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humour as a form of discipline

  • 26-09-2014 8:26pm
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    f140
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    im trying to think of different examples of humour which could be used as a form of discipline. What do ye find works especially if you have a difficult class with a few class clowns who like to show off.


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  • #2
    clownboy
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    Deleted, off topic gibberish. Member on ice.


  • #3
    evolving_doors
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    f140 wrote: »
    im trying to think of different examples of humour which could be used as a form of discipline. What do ye find works especially if you have a difficult class with a few class clowns who like to show off.


    "Now now John, I know your mother wouldn't appreciate that kind of behavior that you are displaying.... and I'm very well aware of what your mother appreciates..."

    I've never used that one, but I think I'll save it for when I win the euromillions and jump into my Porsche straight after.

    Ya it's a tricky one.. how do you give the behavior some unfavorable attention without giving it oxygen ? (and without risking a punch in the face from a parent!).
    I suppose we know we can't use put downs but it'd be nice to think of them and say them in our "inner voice".


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    spurious
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    With my most difficult classes, which would have had up to 16 or more clowns in them (to give the teachers of the main classes a chance), I used humour a lot.

    At times it was like a stand-up routine, but they got the point. We could have a bit of a laugh, but we still had to get the work done. It took a while, but we established what was and what wasn't going to happen. It worked for me as it made my classes quite different to the ones they had been thrown out of/removed from and in the end most of them used to really like coming to me. If you can get them wanting to come to your class, you're three quarters of the way there.

    There were some jokes/punchlines we carried on for years, so much so that I still get them said to me as the past pupils, now adults, meet me in the street.


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