6th grade

The last two days I subbed 6th grade at two different schools. The attitude of these students was completely night and day. Yesterday the students were completely out of hand, not listening, and had an attitude on them like you wouldn't believe. Today, students listened, completed their work, and although they were a little talkative, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them. I think that they are my favorite new class to sub (except for my third graders, obviously.)

I think that attitudes of these students has a lot to do with parent involvement. At the school I was at yesterday, it was pretty clear that students were on their own a lot of the time. Today I saw the principal walking around and interacting with students as well as family members. I remember when working at Garey High School in Pomona, students that often (not always, but often) did better in their classes had very involved parents. I feel for students that do not have parent involvement. I hope students learn how to turn themselves around before entering high school where you can be influenced by every little thing.

In other news, two of the girls in 6th grade had an ipad, several students had tablets, kindles, and one girl had an iphone. I only have one question: WHERE IS MY IPAD, KINDLE, AND IPHONE??? These kids are only 11 years old. I am 22 and I am not even close to having the funds for those items. They are lucky little children.

I am subbing another 6th grade class on Friday. Pray that the class is going to be like today, not yesterday.