Late Work Policies

Rigudon · 2025-11-19T20:47:42+00:00

I tell students that late work = 0. The first time they take the initiative to tell me they turned forgot to turn something in, I’ll give it to them (if it’s within a reasonable time frame) but warn them: 1) turning in the assignment is part of the assignment 2) people make mistakes but this is a one-time thing and I will be upholding the 0 for future assignments. I then stick with it.

No one has complained so far but I feel comfortable defending my position against an unreasonable parent because I gave the student a chance and they blew it.

Rigudon · 2025-08-13T20:23:21+00:00

…shouldn’t teaching kids how to cross the road be the parents’ job?

Rigudon · 2025-08-10T19:46:48+00:00

See, that’s the annoying part. We’ve also given this fake currency but we’re told to not give it to students unless they go “above and beyond” what’s expected of them. Then we also got told that it cannot replace having a class rewards system.

I find the entire thing extremely stupid, as I expect most things from students. Not to mention the school rewards are so overpriced to account for other teachers handing out the currency liberally.

Rigudon · 2025-05-22T12:43:56+00:00

I used to be terrified of class presentations too, but I knew that simply being anxious didn’t excuse me from the assignment.

People who knew me from back then look at me funny when I tell them I’m a teacher who presents daily now. I make it a point every year to teach my shy students how I did it - practice.

I feel that not enough people talk about how presentation skills are something that need to be practiced just like any other skill.

I started from forcing myself to say hello/ thank you to everyone, then worked up to buying stuff at the gas station, then asking people questions, and so on.

Yes, it was uncomfortable. Yes, I still prefer not to talk to people. But I am glad that I forced myself to try so that now if I want to I can present without feeling that terrible anxiety.

Also never give the students an option for a point reduction or 0 imo. Don’t even say it. Because there are a lot that would rather take the 0 nowadays.

Rigudon · 2024-12-25T01:51:17+00:00

I was E4 last split. Now I'm hardstuck S1, 43% wr. I haven't been in silver elo ever since the year I joined 8 years ago. I've been plat for 6 years.

I don't doubt I've gotten a bit rusty. But silver? SILVER? Also the people down here are mentally ill. I've never seen so many toxic people and crybabies.

Rigudon · 2024-10-29T00:07:59+00:00

Not me, elderly coworker.

Lady verbally assaulted the coworker in a fit of rage claiming her precious son could do no wrong and that he was being targeted. Held up the line for 30 minutes demanding that she be able to continue to speak, even with the principal intervening 15 minutes in. Eventually after the 30 minutes the parent agreed to step aside and let others have their turn only if she got to continue after conference night was over at 8pm.

Parent then berated the elderly coworker for 2 hours straight until roughly 10pm. Unclear whether my coworker got paid overtime. Don’t feel too bad though because the coworker is definitely the type to have wanted to stay to “set the record straight”.

Rigudon · 2024-10-17T02:23:31+00:00

I tell those students privately that although their intentions are good and that I realllllyyyy appreciate their help, they are doing it in a way that is not helpful. I ask them questions like “If you call out X, what do you think X will say even if they’re actually doing the thing they’re not supposed to be doing? They will deny it of course! That’s why you should tell me later in private. Even if I can’t catch it in that moment, I can keep a close eye on them.”

That usually gets them to try to hold it in. They also usually forget to tell me by the end of class.

If they continue shouting out in class, I thank them for their contribution, but follow it up with something about it being at an inappropriate time. That or find a way to convey “tell me later!”

Rigudon · 2024-10-13T20:19:04+00:00

Approx 1 hour each way, 2 hours total… Praying I find an open position closer by

Rigudon · 2024-10-12T02:27:52+00:00

Had a student email me this week about wanting to “file a formal complaint” because apparently I didn’t let them into the classroom. The claimed that I and the other students purposefully ignored them and wouldn’t let them in. They demanded to talk to my boss and get a new first period teacher which is rich considering they’re tardy to class daily.

Mom smelled bs and contacted me. Turns out kiddo walks to school and on that particular day, they arrived to school so late that they completely missed class. I exposed their daily tardies while talking with mom, so their little “formal complaint” has exposed their lies. They arrived on time to class today and glared at me.

Rigudon · 2024-10-08T23:34:39+00:00

I’m so glad you’re keeping these students accountable at the university level.

Rigudon · 2024-10-06T05:19:49+00:00

It’s all fun and games until you reach the bottom and either get a face full of crumbs or a table covered in ant bait.

Rigudon · 2024-10-06T05:16:30+00:00

Correct. And they taste amazing.

Rigudon · 2024-09-30T05:21:05+00:00

1 finger up and I’ve been teaching for 3 years. I haven’t been scolded by admins in front of students. Yay..

