Teenagers

Why is it, that sometimes the only way to get the attention of a teenager is to act like one of them? Yesterday I moved my Year 13 class to the computer room and went to put up a sign saying " Period 4- E2" on our regular classroom door.

As I walked away a student from my class, let's call him Billy, shouted to some other students " We're in B7". I shouted back " No Billy! We are in E2". Billy turned and smiled at me clearly indicating that he had heard me but was choosing to be a pain. So I shouted again " Billy, tell them we are in E2". Billy looked at me and shouted in front of him " Guys, we're in B7".

Obiously Billy thought this was hillarious, but for some reason it made me irrate as I then had to then chase down the group of students walking in the wrong direction carrying my lap top and class folders ( that no body offered to carry for me as i was racing past)  and tell them to go to E block. As I ran past Billy I made it clear that I was angry, he had wasted me time, and therefore would be ignoring him for the rest of the day.

When I got to class, I gave the class their marked work from the day before. Poor little Billy needed help, but unfortunately I am a woman of my word, and had to follow through with my promise. So I said " Sorry Billy, you have already wasted enough of my time today, I won't be speaking to you". That REALLY got his attention and at the end of the lesson he stayed behind to apologize.

Ok- so maybe I over reacted. But seriously, this is the type of thing that puts me off wanting to have children, for fear that they will grow up to be rotten, annoying teenagers like Billy.