Classroom Discipline

I was a teacher for 40 years. I know that classrooms can look like pigsties! If a classroom was really dirty, I refused to start my lessons. I told the pupils to throw everything they found under their desks onto the floor. We always have two pupils who're responsible for the cleanliness of the classroom for one week. They alternate. These two pupils had to fetch a broom and a shovel and clean the floor. Often the bin overflowed with the trash they collectedI Occasionally, I let all the rubbish lie on the floor before a teacher / parents meeting. The parents were shocked when they arrived. I told them that it was their children who were responsible for this and that they had no problems creating such a mess in one day. In the area where I live the locals are proud of being exceptionally clean. They were ashamed when they saw what their children did outside the house.

That was really good. I wish I tried that on my students too. I always tried the reward one. For example, I used to give chocolates and stars, etc for the most overall disciplined student. That thing really worked for me as mine were primary class students.

Hard headed students are nuisance and they are found everywhere.

Clever way of telling the students the importance of cleanliness. Instead of yanking and yanking that is one good way to discipline the kids.

Naughty students needs a lesson sometimes too. Teachers need to discipline naughty students in a way that they will learn their lesson and may never do the same naughtiness again.