As a new teacher, I am nervous about a lot of things that I am going to have to deal with in my career. Will the students like me? Will I get good reviews from the principal? Will I be able to field any curve ball thrown at me? I know that the answers will only come with experience, but that doesn't make me any less nervous for my teaching career.
Even though I have only been in front of the classroom for a few days, one aspect of teaching that I have been successful in is my classroom management skills. Currently, I am teaching three periods of second-semester seniors. By this point, they have almost mentally checked out, and they can be a handful to work with. However, I am been successful in my classroom management largely because of my sense of humor. Instead of getting angry and threatening the students with more work, I try to make them laugh. I rationalize this because I would rather have them laughing at a joke I made and pay attention than hitting each other with pencils in the back of the room. I have found that the students respond well to my sense of humor, which is allowing me to build a great rapport with them. However, I am also not afraid to be stern when I need to be. And because we spend so much time laughing, the students know that it is a serious issue when I am not smiling. I am proud of the way I am handling my students. What was once an anxiety has now become an enjoyable experience. I think that in my future career, I will continue to implement this style of classroom management.
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