Isn't it weird to think about the ways you were disciplined in elementary school? Like when the cafeteria was too loud, they turned off the lights and everyone shut up right away?
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artschooled said, (168 days ago)
To get our attention, we used to have to do the *clap*clap*clapclapclap* repeat after our teacher, and she would keep clapping until every single person clapped as well.
My favourite assembly trick is the silent, hitler-style hand raise until everyone was quiet.
ipe said, (168 days ago)
Once my fifth-grade class was unruly to a substitute and when our regular teacher returned she assigned the entire class to each write a confession/apology that detailed our crimes, since we were collectively guilty.
And everyone did.
artschooled said, (168 days ago)
Once my grade five teacher made us all line up outside of the principle's office and march. He shouted at us like we were in the army, "At ease!" "March!" "Attention!" We also made him go on stress leave. For two years.
? said, (168 days ago)
My school was big on having students stand in the corner of a classroom holding two or three dictionaries over their heads for a little while. Good times.
emily said, (168 days ago)
I totally flashed the lights on and off in my classroom on Friday, and IT WORKED! They didn't know WHAT the fuck was going on and they shut up.
artschooled said, (168 days ago)
emily, YES! That's AMAZING! It's so good to know that can still work. And that you tried it! It must have felt so satisfying.
emily said, (168 days ago)
Well, I do clap clap clapclapclap several times throughout the day. The light flashing was a new thing, and I'll probably use it for the rest of the year. I'm also a big fan of "Hands up! Mouths shut!"
artschooled said, (168 days ago)
"ten centimeter" or "inside" voices. also weird. who is using their ten centimeter voice, really?
artschooled said, (168 days ago)
When I teach swimming lessons and things, I always use the 'hand on your head shows you're listening'. Well, always, unless I'm teaching the little ones. They tend to drown.
emily said, (168 days ago)
If you can hear me, put your finger on your nose.
If you can hear me, put two hands on your head.
If you can hear me... blah blah blah blah blah.
Also...
1-2-3 Eyes on me! .... 1-2 Eyes on YOU!
Skanko said, (168 days ago)
i thought they just beat you silly canadians with skis and hockey sticks until u straightened up.
acidflowers said, (168 days ago)
we used to have this traffic light gizmo and if it went from green to yellow, we had to start quieting down because if it went all the way to red, we all had to shut up
aisforalisha said, (167 days ago)
we used to hold a peace sign in the air.
in camp we do 'if you can hear the sound of my voice, clap once. if you can hear the sound of my voice, clap twice..' etc until everyone is quiet.
also, we count backwards from 10 to 1 and then when we get to 1, the kids scream blastoff and then are silent..
bizzy said, (167 days ago)
When I worked in preschools, I used to start singing a song until the kids within hearing distance could hear me. Then the kids around them would hear and start singing until eventually the whole room was singing together and looking at me in case they forgot the words.
It got me out of the "mean teacher who wants us to stop doing things that are fun" light and gave me the "cool teacher who likes to sing and make animal noises" reputation.
omg. that's scary.
but it's true. like how they'd make the ENTIRE SCHOOL stay back into lunch at assembly one time because the orchestra conductor decided we couldn't sing the school anthem properly.
the funny thing was that after that, we'd ALL stress the new enunciations she'd taught us. so it still sounded like ass. hhahahahahhahaha