Names

[Unkotare]

Students will arrive on Wednesday and the challenge begins. One of the toughest parts of a new year for me is remembering the name of every student in 6 classes of at least 30+. I'm bad with names to start with, and it's a lot to remember in a short time.

 

[Winco]

Students will arrive on Wednesday and the challenge begins. One of the toughest parts of a new year for me is remembering the name of every student in 6 classes of at least 30+. I'm bad with names to start with, and it's a lot to remember in a short time.

That is your job.
I did it for 40 years.
I always learned ALL of their names within a FEW days.

Toughen up buttercup, you have a job to do.

 

[jotathought]

Students will arrive on Wednesday and the challenge begins. One of the toughest parts of a new year for me is remembering the name of every student in 6 classes of at least 30+. I'm bad with names to start with, and it's a lot to remember in a short time.

What grade(s) do you teach?

 

[Unkotare]

That is your job.
...

Gee, really? Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Unkotare]

What grade(s) do you teach?

High school.

 

[The Duke]

Students will arrive on Wednesday and the challenge begins. One of the toughest parts of a new year for me is remembering the name of every student in 6 classes of at least 30+. I'm bad with names to start with, and it's a lot to remember in a short time.

How correctly do you get all the names, brah? What's your percentage?

 

[Unkotare]

How correctly do you get all the names, brah? What's your percentage?

100%

 

[BULLDOG]

I'm guessing "hey you" is not a viable option.

 

[leftwinger]

High school.

Some sort of alternate HS I suppose? You got a new story every month. Night school, they flew in to get you to move to CA for a online school, wrestling coach at nights? Handing out Sandwhiches to girls? And the real kicker, past students allowed in to roam the hallways and come in classrooms a year later? Huh? What about security?

 

[leftwinger]

100%

Make a seating chart day 1. Don’t let them move around. Learn to think, learn them to learn. If it’s for real? And not some sort of detention prigram?

 

[Unkotare]

Make a seating chart day 1. ....

Yeah, thanks. I already have.

 

[Unkotare]

Some sort of alternate HS I suppose? ...

No, just a high school.

 

[Unkotare]

Some sort of alternate HS I suppose? You got a new story every month. Night school, they flew in to get you to move to CA for a online school, wrestling coach at nights? Handing out Sandwhiches to girls? And the real kicker, past students allowed in to roam the hallways and come in classrooms a year later? Huh? What about security?

Students usually stop by during lunch or after school, but sometimes their teacher in study hall or whatever writes them a pass.

Sorry if my having a lot going on confuses you.

 

[Unkotare]

I'm guessing "hey you" is not a viable option.

That's sort of what many of the students do. A lot of students just call me "mister."

 

[CosmicRocker]

That's sort of what many of the students do. A lot of students just call me "mister."

I'm terrible with names and Im a salesman! not good when i forget client names.
I apologize and say "im sorry I never was good at recalling names , but i do remember the details" ( of whatever).. It humanizes you, takes the pressure off having to recall, and shows the students you do care about them as individuals..

 

[hjmick]

I'm guessing "hey you" is not a viable option.

He could just go with calling everyone "fucker," it is gender neutral...

 

[shockedcanadian]

I'm guessing "hey you" is not a viable option.

"Hey, you little bas*d. Yeah you. Get your a* over here!"

 

[Darkwind]

Students will arrive on Wednesday and the challenge begins. One of the toughest parts of a new year for me is remembering the name of every student in 6 classes of at least 30+. I'm bad with names to start with, and it's a lot to remember in a short time.

Don't you employ standard memory retention practices?

For example, you go around the room and have each student introduce themselves. You say that name, then the next student introduces themself, and you say the first student's name, the current student. And so on until you have gone through the entire class.