SEL
Ms. Alison woke up in a grumpy mood. Ms. K made a joke but Ms. Alison said it was a stupid joke. Ms. K went to her classroom and cried. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. tell her to "man up"
b. make fun of her for being a crybaby
c. apologize to her
d. none of the above
Ms. Alison was super busy this week. She's tired. Ms. Sarah is ALWAYS smiling and laughing. Ms. Alison becomes irritated. She yells at Ms. Alison because she's sick of her good attitude. What should happen next?
a. keep yelling because it's not natural for someone to be that happy
b. throw herself down and start crying
c. take a deep breath and apologize to Ms. Sarah
d. inform Ms. Sarah that she is no longer allowed in Ms. Alison's classroom
Ms. Alison is having a tough week. Her basement flooded and all of her art stuff down there was destroyed. Ms. K wants to brag constantly about her nice house and how much stuff she has. It's making Ms. Alison very upset. What should she do?
a. punch Ms. K in the face (at least she'll stop talking)
b. spread rumors about Ms. K
c. be happy for Ms. K and remember that the flood situation is temporary.
d. report to Mrs. Voress (that will teach her)
Ms. Alison gets sick a lot. Ms. Sarah decided to brag about how she NEVER gets sick. Ms. Alison may have overreacted and beat Ms. Sarah up using her karate skills to see how she likes feeling bad. Now Ms. Sarah has to take workman's comp. What should have Ms. Alison have done instead?
a. explain gently to Ms. Sarah that it doesn't feel nice when she brags about feeling good when Ms. Alison is sick a lot of the time
b. she should have beat Ms. Sarah more so that she is out the rest of the year
c. complained to Bill (our boss) and gotten Ms. Sarah fired
d. went to Ms. Sarah's house and ransacked it
True or False: You should let EVERYONE in the school know your username and password
That would be a negative, ghost rider
Ms. Alison is having a hard day and came to school in a bad mood. She yelled at her students. She needs to take a break, but refuses to take one. How would you respond?
a. start throwing things at Ms. Alison
b. remind Ms. Alison that it's okay to take a break; everyone needs breaks at times
c. call Mrs. Voress (the principal)
d. both b and c
Ms. Sarah baked her famous chocolate chip cookies. Ayden was really looking forward to eating a couple at the end of the day. But SOMEONE (Ms. Alison) was a pig and ate every single cookie (including the crumbs). What should Ayden do?
a. start a revolt (we ride at dawn)
b. Toilet paper Ms. Alison's house
c. Sue Ms. Alison for theft.
d. talk calmly to Ms. Alison and explain to her that you really wanted a cookie and maybe get Ms. Alison into overeaters anonymous
Ms. Sarah is new and she doesn't know that Ms. Alison has a special spot in the fridge for her food. She put her food there instead. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. throw away all her food and destroy Ms. Sarah's desk
b. move her food to another shelf (it's just a shelf- not a big deal)
c. Report her to the authorities
d. run her out of town
Mr. Bill just told Ms. Alison about an IEP that is due TOMORROW. Ms. Alison is NOT happy. What should she do?
a. demand that Mr. Bill is fired effective immediately
b. destroy his office and all that he holds dear
c. realize that writing IEP's is part of her job and life happens
d. none of the above
A friend in class sent you an insulting email, and it made you feel sad. What should you do?
Tell a teacher FIRST, then talk to your friend about how the email made you feel
Ms. Sarah asked Ms. K to help her move some items to the top of the cabinets in her room. She forgot to do it. What should Ms. Sarah do?
a. yell at Ms. K
b. bite her the next time she sees her
c. report her to the principal
d. ask her nicely to please move the items the next time she sees her
Ms. K was bragging because she already has lessons planned for a whole month and she subtly hinted that Ms. Alison is unprepared. She really hurt Ms. Alison's feelings. What should happen in this situation?
a. obviously, Ms. K is a better teacher than Ms. Alison, so Ms. Alison should pack up and leave now
b. Anyone have a lighter? For a candle... not to set any lessons on fire (at all)
c. realize that ALL teachers are doing their best even if it looks different for everyone
d. celebrate making it through the first few weeks of school
Ms. K is always bragging about how she teaches AND takes her kids to sports, AND finds extra activities, AND also is basically the most extra awesome parent there is. It's getting old. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. let Ms. K be proud of her accomplishments (in reality we love her and she is awesome ;)
b. tell her she's a loser
c. point and laugh at her whenever I see him in the hallway
d. get her fired
Mr. Gish accidentally forgot to lock his room. Ms. K went in and broke all the mugs on his shelves because of a prank war. What should Ms. K do now?
a. nothing; all's fair in a prank war
b. apologize and replace the mugs
c. it's ruined; everything is ruined; nothing is going to help now
d. both a and c
A teacher gives you 5 minutes to put your computer away to prep for the next activity, but you just got on so you are going to spend that 5 minutes playing and THEN clean up after that, using another 5 minutes to do so. What should you do instead?
