Wow, that sounds terrible! Here I thought my job was bad. >.<
Anyway, I hope things get better for you in the future.

I'm employed as a guide in the maths exhibition of our uni, and we got people of all ages visiting us. The most fun are the high school/university students, because you can explain the really funny stuff to them, but the first to fifth graders (age 6-12) are cute and moivated as well. All in between is mostly ... inconvenient to guide, they desperately want to show how cool they are and that it's absolutely not necessary for them to listen to you. What I do is telling them I don't care about anyone who is not interested, and they should shut up or leave, and teach the guys who wanna be taught, but I guess that is something you can't do that easily...

What I have noticed, if you separate boys and girls at that age, they aren't busy with impressing the other gender anymore, so the girls focus on work (cliche, i know, but my personal experience as well) and the boys focus on impressing each other ... surprisingly by wanting to look smart and intelligent and beating the other boys in any competition you get them and therefore focus on what you tell them (more than before, at least).

So you could just try splitting them in two halves of the room and looking for improvement that way.

i know how you feel 
I cant stand middle school kids...... so annoying  
that's why I never wanted to be a teacher

Kiwa_Hajimari wrote:

I'm employed as a guide in the maths exhibition of our uni, and we got people of all ages visiting us. The most fun are the high school/university students, because you can explain the really funny stuff to them, but the first to fifth graders (age 6-12) are cute and moivated as well. All in between is mostly ... inconvenient to guide, they desperately want to show how cool they are and that it's absolutely not necessary for them to listen to you. What I do is telling them I don't care about anyone who is not interested, and they should shut up or leave, and teach the guys who wanna be taught, but I guess that is something you can't do that easily...

What I have noticed, if you separate boys and girls at that age, they aren't busy with impressing the other gender anymore, so the girls focus on work (cliche, i know, but my personal experience as well) and the boys focus on impressing each other ... surprisingly by wanting to look smart and intelligent and beating the other boys in any competition you get them and therefore focus on what you tell them (more than before, at least).

So you could just try splitting them in two halves of the room and looking for improvement that way.

Haha I know what you mean... XD Little kids are always trying to show adults how smart they think they are. Well actually, the boys and girls already separate themselves into different tables but all they still want to do is play around XD Thanks for the advice though ^^ I used the same technique on Saturdays and the kids worked but I guess it doesn't work on this group of kids. XD

Rami wrote:

Hahahaha Truly Funny. Well Ruriel Seems You Can't Handle Kids.

Let Me Tell You That At Your Age I Started To Tutor Kindergarteners Through Eighth Graders. I Loved It Because I Could Easily Entertain Children And They Thought I Was Somewhat Cool. I Help Them With Homework, Graded Tests, Even Had To Watch Them At Break And Recess.  This Was My Routine For About Two Years. I Love Children Because I Can Easily Entertain Them With What Little Thing And They love Being Around Me.

Hopefully It Becomes Better For You, Though From What I Read I Think You Will Have The Same Problems Everyday Than From Your First Day.

Let Me Know How It Goes And I Will Give You Some Tips On How To Deal With Children.

It's not that I hate kids... I love children and the ones that I am teaching are super adorable. They just... don't listen and it does get frustrating. I've come up with a point system where the kids who gain the most points through good schoolwork and behavior receive prizes... So hopefully that will give them a motivational boost~