tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post6455535393450468783..comments2023-10-25T04:44:36.259-05:00Comments on The Cynical Dog: Bringing the Hammer DownJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10417487829318519262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-58836718771232107552007-09-10T10:06:00.000-05:002007-09-10T10:06:00.000-05:00I got a good chuckle out of Jerry's comment.I thin...I got a good chuckle out of Jerry's comment.<BR/><BR/>I think you could have done without the sailors' language, but it's understandable. You probably could have told the kid to leave and not come back until he was ready to learn. He was a disruption to the other students and as such could be removed from your classroom, I think. Rules are mucky about all that shit.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663334050561829242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-85031700932322151902007-09-07T13:39:00.001-05:002007-09-07T13:39:00.001-05:00Granted..I would have wanted to drop kick the litt...Granted..I would have wanted to drop kick the little prick half way across campus. However, remember your youth when you didn't give a shit about school? Man, the older I get the more I want to slap these kids. I also weep for the future.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877776270418973320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-8524682545660418582007-09-07T13:39:00.000-05:002007-09-07T13:39:00.000-05:00I'm not really proud of the way I expressed myself...I'm not really proud of the way I expressed myself. I needed to call him to account, but I'd trade the salty language for a more sustained admonition. I could have made my point better.<BR/><BR/>That said, it felt kind of good to blow up. I'm so damned tired of being nice to idiots just so I don't hurt their feelings.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417487829318519262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-54944990054886965972007-09-07T12:55:00.000-05:002007-09-07T12:55:00.000-05:00One of the reasons I changed my mind about becomin...One of the reasons I changed my mind about becominga Music teacher...More power to you..and don't feel bad...student needs a kick in the butt.Ideadsandtidbitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223038060527609550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-61824272366550739172007-09-07T12:54:00.000-05:002007-09-07T12:54:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ideadsandtidbitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223038060527609550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-13369960979779595532007-09-07T08:51:00.000-05:002007-09-07T08:51:00.000-05:00Better yet, you should have confiscated it and tol...Better yet, you should have confiscated it and told the dumbass that he could get it back at the end of term. Act like a child. . .get treated like a child. I know you handled it better than I would have. I would probably have cut him off and told him to leave. Old habits die hard.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865006624440597818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-27496048491137686992007-09-07T08:30:00.000-05:002007-09-07T08:30:00.000-05:00I'm all for Tunes, but it just makes you wonder wh...I'm all for Tunes, but it just makes you wonder who raises these kids. Obviously the tuition is being paid with Mommy's money, because anyone who was paying their own way would not pull this. If you could just have found a way to shove the earbud up his ass during class, the lesson for the day would have been administered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-36544513470305737012007-09-06T23:56:00.000-05:002007-09-06T23:56:00.000-05:00Jas... I swear you're my new hero. That is WAY mo...Jas... I swear you're my new hero. That is WAY more restraint than I would have shown in the same circumstance. Bravo for calling the little bugger on it!Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768480909413882844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-32287608024121281312007-09-06T19:36:00.000-05:002007-09-06T19:36:00.000-05:00I think you handled it brilliantly. That kid, and ...I think you handled it brilliantly. That kid, and probably others will take that strong hint and think twice before doing it again.<BR/><BR/>Well done, sir.Anskovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826490748169161411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34420238.post-34575404675888114642007-09-06T17:33:00.000-05:002007-09-06T17:33:00.000-05:00Just be glad that such insipid behavior is relativ...Just be glad that such insipid behavior is relatively rare in college... if they want to screw around, they can skip class and waste only their own time and money doing it. At the junior high and high school level, it's the norm! I wanted to bitchslap some little ragamuffin today. Instead of working on a presentation due tomorrow, he chose to make a paper throwing star and throw it at me. I'm sorry, he "dropped it in my direction." Then he and his buddy started singing Bohemian Rhapsody rather than work. <BR/><BR/>I weep for the future.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00979044418893867633noreply@blogger.com