Watch the clock more carefully in the future to keep track of time, and then clean up when the teacher gives you the 5 minute heads up.
Ms. Alison asked Ms. K to help her solve a math problem for some paperwork that had to be finished in an hour. Ms. K promised she would help, but then forgot to help Ms. Alison. The paperwork was late and Ms. Alison got into trouble. What should Ms. K do?
a. nothing; Ms. Alison should have prepared better
b. destroy Ms. Alison's room
c. Ms. Alison should obviously be fired immediately (IMMEDIATELY)
d. Thank Ms. Alison for the offer to help, be more prompt about helping next time.
Ms. K and Ms. Sarah love Ms. Alison's special chocolate. They decide to find where she keeps the chocolate in her room. They make a major mess and don't even find the chocolate. What should happen next?
a. They should keep looking because they haven't found the chocolate yet
b. They should be thankful that Ms. Alison is willing to give them any chocolate at all.
c. They should apologize and clean up their mess
d. Start their own chocolate business
Ms. Alison asked Grace very nicely to draw something for her because let's be honest, she has trouble drawing stick figures. Grace refused. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. Toilet paper Grace's desk (this should really be the only option)
b. complain to Bill and have Grace put in detention
c. realize that Grace works hard on her school work already and that it's not a big deal
d. say, "It's okay" and come up with plan B
Ms. Sarah ate all the chocolate that Ms. Alison was saving to make Easter baskets. (Ms. Sarah REALLY likes chocolate). Now, Ms. Alison loves Ms. Sarah, but seriously?!? What should Ms. Alison do?
a. Ms. Sarah should go straight to prison (and then overeaters anonymous)
b. punch Ms. Sarah in the throat (that's always the answer)
c. GENTLY question Ms. Sarah as to why she took the chocolate (maybe there is something going on)
d. accept that mistakes happen and forgive and move on; Ms. Alison can buy more chocolate
You REALLY want to search up how to make a _____ (teacher fill in the blank) on the school computer for your creative writing story. It would SO cool if you had an accurate description of a ______. What should you do?
a. Change your story a little bit so that it doesn't include a _________
b. Understand that you can make a good story without an accurate description of a ______, because you know searching it up will get you flagged.
c. Eat a cookie and then search up how to make a _________.
Mrs. Voress (principal) PROMISED Ms. Alison that she would come and play Jeopardy with her students today. She PROMISED; she never showed up. Ms. Alison is devastated and is now crying under her desk. No one knows what to do. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. stay under her desk and keep crying; that is the only sensible solution to this problem
b. gently remind Ms. Voress through an e-mail/text that she promised to come and play Jeopardy
c. remember that Ms. Voress has an extremely busy schedule and that something may have popped up and there's always next time
d. pick anything but Ms. Alison staying under her desk and crying
Ms K's pet spider escaped from its box and now it's loose in the school. It made it to Mr. Porter's room. Mr. Porter found it in his desk. He screamed and it scurried off; now it's lost again. Ms. Alison told Ms. K that she's an idiot and now she's crying. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. nothing; Ms. K needs to suck it up
b. apologize to Ms. K; this was just a series of unfortunate events
c. make fun of Ms. K for crying
d. apologize and look for her spider
Ms. Alison burned some popcorn in the microwave and now the whole downstairs smells. Mr. Thayer sent out an e-mail about it. What should the solution be?
a. Ms. Alison should be fired (effective immediately)
b. Mr. Thayer should cook some fish
c. Ms. Alison should be given some grace; everyone makes mistakes. It happens. It's okay!
d. Mr. Thayer should give everyone lessons on how to properly pop perfect popcorn (dare you to say that 5 times fast)
Ms. Alison hid 3,000 eggs for kids at church to find for Easter. However, adults got into the eggs and ate all the candy. What should Ms. Alison do?
a. destroy everything. EVERYTHING
b. Throw a gigantic fit and create a path of major destruction; like a hurricane.
c. talk to the adults and come up with a solution; alternate activity
d. use her arsenal of coping skills (taking a break, deep breathing, speaking calmly...)
If a teacher that you used to have in school, but no longer have in school, messages you over email and continues to message you, what should you do?
a. Message them back. You know that teacher and they were so nice!
b. Meet them for coffee
c. Tell your current teacher IMMEDIATELY. A teacher who is no longer your teacher has no business messaging you, and it might be a scam.