I was in a class like that...
We went through 6 substitute teachers in a month. Then the new teacher came in, gave us all a text book and told us that we'd be copying it till we learnt to behave. We sat copying for a week... We then come in the next week to find that he's been made permanent.

It was Standard Grade Geography and the books did have a lot of pictures, which he also wanted copies of. Having the handwriting and general coordination of an epileptic spider dipped in ink and let loose with added strobe effects, I ended up doing the same page over and over again. 4, 2-hour blocks of sitting in silence changed everything and he rearranged the seating the next week so certain friendship groups were separated.

I'd say rearranging the seating in the class every now and then is a good thing as it gets them all mixed together and the little brat that shouts in your face, put him with the geeks or the ones that are the proper hard nuts and mock him for being stupid. :)

Good Luck with it all!
(WeeJen, Mon 11 May 2009, 21:22, Reply)