I've worked in the childcare setting for over nine year, teaching children of all ages and abilities. At the begining of the year I left my job as a nursery manager to travel. I'm now an au pair for a very nice family (this is not quite the job they promised me but i'm out here now) However in all the years i've taught children I have never had such a difficult job! The family want English lessons, with the boys sitting and writing and such so that when the mother comes home she can see what they have done. The eldest has quite bad behavioural problems and no boundries from the parents. The younger is much more placid and enjoys ourtime playing games and such. I've just taken on another boy from the eldest child's school and it is like world war three!!! the youngest and this new boy love all the crafts, games, singing and such butthe eldest spends the entire time shouting over me throwing things trying to get the others to miss behave. I have tried giving concequence to his actions, i've tried trying to find a common intrest, trying to be friends, triying to be firm, everything i can think and nothing is working. Sorry for the long post but please has anyone got any ideas I thought this was the one job I was good at !
hello, I do have a piece of advice to give you. I tought in a secondary school. the boys and girls I tought were of 13 and 14 years old. they were so prejudice at the beginning, so i performed being so ,too. I was kind to them, very kind. some acted well, others were so rude, so I decided to show them my teeth. If you find some one who tries to show himself up, don't let him down and don't make yourself happy about what he did. in order not to give him the chance to repeat it again. for your student who teaches his brothers to misbehave, keep giving him advices even if he doesn't listen to. About his other brothers, keep praising them and try to encourage them to take the excellent inlike him who keeps taking good or bad. Keep checking the exercises you give them to find the chance to give them theses excellents, Goods a,d Bads. The topics you are teaching them should all be about topics they interest in, and they should talk about some morals they lack or they need to increase. you know what I mean? I wish you go on.