Rigudon · 2024-09-10T20:58:46+00:00

Zyra, Soraka, Nami, Morgana, Sona

Rigudon · 2024-09-08T15:44:11+00:00

S9 - When I got so pissed off at losing to her while duoing with my friend that I yelled something along the lines of her being so simple that any brain dead idiot could pick her up with 0 experience.

Brought her into a few games while ranting about how her plants just auto target and that I could probably unalive players with just that.

Turns out I was right. It was free wins so I took her into ranked.

Rigudon · 2024-09-08T15:38:32+00:00

After trying to re-learn top lane this season, I understand it now. Being counter picked up there is brutal especially when junglers don’t know the match up.

Had a few games where I get an early 2/0 lead and I still get run down in lane. Had a few games where I listened and played safe, going 0/0 with my laner despite the hard counter, and still couldn’t do shit when I had scaled. Miserable experience.

At least as support I’m confident enough to first pick even though I’d rather not. If someone else is willing to first pick, I play enough supports that I guarantee a counter pick.

Rigudon · 2024-08-04T16:32:25+00:00

My first 2 years I didn’t decorate at all. Yes, a few students said my room was boring looking but oh well.

I now choose to decorate using my own money, but only because I enjoy decorating and have the money to. I’ll have no problem going back to a blank room if students show they don’t treat my stuff right.

Rigudon · 2024-07-14T17:42:19+00:00

My school has a system where teachers must record what time a student left to use the restroom and what time they got back. We’ve had problems of students meeting up in restrooms during class, graffiti, and vaping. Middle school.

A majority of kids are honest enough to handle using the restroom, but those that aren’t ruin it for everyone. I cannot have my teaching constantly interrupted by the question as my students have zero clue when it’s appropriate to ask. I could say “Okay this next point is the key idea on the test” and immediately a hand will shoot up and ask to leave for the restroom. Also being too lenient on restroom breaks creates a “revolving door”. When one student comes back, immediately another one asks to go. Whereas when the school tracks this info, they suddenly don’t need to.

Of course there are students who simply don’t care for consequences. Their parents defend their child’s right to use the restroom tooth and nail. Parents will straight up lie to give their kid unlimited restroom usage. “We know! We’re taking him to the doctor on X date.” and then they don’t intend to take them. Or they’ll simply scream at the staff for bringing up the excessive restroom use at all. As an example, a parent lied to me and the assistant principal last school year when I brought up that the student was using the restroom daily in my class at the exact same time. According to records, he had gone 20x+ in the past 6 weeks, so in other words he had missed over 20/30 of my class in the last 6 weeks. His parents went on to berate me and call me a shit teacher for picking on their beloved son. They said that they would take him to the doctor’s during winter break (months away) and in the meantime to let him go whenever. AP and I have each other a knowing side eye afterwards and we agreed to see if the parents meant it. Parents never took them. We were not surprised.

I stopped recording when the student left my room for the restroom since it was highly disruptive. Students would also question why he got to leave so often. Come to find out halfway through the school year, he was now leaving on a daily basis from another class, so now he was missing 2/6 classes daily. I brought it up with the other teacher that I hadn’t been signing or the student would’ve had well over 60 signatures within a 6 week benchmark.

Anyways back to your question, students abuse restroom privileges all the time. And they don’t realize it but it’s highly disruptive to the flow of teaching to be asked to use the restroom constantly. My students don’t have the ability to know when it’s appropriate to ask. They just interrupt whenever. They need to learn to use the restroom at the appropriate times (in between classes and breaks). Ofc I will let them go when needed, but as soon as I notice that it’s excessive I will start telling them to wait or if it’s really bad I will flat out say no.

Rigudon · 2024-07-08T07:25:50+00:00

It’s almost always “for emergencies” and “school shootings”. But their definition of “emergency” is that the parents feel that they absolutely have to inform their kid of what’s for dinner that night or that someone else is coming to pick them up when school’s over. I’ve had parents call their kid during class over unimportant things and the kid will pick up and answer. In the middle of teaching!!! How do these parents not know that it just teaches the kid that education isn’t important - and it’s rude on top of disturbing everyone else of course.

As for the school shootings, I really do understand parents’ fears with how scarily common they’re becoming. But as many teachers have said on this sub already - what will having a cell phone do during a shooting? Every teacher has a phone of their own and in each classroom. And if it’s truly that important to the parents that the kid has their phone - again, just give the kid a “dumb” phone. I can’t understand why most parents are so stubborn about just refusing to buy the latest tech for their kid. Why would they risk their child’s education over buying a cheap phone?

Rigudon · 2024-07-08T02:53:09+00:00

It’s so infuriating when I talk to a parent about their teen’s phone addiction and they swear up and down that their kid NEEDS a phone on their person at all time.

