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Paul Hawkin’s once said, “Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them” (Hawkins) This quote is so very true in the realm of education. In middle grades, students attend school just for the socialization. This can cause many disturbances during the school day. They are all going through a tough time just wanting to fit in somewhere. Some student may be in fear of participating in class activities because it may not be cool. Some kids may fail a class because they would be a nerd if they cared about their grades. Dating relationships also cause havoc on students this age. This two students may be a couple one minute and the next …show more content…

All children do not learn the same, so how can I just pick one way and teach that way all the time? If I conducted my class this way, the majority of my students will become bored which will be wasting my time and theirs. I want my students to tell me what they are interested in, so I can maybe plan my lessons around that. High stakes testing has become the main teaching element. Teachers teach for the test and do not have time to teach for everyday lives. I understand that we will have these tests and I have to deal with that, but we need to teach for everyday lives as well as the tests.
William Glasser’s Student Needs theory “focuses on personal choice, personal responsibility, and personal transformation” (Classroom Management Theorists and Theories/William Glasser, 2011, para. 2). According to Glasser, “all living creatures control their behavior to fulfill their need for satisfaction in one or more of the five areas: survival, to belong or be loved by others, power and importance, freedom and independence, and to have fun” (Classroom Management Theorists and Theories/William Glasser, 2011, para. 3). There are ten axioms used to describe this theory which include: we can only control our own behavior, information is the only thing we can give other people, relationship problems create long lasting psychological problems, present life situations always include problem relationships, our past has

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