Fact: It is impossible to make everyone happy.
Just accept it. There is nothing you can do to change it. Especially if you are a teacher.
It seems there is always someone who is upset at me.
For the last few weeks I have tried to do something new with vocabulary but it didn't work well, so I decided to return to the original plan of having my students create vocabulary charts. I know these charts have been effective in helping them learn the new words, but of course I had students come up to me and say, "What!? I HATE doing the vocab chart. Why do we have to draw a picture of the word. This is stupid! This doesn't help me at all.... Blah blah blah blah blah..." Annoying. Very annoying. But, you know what? I have realized that as the teacher I get the final say and I get to ultimately decide what we do. I like taking suggestions and knowing what students enjoy doing in class, but in the end it is all up to me and what I believe is best for my students.
End of discussion. End of story.
Sometimes phrases like, "I'm glad you've discovered your own learning preferences. When you we get to choose how to learn vocabulary, I guess you won't choose this method" might be helpful.
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