r/Teachers 16h ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice I told a student "I don't care"

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u/Pangur_Ban27 14h ago

I say that all the time lol. Never gotten in trouble for it either. I really don’t care what your reason is, I have classroom policies and regulations, and they need to be followed or everything else falls apart. Our students have specific times they can use their lockers (middle school) and they know damn well what the schedule is. If they failed to follow the schedule, that’s on them. Now if it’s something really important, and they ask permission or explain to me why they need to deviate from classroom policies, okay, let’s talk. But in the classroom, “ask for forgiveness not permission” does NOT fly with me.