how can i make this kid a leader if he cant even control his own emotions? im not going to make an undisciplined kid a leader. thats bullshit, what about all the other respectful kids??
Sometimes a behavior problem IS the result of wasted capacity.
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Everything I said was correct. Doing push ups when doing something wrong = punishment. I don’t get what you’re saying.
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Omega, I think this guy is a kid.(from somethin i read in another thread)
I don’t think kids should teach classes at all.
Bullshit. What the hell are we talking about here? Martial Arts training or kindergarden/babysitting? Instructors can be funny, make jokes, have a good sense of humor, but first they need to be tough stuff. You gotta teach the other kids who are disciplined and want to learn, you don’t have time to waste in a kid whose problem clearly isn’t just a matter of personality.
In summary, talk to his crazy grandpa. If the shit continues to stink, throw him out. Simple AND effective.
your a fuckin genious! how did you figure that one out?? does the Nickname give you a little hint? oh ofcourse not, its from a thread you think you remember.
thanks for your input on me not deserving to teach classes, but my students LOVE to take my class. They really enjoy being my students, and i love being their Instructor.
Yes, I AM a young Instructor. (kids instructor)
That’s why Im asking for help on a site where I KNOW people will really want to
help me out.
and how the fuck would u know my credentials? Im not the head instructor, Im a REAL 1st degree black belt (wich I consider to be master of basics) that i earned after 6 years.
I need advice, not nay saying
Oh yeah, your also younger than I am, asshole.
Seems that you aren’t quite qualified to teach if you have to come to a forum to ask advice on how to teach.
I don’t wanna bust your balls or anything, dude (cuz frankly, there’re enough jokers on this thread that are doing just fine as it is), but have you considered that the reason why this kid doesn’t respect your authority as a teacher is because of your age?
You’re nearly 20, right? Old enough to teach, IMO (cuz I was teaching too, when I was your age), but still…if this kid’s just a mere adolescent, of course he’s probably not gonna regard you with the respect you feel entitled to as his teacher…especially if he’s got a chip on his shoulder.
Personally, if I were you, I’d take Omega’s advice to heart. Ignore everything else.
i say make him wear a washing basked strapped to his back, and pin two antenae to a headband and make him train like a ‘snail’. Any study (none) i have seen shows this has been effective in all cases (also none, but its worth a shot).
(to show i can contribute)-just because someone has started to teach it doesn’t mean that they should already be a master of teaching! You think a new high school teacher can teach worth a lick of shit with just a dip ed tacked onto their undergrad? Fuck no. Should that stop them from teaching??? You don’t think new teachers need to ask questions?
The Bad Place is correct, just because you don’t know how to handle every single situation that might come up in class doesn’t mean you shouldn’t teach. We all learn as we go on. MMA kid did what you should do when you’re in doubt, just ask someone with more experience how to handle the situation. Besides it’s not just like you can figure out on your own when it comes to behavioral science. Well, that might not be totally true since alot of parents can raise their kids just fine but then again they have their own parents to ask for help, too.
the graduate school teacher analogy is only that btw, but begining to teach martial arts is hard and one needs all the help they can get.
Am I the only one that thinks publically spanking a 13 year old is wierd shit and probably indicative of something worse outside of the public eye? 'Cause even if you buy into corporal punishment, hitting an adolescent goes beyond the bounds of “correction.”*
His home situation sounds fucked up to me. Really fucked up. I think it’s more than likely that this kid is spending resentment that he saves at home. In abusive households, adolescence is particularly difficult because the abusive adult begins to feel physically and socially threatened by their ward and tend to step up punishment accordingly. Grandpa is more than likely hitting the kid to show that he’s still the Big Dog no matter how much size or TKD the boy is earning.
You’ve become unwittingly complicit in this cycle and you need to break that – disassociate your problems with him from his guardian’s actions. Don’t even tell Grandpa about your problems with him. It’s not helping anyway.
By contrast, you need to keep this kid busy, whether he’s done something wrong or not. In fact, don’t even frame it as punishment. Give him an individual, highly structured and physically challenging (for his age and fitness) routine before he mouths off. In fact, it would be even better if you could find 2-3 more kids who would benefit from especially hard training and section them off. They are not to be partnered and they are not necessarily misbehving (this would be a good place for a “star” student who needs to break through t the next level). They work individually, but knowing that they are part of a group none of them will feel singled out.
These kids get repetitive basics and more intense conditioning. You will need to hit all learning styles by demonstrating what you wish (visual), describing it (audio), providing tips for how proper movement feels and correcting through touch (kinesthetic). Mostly, though, your introduction should be the preamble for the kind of solo drills that force participants to discipline themselves, since they have no opportunity to pause or talk.
*Though personally, I think anybody who can only handle a chilld by hitting them is kind of weak.
You just need to spar with the kid and show him that you can crush him. YOU’RE THROUGH TALKING, LET A SPINNING BACKKICK TO THE GUT FINISH THE CONVERSATION
Exactly. MMAkid you don’t have enough life experience.
If you have to ask on a forum, you shouldn’t be teaching at all.
Yes, everybody starts off somewhere, But I see 20 some year old girls, like in my old tkd school, that couldn’t handle a kid with ADD worth shit.
Its not a matter of experience, its knowlege you know based on living your life.
I’m probably not going to start teaching until I’m around age 30, and hopefully have kids on my own. But whatever mmakid, your gonna do what your gonna do so listen to omega’s advice.
Yeah…cause it is good to teach kids to hate conditioning.
Veridian is that you?
My advice? Stop fucking teaching if you can’t figure this shit out.
Who knows if Pride will topple UFC, good question.
I’d listen to Omega too. Kick the kid out. He will only inhibit the other kids in the class and make things difficult. You can’t change his behavior overnight either, so if you invested serious time to try to make him a perfect student, the other kids will receive less attention or instruction. Just kick this kid out and train the kids who are willing to learn.
Did we read the same post from Omega?