Rotten Kid Syndrome

[kitkatz]

Everyone has dealt with that rotten kid, especially the teachers on this board.  Here you can tell the rotten kid stories.


My rotten kids in last year's class, stood up and took a bow the last day of school. They said they knew they had been bad and had been on my last nerve.  Then giggled and sat down. Rotten kids!

[twirl]

I have many, many rotten kid stories

one was this kid, a big 8th grader, and his mother got into a fist fight in my room
his mother was a cafeteria worker in our school
thanks goodness, the police officer's room was next to mine

a long time ago when we were studying Medusa, an 8th grader football player let a snake out of his backpack
I said, "Oh shit, a snake." I was worried about getting fired for saying shit until the student was let off easy b/c he had never been in trouble before------ Let them try to fire me---- they never said anything but none of my students told on me

I had a parent meeting with my best friend at the time, the choir teacher - we had the same student and he was rotten-
he did a pole dance one morning at the flag pole
his mom blamed us
apparently I taught him the dance
and the choir teacher sang for the background music
parent believed her son
she said we had a personality disorder

[skyedogrocks]

Amen to all of you teachers out there, I don't know how you stand those kids!  I chaperoned a trip to a Zoo/Amusement park, I had my son and 4 other boys.  I thought I was going to lose my mind.  The best part of their day was seeing the poop of a Water Buffalo, some took pictures!  A set of boys were brothers, the younger bro was 5/6.  He cried the WHOLE time.  I can't believe how patient I was.  I dropped the kids back on the school bus and SKIPPED back to my car.

I don't have any pesonal stories to share, but I will never be one of those Mom's who thinks their son is an angel and would never do anything wrong.  I hate those kind of parents!  They usually have the most rotten of them all for a child.

Oh, I do know one thing I can't stand.  Kids who just walk out into the street in front of cars because Pedestrian's have the right of way.   That's all fine, but once they are walking, they crawl across the street with a smirk on their face, taunting the driver to hit them.  Little rotten   %&@!

[flip]

Three of my former football players are serving time for rape and murder (separate incidents). Funny thing is I never had any problems with them.

[twirl]

at my school in Conroe -- a lot of my students ended up on that cop show -- Bad Boys Bad Boys
they would be busted on the street my school was on
my husband teaches at a different school in Conroe and a lot of his students end up as doctors
he had twins who are now both dentist here in town
girl students of mine got busted for being prostitutes

[okarol]

I helped drive my some of my sons 4th grade classmates to the Long Beach Aquarium for a field trip. Each parent had about 4 kids in their car. As I exited the freeway I got turned around and was suddenly heading away from the Aquarium on a one-way street. I was a little lost but somehow made my way there. As we walked up to where the class was meeting one of the boys said to the teacher, "Mrs. Franks said a swear word!" I was stunned, and asked my son and the other boys what I had said in the car. They told me, "Crap!" I said, "That's not a swear word!" Hehehe - I hate little informants. 

[G-Ma]

     twirl...what are you teaching those girls??? and okarol, those poor poor little boys...good thing I wasn't driving...I would have tied their tongues together or something equally appropriate...I raised two boys who I know were/are not angels although I think they are perfect...ha ha.

[MIbarra]

I have the worst kid in the entire school this year. He was removed from PE the very first day of school and then removed from my classroom in the afternoon. He got in a fight at recess -- the FIRST day of school! He is seven.

He has licked his hands and touched the other children, spit in girls' hair, shoved, hit, kicked, pushed our assistant principal, took his pants down in front of the whole class, refused to open his eyes for the photographer on picture day, took off at recess and started heading for a major street, thrown pencils clear across the room, breaks pencils and throws them on my desk, threw a chair, screams in the middle of lessons, refuses to work, got kicked out of his first day of music.... and the list goes on.

We had a meeting with the parents. Now I understand why the kid is the way he is! Truly frustrating.

We have been in school for 9 days now. It only gets worse from here. I'm not going to enjoy this year. 

[twirl]

yes but I used to teach that kid when he was in the 7th and 8th grades!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bless your heart
I feel for you
meeting parents is an eye opener----- we had a meeting with a mom whose kid said MF'er all the time----- used it as a noun, verb, adjective---
during the meeting his mom said," I don't know where he gets that GD F-ing language." she used the words---- geeze, I wonder
I know it will be a long year for you but maybe....he will move.... there is always hope

[petey]

Okay -- I'll chime in.  I have 21 years of teaching high school kids -- some of the best in the world, and some of the worst in the world.  My worst ones came to me about 10 years ago -- two guys in rival gangs (back when gangs were just getting "popular" in our area).  One in my class killed another one in the same class by beating him to death with a tire iron one day after school in the neighborhood where they both lived ("bad" side of town).  Saddest experience I've ever had with any of my students.

