Today one of my students who is extremely tall and athletic, who we'll call Football, sat in the back of my resource room and pretended to perform oral sex on an imaginary you- know-what to get some laughs from his peers. He clearly was oblivious to the fact that I was glaring at him until he and his friends turned around and met my stare of death. What I wanted to do at that moment was scream at him about how disgusting he was, but I didn't. As all of his friends began laughing hysterically because they knew Football had just been caught, I just continued to glare at him and make him feel very uncomfortable. Eventually all of his friends who were laughing at first, quickly began to quiet down and look back and forth between myself and Football as I continued my death stare. Right as I could sense that everyone was beginning to feel uncomfortable with the silence, I very calmly said, "Football, can you please go stand out in the hallway?"
New Teacher Tip of the Day: Sometimes acting really creepy and calm totally freaks the kids out. The second we got into the hallway, Football began apologizing and promised it would never happen again and when we reentered the classroom, the remaining students continued to work in silence. The death stare works like a charm.
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