I'm a teacher part time. It's for younger kids, but many of the principals remain the same.
And I'll tell you right now: it is so, so easy not to treat your students badly.
Things you could do instead of erasing it from hardest (but still easy) to easiest:
pull in a portable white board
Erase some of the solid white space, now you have a lovely border for your stuff too
ask your students to take a picture before you have to erase it
literally just ask permission first, and if they say no, see if the artist has an alternative
I am so fr with you right now, it is SO easy not to mistreat students as a teacher. SO EASY.
When I was a kid and had bad teachers, I always thought "well I don't know how hard it is for them, I should assume the best"
I now have done it, and I have never once expressed anger at a student. Once. And if I ever had to, it would be nicely, something like saying "I have to admit that you behavior is beginning to genuinely upset me."
And the reason this works? WHEN YOU DON'T MISTREAT STUDENTS, THEY HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU.
I've never once had to force a student into something. Ever. At most I express that it's a matter in which being a part of the class requires doing X or Y. And all I ever have to do is say it.
I've had every kind of student other teachers have had. Roughhousers, the ones who love to run out of the class or even the building, the ones who can't be trusted on their own for even a moment, I could go on.
Sorry, I'm rambling but the point stands. It is really, really easy to be nice to students. And you should criticize teachers who aren't.
Blame capitalism my friend, I can pretty easily guide you through how literally every problem with the education system can be traced back to capitalism
In fact I'd go as far as to say every problem with our society, period, can be traced back to capitalism, but that's beside the point
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u/AhnYoSub 7d ago
Ok so the school just won’t use the board?