Progress has been made today towards making the kids respect me. When my supervisor made his announcements, he reinformed the kids that I am a staff member and should be given the same amount of respect that he gets. I think it helped improve things a little bit. I've been told by one of the kids that I am bossy and that I am not nice. I responded by saying that I am trying to be nice, but she will not listen to me when I ask her to do something.
I had a lot more kids in Power Hour also. In fact, I think it was probably my second largest group so far. Drew brought his math homework, but nothing else. I suspect that he usually has more homework than that, so I checked his planner. He did not write any of his assignments down. When I spoke to his father earlier, I requested that he tell his son to write down all of his assignments. It would make my job a whole lot easier. He said that he fully agreed with me and would have his son do that. It was one of the first times I had spoken to a kid's parents about their behavior so it was a little nerve-racking.
I didn't seem to have a whole lot of issues besides that, but I did have a couple. One of the other kids in Power Hour did not want to do anything besides sit and watch people play chess. I tried as hard as I could (I even tried to get him to do one of the worksheets), but he just did not want to listen. I did not give him any points for the day. Another kid was listening to some inappropriate music. I told him if he did it again, he would sit in time out and he would not be allowed to bring his mp3 player any more.
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