Stand Up or Stay Awake!

WHEN:
Oct. 30, 2006 from 8:00-11:00 – US History
Nov. 1, 2006 from 8:00-11:00 – US History

WHAT:
A student was called out for sleeping during the middle of the class. He had to go stand at the back of the room to stay awake during the lesson.

SO WHAT:
This was rather comical. The teacher had to yell at the student to wake him up. Once he realized that he could not manage to stay awake by himself he took his teacher’s advice to stand in the back of the room so he would not get in trouble.

NOW WHAT:
For me, this was an example of one of those things you have to learn to deal with being a teacher.

CONNECTIONS:
If I had been the teacher I would have probably advised the student the same way she did. Although I later noticed that a lot of the students were not staying focused with her reading loads of information on transparencies. I would have taken a break from the lesson and would have made the students stand up and stretch before continuing with the lecture.