Comments on: The Adaptive Unconscious: You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: teachin'http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/#comment-6368 teachin' Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:37 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=2113#comment-6368 That makes sense to me. We have a school-wide tardy detention that I don't feel is a particularly effective deterrent. So I make kids call home when they come tardy to my class, and I've only had two kids be tardy more than once, and those both only twice (and that not for quite a while). I'm all for showing them we're serious and they need to respond accordingly. That makes sense to me. We have a school-wide tardy detention that I don't feel is a particularly effective deterrent. So I make kids call home when they come tardy to my class, and I've only had two kids be tardy more than once, and those both only twice (and that not for quite a while). I'm all for showing them we're serious and they need to respond accordingly.

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/#comment-6366 Joel Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:19:59 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=2113#comment-6366 Honestly, I'm not going to send anyone to the office. But I am going to go into classes prepared to make phone calls home and assign detention... Honestly, I'm not going to send anyone to the office. But I am going to go into classes prepared to make phone calls home and assign detention…

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]]> By: teachin'http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/#comment-6365 teachin' Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:09:51 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=2113#comment-6365 I'm sure they'd see you mean business, and I'm all for keeping discipline in a class, but.....sending five kids to the office every day? Was the writer speaking hyperbolically? Because I feel like (a) my admin would get fed up with that right quick, (b) I'd just be showing the kids that I can't take care of my own discipline, which is not a great precedent, and (c) the kids would think I was a huge asshole and then wouldn't trust me. First impressions are certainly important, but those aren't impressions I'd want to make. I'm sure they'd see you mean business, and I'm all for keeping discipline in a class, but…..sending five kids to the office every day? Was the writer speaking hyperbolically? Because I feel like (a) my admin would get fed up with that right quick, (b) I'd just be showing the kids that I can't take care of my own discipline, which is not a great precedent, and (c) the kids would think I was a huge asshole and then wouldn't trust me. First impressions are certainly important, but those aren't impressions I'd want to make.

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/#comment-6363 Joel Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:48:38 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=2113#comment-6363 The post was no longer on The Yellow Board. Basically, the idea is that when you go out there prepared to take care of misbehaving students, they see that you mean business and don't mess with you. We'll see what happens... The post was no longer on The Yellow Board. Basically, the idea is that when you go out there prepared to take care of misbehaving students, they see that you mean business and don't mess with you. We'll see what happens…

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]]> By: Angela_Powell_Watsonhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/the-adaptive-unconscious-you-never-get-a-second-chance-to-make-a-first-impression/#comment-6362 Angela_Powell_Watson Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:26:55 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=2113#comment-6362 HI, Joel, thanks for the recommendation for 'Blink'--I'll definitely check it out! I read 'Outliers' last year and found there were lots of meaningful implications for educators (you can read the review here: <a href="http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/2008/12/outliers.html" rel="nofollow">http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/2...</a>).<br><br>One question for you about the Yellow Board (I followed the link and couldn't find the comment): what did the person mean by starting class looking for 5 kids to send to the office? How does that work? HI, Joel, thanks for the recommendation for 'Blink'–I'll definitely check it out! I read 'Outliers' last year and found there were lots of meaningful implications for educators (you can read the review here: http://thecornerstoneforteachers.blogspot.com/2...).

One question for you about the Yellow Board (I followed the link and couldn't find the comment): what did the person mean by starting class looking for 5 kids to send to the office? How does that work?

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