en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:22 GMT 15 By Carter Norine
Just imagine. It’s Thursday and you have finally gotten the urge to pay attention to your teacher for the first time all week, but then, it happens. You hear the whispering in the background, the laughing, the swearing, the taunting, and the argument about who’s gotten the most referrals in the last week. Yes, my friends, you have just been victimized by the class clown. With their uncanny ability to destroy others’ concentration, the class clown is not only a teacher’s worst enemy, but also the enemy of many of their classmates. Now don’t get me wrong. There are plenty of funny, productive, and cool class clowns, but sadly, they are slightly outnumbered by the unproductive, annoying ones. I, sadly, have a few of each type of class clown in my classes. Some days it can either make my day more enjoyable by hearing their random comments, or it can just tick me off because they’re stupid and spend half the period arguing with the teacher. What fuels the class clowns to act the way they do? For the annoying ones, I think it’s all about attention. They have a friend with them in the class and when that friend reacts to something stupid that they do, they are fueled to do more. I believe that if no one laughed or reacted to the things they did, they would stop, shut up, and pay more attention in class. As for the class clowns that aren’t annoying, I believe that they are just people who are naturally funny. They don’t care if people are paying attention or not; they’ll make a random comment if they feel like it. Unlike the annoying class clowns, if the teacher tells them to be quiet, I’m sure they’ll probably do it. So, my friends, I find that the best way we can solve our problems with annoying class clowns is to ignore them until they shut up. Get the whole class involved. It’s not discrimination. It’s just a wake up call letting the person know that they’re annoying and need to be quiet so you can actually pay attention, or sleep, without background noise. ]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:01:00 GMT