About five years ago, I was assigned a senior English class of all repeaters (couldn't get through high school because they couldn't pass English their last year).  It was a class of 30 kids -- some very, very slow, some with serious attendance problems (hence, they didn't come to school enough to pass), some drug dealers, and some just outright hoodlums.  As an incentive and a symbol, at the beginning of the semester, they helped me "hang" fake diplomas from the ceiling in my classroom.  Each diploma (really a piece of white paper rolled up with a ribbon tied around it) had a student's name on it.  I reminded them EVERY DAY that that (the diploma) was what they were working for, and that class really worked their buns off!  They came in every day to make sure "their" diploma was still hanging in my room (which meant they still had a chance to graduate).  I told them that when it was obvious they were going to pass (and graduate), they would get to "cut" their fake diploma down and keep it.   I had one guy who was 20 years old in that class and had repeated senior English three times, and a week before school was out, he was killed by police after he broke into a disabled man's home, tied him up, beat him, and robbed him.  The next morning, my principal asked me to tell my class what had happened; that was hard.  That afternoon, the boy's grandfather came to my class and asked me if he could have James' fake diploma to bury with him.  I watched as that old man cried the most pitiful cry I have ever heard when he took down that rolled up piece of paper.  That one hit me hard, too.

[twirl]

Petey
what a good idea about the hanging of dipolmas

[petey]

It gave the kids a tangent, visual symbol of their goal -- graduation.  When they started to lose their focus in class, all I had to do was point to their diploma (they each knew where theirs was hanging).  Also, when they came to class each day, they were so relieved when they saw theirs still hanging there because it meant they still had a chance.  I also used it to motivate them to do homework, study for tests, pay attention in class.  If they didn't, they stood the chance of my cutting down their diploma!  I thought it was a good incentive (although it made for a "different" looking classroom with those diplomas hanging over our heads all semester long).  However, no one ever tried to even touch them or play with them -- afterall, they might fall down, and we all knew what that meant.  The diplomas were almost sacred.  It was, however, heart-wrenching to see that grandfather cut his grandson's down.  That idea still has good memories for me (29 of the 30 graduated) and very sad memories for me (the grandfather).  I haven't used that tactic since that class, but I think I might again one day.

[Romona]

I have the worst kid in the entire school this year. He was removed from PE the very first day of school and then removed from my classroom in the afternoon. He got in a fight at recess -- the FIRST day of school! He is seven.

He has licked his hands and touched the other children, spit in girls' hair, shoved, hit, kicked, pushed our assistant principal, took his pants down in front of the whole class, refused to open his eyes for the photographer on picture day, took off at recess and started heading for a major street, thrown pencils clear across the room, breaks pencils and throws them on my desk, threw a chair, screams in the middle of lessons, refuses to work, got kicked out of his first day of music.... and the list goes on.

We had a meeting with the parents. Now I understand why the kid is the way he is! Truly frustrating.

We have been in school for 9 days now. It only gets worse from here. I'm not going to enjoy this year.

It was nice meeting you the other day. Sorry about my kid.

[jbeany]

Brilliant idea, petey.

Can I tell a non-school rotten kid story?  Although, come to think of it, it's more of rotten parenting story. . .

I had a college friend visit last week.  I haven't seen her in years.  She came to visit with her hubby and 3 yr old.  We walked downtown and went out for dinner.  I had been sick that day, but I wasn't going to pass up a chance to see her when I wasn't likely to get another chance for another decade.  I was a bit queasy, so I was hoping for a non-fast food, non-greasy dinner.  When it came to picking a restaurant, though, I listed all the available options, and made a suggestion as to what places had the best food.  And what to mommy and daddy do? They ask the 3 year old where she wants to eat.  The kid said she was starving, so we had to get something really quick, instead of real food.  How is it exactly, that the 3 yr old gets to be in charge?  So, greasy pizza it is, because that's what the kid insisted on.  Then, they couldn't order any toppings that she didn't like, so we got the pizza the kid wanted.  She, of course, ate exactly one bite and spent the rest of the time staring at a nearby TV set playing Sponge Bob.  Then my friend says - "Oh, I didn't think she would eat anything anyhow."  What?!

[kitkatz]

I have one boy in my seventh grade Language Arts class who has eight assignments missing., no journal writings at all and will not work in my classroom. If I send him on time out he will complete the assignment for me.  Sigh! I am at a loss as to what to do with him. He is proud of his F in my class. He talks all of the time too.  even when I am instructing the class.  He ruins it for everyone.  He doe snot care when I send him to the office either. I am trying hard to ignore him and get the class to ignore him, but some of them want to play with him. Lord please help me!

[twirl]

I used to tell my 8th grade girls pretend like the journal is writing a note to a friend.
I had Proud Panthers on every other Friday and I would bring students making it a dum dum or a sour sucker.
I had over 90 students and they worked for it...... I had used Good Citizens in 4th grade and just changed it to panthers--- we were panthers-
amazing to see an 8th grade boy upset b/c he did not earn his dum dum- then I had to bring real juice Popsicles -- and that worked

[twirl]

this rotten kid is Trasie
she just turned 2
we were at a restaurant and my husband got up to go to the bathroom
trasie was between us
before I knew it she had her shoes, pants and diapher off
and was butt naked
people in the restaurant were laughing and laughing
she is so adorable

[Mizar]

Several Years Ago, while I was Driving a School Bus, I stopped at Light and looked out my Window to see a very Fine, looking SUV, next to me.
We pulled away from the Light and the Driver of the SUV, pulled in front of Me, Put on His Hazards and Stopped Traffic. He got out of his Machine and came to the
Bus Door and Knocked. I Opened it and He said, " One of those " ROTTEN KIDS " on your Bus, put down Their Window at the last Light and threw Their Half Eaten
Bagel into my Open Sunroof. It landed on my Laptop "   RUT RO!  Rotten Kid, Good Aim.