Whatever Works Woman!

   Wondering which teaching strategy works?  It is not the most difficult thing to do.  The most challenging theory about any classroom strategy is basic. Time and Organization. (Let's not talk about resources because I do not have very many).

     If a teacher cannot give a new strategy time and some consistency, then forget it. There are some Teachers who think that if they give it shot once, or half a** it, then BAM! Students will change their behavior. Not. Nope. Far from the ease of middle school chocolate milk.
     I am not sure what some teachers expect when they do not change their approach when it is CLEARLY not working. Do teachers really think that they cannot pin point who's fault it is when 60% of their class is failing? 
     There are a group of students I know, that score well in other areas, but 'stopped working' for one of their other teachers. She complains that it is the kids fault and that they do not want to learn. She blames it on the fact that their parents don't care and that our teachers expect "these kids to learn and whip up an A".  When our classes are compared, she simply states that the students like me becuase I "do fun things to get them to learn and spend too much time on them". Gee, I guess they don't like her then.