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what should i do?
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tammyxchrist
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what should i do?
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This is a really embarazing topic. I �m teaching 5th and 4th graders this school year and i have a very good relationship with them, even though i �m very strict and serious about discipline and working hard. Last Friday in the middle of my language class with the 5th graders a kid said out loud in fron of the whole class. "Teacher did you know that Sebastian is in love with you?" at the beginning I didn �t know how to react but i inmediatly smiled and said i was glad that i had made my way to my students heart & that all techers want to get there so everybody can have a better work enviroment but sometimes when we are 10 years old we might think that we are in love and blah blah blah... i told them that i really love everyone of them but in the same way a mother can love her child. we ended up talking about healthy relationship between kids, dating and all that. But i �m not an expert in psicology so i don �t know what else can i do. Was that enough or should i do something else?. especially for this kid because you know how cruel kids can be and i don �t want the rest of the class to start making fun of him or anything.
thanks for letting me talk it out. |
19 Oct 2009
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maiagarri
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for me, i think u did said the right things at the right time. u acknowledged the statement and addressed it like a real teacher should. as for sebastian, just treat him the same way u did before that incident and also treat him like everyone else in the class. God bless u. =) |
19 Oct 2009
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tammyxchrist
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Thanks a lot for your answer. Oh of course i �ll keep treating Sebas like everybody else. I just don �t want the other kids to make him feel bad about it.
lots of blessings back |
19 Oct 2009
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reeta1
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You should have ignored the comment and continued with your lesson. You ceretainly should not have said you love the kids as a mother loves a child. You �re their teacher, not their relative. |
19 Oct 2009
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Carla Horne
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You did just fine. Children often say "the darnest things," but we shouldn �t make a big deal out of it. I think the most important idea is to tell them you are there to help all of them.
Carla |
19 Oct 2009
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