Never take it for granted, when you tell the isolated boy to go to his seat, that he will. Quite the contrary. He will tell you anything to avoid it. I have to sit by my best friend because I have to borrow his crayons. My mother wont buy me any. or, Mr. Johnson said that I could sit anywhere I want to this week because I behaved last Friday afternoon. even, Mr. Johnson always lets me go to the office for a couple of hours so I can work the intercom. If you dont fall for any of this he will probably just wander around the classroom for a while. I subbed in a junior high art class where a boy never went to his seat and I never found out which one was his. I wondered if he knew. The next time I was asked to sub in that class, I made a vow to make him tell me where he was supposed to sit. He was absent, and I could just picture him walking aimlessly around outside the building. Always play it cool. Find the teachers chair, sit down, bring one elbow over the back of the chair, and twiddle a pencil in the other hand. If someone asks you your name tell it. If they smile, smile back. Keep them guessing. They should have no idea what youll resort to if they misbehave. An effective disciplinary action is to write on the board the name of any kid who refuses to cooperate. It is the most stern tactic I have found and it will bring a silence to the classroom and send the students scrambling for their seats whenever you say the word. Unfortunately, ts . this only works with first graders. Another thing you should always do is compile a list of rules. The substitute who has a definite set of rules is on her way to controlling the class and her own emotions. My own list consists of these basic rules: 1. Everyone sits in his or her own seat. Make this stick. Oh, there are times when one will sneak off and sit with a friend, but dont allow anyone to do it openly. I think there is a difference. 2. No throwing rulers across the room at each other. Even if students are all in agreement about it, guess who has to pick up all the leave? 3. No one rulers after they than five minutes at a time. You some of the others were, and I never know. When you return, felt that it was more out of kindthe whole class could be throw- ness than any insecurity. I was ing rulers at each other, making proven right when a little boy rubber-glu- e balls, drawing on came back from recess crying the chalkboard, sitting in the and looking very cold. draws on the chalk- board. I used to think that teachers were stuffy not to allow this when I went to school. So I permitted it once. It was in a fourth grade class. The girl had a quiet voice and wrong seat, and some girl would be taking down names. My idea of the best grade to substitute for is the first grade. innocent eyes. May I please use the chalk board during recess? she asked. I havent been feeling well and my mother wants me to stay inside. How could anything go wrong? Go ahead," I said with a smile. The minute she began drawing, her best friend did an about-fac- e in the hall, entered the room, and made a for the board. Suddenly there . The kids are too young to underon TV and stand the they havent taken to imitating rude remarks that are supposed to be funny. Oh, a little boy or girl might call another a hipput-dow- popotamus and laugh like crazy, but the one being teased is probably skinny so bee-lin- e were three students at the board. Where did the third come from? They had to section off the board. Then in came two boys who had been outside playing ball. When they saw the three at the board writing in a cloud of dust, they threw the balls in a box and glared at me in astonishment. Their eyes pleaded is that fair? Before I knew what had happened, there were five at the front board and about four at the side board, and as the word leaked out more and more kids elbowed their way in and sectioned off an inch or so for their own. I sat calmly listening to complaints of, Youre writing on my part, as I tried to gather my thoughts. How did this happen? I concluded that the only thing any sub could do in such a situation would be to write a new rule on her list and wait for the bell. 4. No one takes names. Having a student write names of those who act up must be effective for some teachers, but I had nothing but trouble with it. e A boy volunteered to take names and he nearly got in a fist fight. So, the next time I gave the job to a studious quiet girl and as I watched, the little fourth-gradturned into a calloused, cynical old woman. Her mouth pursed and her eyebrows wrinkled together. She really took the job seriously.. Before long, she had run out of paper, so she smuggly dropped her tally on the teachers' desk. Every name in the class was recorded but hers. Some names had 20 or more checks at the side. And the class had been ' reasonably quiet during that time. 5. Rubber-glu- e is taboo. Some boys and girls like to make rubber-glue balls and then brag about it to the others. theres Greg pushed me in the snow and wouldnt let me play, he sniffled to me. Becky listened to him tell his tale and then put her arms around him and gave him a hug, and pat him on the back. His reaction was just as natural. He stopped crying, wiped his nose and went off to hang his coat up without another word. no harm done. I really do like the kids in other grades, but first graders are so much more open and natural. Once I was chatting with a first grade girl Ill call, ky. Bec- Becky was staying in for recess because of a cold. She was more friendly to me than WE WANT TO WIPEOUT CANCER IN YOUR LIFETIME AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY . EASTER IS ONLY 4 WEEKS AWAY WE HAVE .... SUGAR EGG MOLDS TELEFLORA WORLD WIDE DELIVERY CANDY & MOLDS SUCKER MOLDS FLAVORING MINIATURES FOR EGGS FLOWERS - FRESH, SILK AND DRIED STYROFOAM - ALL SHAPES & SIZES sixth-grad- HOURS 9:30-6:0- 0 er MON.-SA- uadSi 1 16 N. 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