how to get middle schoolers to be quiet September 22, 2011 11:49
AM   Subscribe  [TeacherFilter] Advice needed on getting these
inner city middle schoolers to be quiet.  So after being out of
work for two years, my SO finally got a public school teaching
job. Yay! While he's not a new teacher he's only taught high
school in the past -- this is a middle school assignment
(6-7-8). Okay, fine. Inner city. Okay, fine. He's done that
before at the high school level. He has had excellent reviews
before - he was only out of work due to budget cuts. His new
district was very slow in hiring, so his classes had a rotating
list of subs for the first two weeks of school. Now he's there
and his classes are out of control.  Two of his classes have
over 30 students in a classroom with only 20-some desks, so some
kids are sharing tables and some are sitting at his desk. Extra
desks are "on order."  The students talk and yell the entire
class period. Even if the lights are flickered. Even if he falls
silent and waits for them