Discipline

One point that the boys brought up in their presentation was who makes the rules... When I was working on my philosophy paper this was one thing I discussed. I plan on being a student-centered teacher so when it comes to making the rules of the classroom I want it to be something that my students think up, with maybe a little bit of help from me. One thing I was debateable on when thinking about this, was it all depends on who my students are. In some classes I'm going to have students who will think up rules that are simple and will let them get away with anything. In other classes I will have students responsible enough to think up rules where they will respect everyone and everything in the classroom but at the same time they will still enjoy being in the class. Discipline is one of the touchiest subjects for me because I am not good at discipling people and being harsh or standing my ground when I need to. This is one aspect of teaching that I already know I will really have to work on.