They got me.

Yup. Two weeks in to full-time, bilingual teaching, and they got me.
Since anyone is unlikely to ever read this, I'm just going to vent here for a bit.
This class sucks.
And knowing that they are universally recognized throughout the school as sucking doesn't really help when it's me that they are sucking dry.
There are 10 out of 15 kids in that room who need an eye (or two) on them at all times. It's just too much to keep under control. I'm trying to figure out what went wrong this week - but it's so many things, I can't choose just one or two.
There were 5 major schedule changing events this week. Not helpful.
The only reward they cared about this week was the candy. Stickers, stamps, notes home - bah.
Literally, shaking the candy bag to get their attention was the only thing to get results. They are like dogs!
Even hallway points to get the iTouches didn't really work. There's nowhere that I can walk and see the whole line at the same time because two thirds of it is crap!
So, so frustrated.
And the bickering was awful this week again.
I'm sure I let up a bit this week, and I guess that just shows me that I can't. I have to be mean teacher all the time. How exhausting.
And then, this week, of course, I was trying to actually TEACH more than last week, when I was so focused on behavior. Apparently, teaching is NOT ALLOWED by this group.
Yup.
They got me all right.