I strive to treat all of my students with gentleness and respect. One of my main rules in my classrooms is “Be Respectful–treat others the way that you want to be treated.” And let’s be honest the ones that are “tougher” to love tend to need our love the most! Plus our students are like little mirrors–they will act like we do. I know that gentleness may sound like weakness, but gentleness is actually “strength under control”. It is easier to yell than it is to handle the behavior with gentleness and respect. It’s only an external sign of your internal feeling of loss of control. While I understand that some student’s behaviors are difficult and frustrating, yelling will not build positive relationships with your students or promote long-term changes in behavior.
Yelling usually occurs when you’ve lost your cool and often is done in anger.
Here are 3 reasons why I don’t think yelling is effective: 1. One of the main reasons that I make a promise not to yell at my students is because I believe that yelling is the antithesis of all that we strive to do as a teacher.