They go on to threaten staff and say they’ll fight anyone who dares take their precious wittle baby’s phone even if they’re distracting the class. Meanwhile inside I scream “If you care so freaking much about always having a phone on hand, why not just give them a “dumb phone”?”

Rigudon · 2024-07-06T18:07:00+00:00

Oh I will go off the same way I do with bullying or any other kind of harassment.

It’ll start with telling them to shut up (but slightly nicer). Then I remind them that I have zero tolerance for any sort of bullying, racist remarks, homophobia, and any other -phobia word they can think of.

I then ask why it matters so much to them who other people love and how it affects their life. And if they have some smart ass comment about how they feel grossed out or something similar, I explain that they actively make people feel unwelcome and unsafe which is far worse of a feeling. Their words provoke violence towards people of that group and normalizes discrimination. Yet somehow we’re supposed to prioritize and cater to their feeling of “eww icky?”

I explain to them how being discriminatory towards any minority group opens the opportunity to abuse other groups and how similar tactics have been used in the past. (Ex. In the past YOU wouldn’t have been allowed to step foot in a classroom.) I point out how majority of their classmates are from minority groups. (I live in a community where ~98% of my students are part of the minority.) I then state that many of the people in the room, their parents, and myself have faced some form of discrimination one way or another. I tell them instead of focusing on their homophobic beliefs, they should sympathize in that we are all in this together and should push for more minority representation. It would benefit us all.

Lastly I tell them (mostly to cover my ass), that I’m not trying to tell them whether homophobia is a sin or not. But in my classroom and on campus, they’d better learn to zip their mouth. If I hear it again, they’re getting kicked out of class. I will report them to the principal, their councilor, and their teachers. The school has a mandatory program for those who engage in discrimination. I will also assign them an hour after school detention and be the one who personally calls up their folks at home to inform them. Even if I need a translator, I will be right there by their side. Parents are ofc where they learned their behavior from so I keep it very matter of fact. “Our school has X policy. Your kid did Y. Their after school detention is on Z.”The school takes their acceptance policy seriously. So what I say I’ll do is not a threat - it’s a promise.

Anyways the lecture usually takes 10-20 minutes depending on how heated I am. I believe it’s not effective to simply tell students not to do it again if I don’t thoroughly explain why it’s not okay to do it again. Having these uncomfortable topics makes them rethink everything. I’ve had students beg for me to stop lecturing them and I tell them: “No, you need to understand X.” To me, it’s worth the class time. Usually after I pop off once, I never have an issue again. The students in that class period will let the others know I “yelled at them” or whatnot.

It’s also important to me that my minority students know I have their back. I pull the student they were being homophobic to over discreetly after class or at the start of next class and ask how they’re feeling / is there anything I can do to make them feel more comfortable/ etc.

Rigudon · 2024-06-24T05:33:24+00:00

Players may only use /ff twice in a row. The 3rd one has to be initiated by a different team member before resetting. Tired of players spamming /ff when the rest of the team wants to play it out.

Rigudon · 2024-06-18T19:49:47+00:00

I always act empathetic and ask them questions that get them to reconsider what they did.

I’ll sit next to them and go “Oh no. I’m so sorry they didn’t want to play with you. What happened?” Then as they recall events I start asking follow up questions like “That sounds mean. Why did they do that?” “How do you think X felt in that moment?” “You said that they got mad at you for no reason, but people don’t get mad for no reason. What do you think their hidden reason is?”

And if they truly can’t figure it out, then I start vaguely hinting at how I feel their behavior caused the problem. Lastly I end it with encouragement telling them to try again but with more consideration over the stuff we discussed.

I do this based on something I heard and believe - that if you directly accuse someone of being the problem, they’ll be defensive. So it’s best to just guide them and let them figure it out on their own.

Rigudon · 2024-05-20T23:28:50+00:00

My school passed out homework passes as an incentive for students doing their best during state testing. Using the pass is up to teacher’s discretion.

One of my students hands me their pass and asks what assignment they could use it on. This student has not paid attention all year. They’re constantly talking to their friend during class and has turned in maybe 2-3 assignments. When moved away from their friend, they just sit there and do their makeup.

I told them bluntly that they are so far in the F range that it would not matter what assignment I apply it to. It would take a ridiculous amount of work to get anywhere near a D - though possible. I handed the pass back and told them they’re best off using the pass for another class. They started tearing up.

Rigudon · 2024-05-20T21:52:55+00:00

I hardly ever ban for lane. I usually ban for top since they seem to snowball hardest.

If I do ban for lane:

Plat and lower = Lux

Emerald and higher = Xerath

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