Whats the most common discipline problem?
• The most common ones are listed in this section. Many of these are different facets of the same phenomenon: a GTA doesn’t feel comfortable exercising their power in class. They want people to see that s/he is a “nice” person. As a result, they don’t quiet students who interrupt them or others or are otherwise rude, or they allow vocal students to get their way about details like homework length/difficulty or how the class should be organized. This results in a downhill slide where the GTA’s authority is undermined by the loud, and the quiet feel helpless and unprotected by the GTA. This is actually a very common phenomenon for first or second time teachers. • A lack of authority can worsen the restlessness and boredom of a class. But what causes the restlessness? Certainly, if your class is all lecture format, many will find it boring and probably confusing, no matter how engaging you are. The students have all seen the material before, multiple times. It is hard to sit still and qui
