tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post5347776691225175474..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: Pulling Tricks Out of My BagKGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-53942282387520730262008-09-18T22:40:00.000-04:002008-09-18T22:40:00.000-04:00"So, I walk over, bend down and peer into their fa..."So, I walk over, bend down and peer into their faces."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I can imagine that...Donna, you are on the mark.<BR/><BR/>I'm in a community college where I see students sleeping outside of the buildings, under trees, and in their cars. They don't care if they miss class. By the looks of them, I doubt they'll earn credit.<BR/><BR/>Keep cracking the whip. Maybe you'll save a few. :o)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-4732208771616724262008-09-18T15:03:00.000-04:002008-09-18T15:03:00.000-04:00Once again I have to say that I don't envy you. I...Once again I have to say that I don't envy you. It must be so difficult to know what is right in these cases. Is there any way that you can determine the cause of their lack of sleep? Some kids have it much tougher than others.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-42680652487212821082008-09-18T13:54:00.000-04:002008-09-18T13:54:00.000-04:00Hi Donna,I'm one of those chronically sleepy peopl...Hi Donna,<BR/>I'm one of those chronically sleepy people who can fall asleep just about anywhere, that's why whenever I have to go to a meeting or lecture (especially one where they have to dim the lights to show slides) I always have some knitting along or a paper and pen to doodle on--anything to keep my hands and brain alert! Do you allow students to knit in your classes while you're lecturing? (although the guys you mention probably wouldn't anyway!) <BR/>What I don't understand is, why pay for the class if the student has no intention of participating?RuthieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663411478574192825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-87669222028127799882008-09-17T23:35:00.000-04:002008-09-17T23:35:00.000-04:00Enjoyed looking through your blog but not this pro...Enjoyed looking through your blog but not this problem. Reminds me why I'm glad to have been able to retire. <BR/>English language. I had done a lesson of Lewis and Clark and their interaction with the Shoshones in the West. Later on an essay test a student made reference to "the Shoe Shine Tribe"troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-3065128455897138992008-09-17T20:41:00.000-04:002008-09-17T20:41:00.000-04:00That sounds very familiar, Donna!I can't imagine t...That sounds very familiar, Donna!<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine they wouldn't be embarrassed with it though.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-29086098089894872572008-09-17T17:45:00.000-04:002008-09-17T17:45:00.000-04:00My daughter came home from high school last week g...My daughter came home from high school last week giggling about a friend who slept through one class. She said it's quite common and most teachers don't make an issue of it. I told my daughter that I found it disrespectful and insulting. I think I would mark those students absent and ask them to leave.Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-21753562102393159292008-09-17T14:41:00.000-04:002008-09-17T14:41:00.000-04:00I once had a professor who kept a pot and a wooden...I once had a professor who kept a pot and a wooden spoon near the lectern. If someone fell asleep, he quietly walked over and banged loudly on the pot in front of the student.<BR/><BR/>I don't think sleeping in class was nearly the problem when I was in school WAY back when.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-14430233593037900302008-09-17T11:04:00.000-04:002008-09-17T11:04:00.000-04:00I would think that you don't have to put up with a...I would think that you don't have to put up with any sort of bad behaviour at that level (I may be wrong). Heck I wouldn't have put up with it at the high school level, and I wasn't terribly hard to get along with.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I would be tempted to give them a choice: sleep elsewhere or be present in class. It's their choice, which seems reasonable to me. Do you have that option?Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-5721829856112637522008-09-17T09:33:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:33:00.000-04:00I had this problem many years ago when I taught ma...I had this problem many years ago when I taught math at a community college in Tennessee. One student--a farm boy--consistently slept through class but I knew he had milked a herd of cows already that morning. He sat in the back and his sleeping didn't bother anyone but me and I kind of understood. It was a math class and he missed a lot of instruction and ended up barely passing. I heard a story once about a class in a bible college where someone fell asleep and the one sitting next to him whispered to the sleeping man--"the teacher just asked you to dismiss us in prayer" so the sleeper stood up in the middle of class and started praying.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02604780070187163751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-53090651750133941552008-09-17T09:30:00.000-04:002008-09-17T09:30:00.000-04:00Oh my, I odn't have any answers for that. It must...Oh my, I odn't have any answers for that. It must be so maddening! I've been volunteering in my friend's class, and I said to her the other day that I think I would have enjoyed working with older students (fourth grade) and she commented to me that she really enjoyed the younger ones so much better because they were still interested in learning.<BR/><BR/>So it starts down low. Maybe they will wake up before it's too late.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269872465115056916noreply@blogger.com