🎤 1. RESPECT OR DISRESPECT?
Your teacher is explaining something and you quietly wait until they finish before asking your question.
What is respectful?
You realize you accidentally left your name off your paper. What should you do before turning it in?
What is put your name on it?
You need to use the bathroom during class.
What is ask for permission and get your pass approved before leaving?
You walk into class and immediately look for your seat.
What is go to your assigned seat?
You repeatedly do the same thing after being corrected several times.
At this point, what is the teacher likely to see it as?
What is a choice rather than an accident?
Your teacher corrects you. You roll your eyes, shake your head, and loudly sigh.
What is disrespectful?
You finish your work early. Your friends are talking, but other students are still working.
What is stay productive and avoid disrupting the class?
You are using the bathroom and finish quickly, but decide to stop at the campus store afterward.
What is go directly back to class?
You leave your candy wrapper on the floor because “someone else will clean it.”
What is not taking responsibility for your space?
The teacher asks you to stop talking. You respond, “But everyone else is doing it!”
What is arguing instead of following the direction?
A classmate gives an incorrect answer. You don't agree, but you wait your turn and explain your thinking without making fun of them.
What is respectful disagreement?
You're having a terrible morning and are frustrated. You feel like talking back to everyone.
What is have your bad day without taking it out on other people?
You need to leave class, but another student is already out.
What is wait because only one person is out at a time unless there is an emergency?
You finish class and notice your chair is sticking out into the walkway.
What is push your chair in before leaving?
The teacher tells you to move seats because you have continued talking.
What is move without arguing?
Your teacher asks everyone to stop talking. You whisper, “She isn't talking to me,” and continue your conversation.
What is disrespectful and ignoring a direction?
You don't understand an independent assignment. Your friend offers to give you all their answers.
What is ask the teacher for help instead of copying?
You are in the bathroom for much longer than expected and realize you lost track of time.
What is return to class promptly because bathroom breaks are five minutes?
You walk into class, put your head down, and don't respond when class begins. You're actually tired, not sick.
What is not okay because it looks like sleeping and prevents you from being engaged?
A student says, “My other teacher doesn't care if I talk, use my phone, or sit wherever I want.”
What is the correct response?
What is “That may be true in another classroom, but those are not the expectations here”?
Your teacher tells you that you need to redo something. You don't like the decision, but you say, “Okay, can you explain what I need to fix?” instead of arguing.
What is respectful communication and constructive feedback?
You have been reminded three times to stop talking. You know you are doing it again but continue because, “It's not that serious.”
What is making a choice instead of making a mistake?
You know you usually ask to use the bathroom during the same class every single day. You realize you don't actually need to go today.
What is stay in class and avoid turning bathroom passes into a routine escape?
You genuinely feel sick and think you need the nurse, but you don't want to interrupt the teacher.
What is quietly communicate with the teacher instead of simply putting your head down or leaving?
Your teacher gives you a direction you don't like. You think your other teachers would allow you to ignore it.
What should you remember?
What is different classrooms can have different expectations, but you are responsible for following the expectations in the classroom you are currently in?