I moved a student's seat closer to where I was working with another student so that the first student might be less distracted. The first guy did not appreciate my support.
"I didn't do anything!" he declared indignantly.
"I promise if that were true, I would have left you where you were," I told him. "I'm too busy to bother with false accusations."
He insisted he had been doing exactly as he was expected, and to save both of us some time I outlined why I had moved him. "1, you weren't doing the assignment," I started.
"I was getting ready to," he said.
"2, you were talking to people around you, preventing them from doing their work."
"They were talking to me!" he claimed.
"3, you are argumentative. You don't listen to me when I redirect you, instead you argue with everything I say, even when you know I'm right."
He paused. He knew he shouldn't say a word, and I could see the struggle on his face. In the end it was too much for him, though. "No I don't!" he insisted.
I raised an eyebrow.
He got to work.
Briefly.
"I didn't do anything!" he declared indignantly.
"I promise if that were true, I would have left you where you were," I told him. "I'm too busy to bother with false accusations."
He insisted he had been doing exactly as he was expected, and to save both of us some time I outlined why I had moved him. "1, you weren't doing the assignment," I started.
"I was getting ready to," he said.
"2, you were talking to people around you, preventing them from doing their work."
"They were talking to me!" he claimed.
"3, you are argumentative. You don't listen to me when I redirect you, instead you argue with everything I say, even when you know I'm right."
He paused. He knew he shouldn't say a word, and I could see the struggle on his face. In the end it was too much for him, though. "No I don't!" he insisted.
I raised an eyebrow.
He got to work.
Briefly.
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