👩🏻‍🏫 Can You Survive a Day as a High School Teacher?

What would be your preferred subject to teach if you were a high school teacher?

• English

• Math

• Science

• It doesn't matter

Do you consider yourself to be a patient person?

• Sometimes

• Rarely

• No

• Yes

You are talking to the class but one student has his headphones on and is not paying attention. How do you handle the situation?

• Talk to the student after class

• Continue the lecture but give the kid detention

• Ignore the student who isn't paying attention

• Stop the class and berate the student

A student asks a question that you literally just answered 2 minutes ago. How do you handle the situation?

• Go off on the kid for not paying attention

• Answer the question again

• Politely explain you just answered that question and that you can speak with him after class about it

• Politely explain that you just answered the question and move on

You are teaching an important topic when one student interrupts to say that his family objects to this being taught in schools. How do you handle the situation?

• Ask someone from the principal's office to speak with the student

• Tell the kid his family is dumb and they should move away immediately

• Carry on as if the student had never said a thing

• Politely explain that the student is free to leave the room while this subject is being taught

You are in the middle of class when several students arrive 20 minutes late. How do you handle the situation?

• Give the tardy students a 20-minute detention after class

• Speak with the tardy students after class about being late

• Stop the class and berate the students

• Ignore the tardy students

The school administration increased your class size yet again this year. How do you handle the situation?

• Accept the situation and do the best you can

• Give each student a little less attention

• Speak with the administration to say you are overloaded

• Cry (long and hard)

You notice that a student named Sarah doesn't seem to listen during lectures but is quite active during class discussions. How do you handle the situation?

• Ignore Sarah and focus on the rest of the class

• Tell Sarah she can't participate in group discussions if she doesn't listen

• Help Sarah learn through teaching methods more active than lectures

• Give Sarah detention for not paying attention

A major world event has taken place and all the students are talking about it before class. How do you handle the situation?

• Ignore the event and give your prepared lesson plan

• Organize an after school discussion about the event

• Start the class with a discussion about the event

• Spend part of the class talking about the event and then move on

A disruptive student won't stop talking during class despite being asked repeatedly and is bothering students trying to learn. How do you handle the situation?

• Ask the student to leave the room

• Berate the student verbally for being disruptive

• Send the student to the principal's office

• Ignore the disruptive student as best you can

You accidentally gave some incorrect information during a class and a student corrects you. How do you handle the situation?

• Convince the class that what you said was actually correct even though it wasn't

• Get defensive and berate the student for interrupting

• Explain to the class you made a mistake and move on

• Make a joke at your expense and move on with a healthy attitude

While grading papers, you realize your class has not understood your teachings properly. How do you handle the situation?

• Cry (softly)

• Throw out the papers and re-teach the subject matter

• Grade the papers on a curve

• Berate your students for being bad

Several of your students are wearing far too much Axe Body Spray. How do you handle the situation?

• Politely explain that their fragrance can impact others

• Ignore the foul-smelling students as best you can

• Seat these students next to an open window

• Leave the school and don't look back

An irate parent is upset over something ridiculous during a parent-teacher meeting. How do you handle the situation?

• Become irate at them in response

• Calmly discuss the issue with them

• Encourage the parents to home-school their child

• Take out your frustrations on the parent's kid

Your classroom does not have enough supplies. Funding is tight. How do you handle the situation?

• Teach the class with limited supplies as best you can

• Purchase school supplies with your own money

• Give up and lay down on the floor until the day is over

• Become a politician and lobby for increased education funding