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I knew a decent amount about classroom management before completing this unit; however, classroom management is still one of the things about teaching that I am most afraid of. It was interesting to learn about how eye contact, voice, and gestures can be beneficial to use for classroom management. I was able to think back to when I used gestures or eye contact in classrooms without thinking about why it works or why I was doing it. I just know I got really good at "telling" a student they shouldn't be doing that with my eyes. Several times, students would make eye contact with me and immediately stop what they were doing. It is something so simple and I like that it doesn't draw attention to the student I am reprimanding. I know if I was a student, I would be more "traumatized"(I hated getting in trouble when I was younger) if my peers knew I had gotten in trouble. I find it very important to speak to students privately about their behavior. I actually experienced what could happen if a student is reprimanded in front of the class and never want my student to go through that, and especially if I caused those feelings by not handling the situation properly. I was present for this incident, but not in charge of this particular student. The student accidentally hurt another student. The teacher yelled at him/her to apologize while their peers were watching. That student ended up having a panic attack and could not speak. Once the situation was over, it was discussed amongst my peers and our leader how the situation should be handled differently next time. I am glad we were able to reflect as a group what we should have done differently. Because of this experience, I am super aware that reprimanding students should be done in private.
