Things that make school harder

Yesterday I had a student tear up her assigment, throw the pieces like confetti and then curl up under her desk because I didn't answer her question fast enough. I feel like that's a metaphor for pretty much everything.

During the same class I had another student refuse to pull his mask over his nose because he "wants to get COVID because I hate school!" and a third student who would not stop barking. When I texted his mom she replied, "tell him to stop" as if I hadn't possibly thought to try that yet. 

This is after my "culture reset" of games/community building and reviewing expectations and consequences. Clearly that worked well.