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How These Kittens Tamed My Classroom

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How These Kittens Tamed My Classroom

It began with TJ, a sixth grader who had a habit of throwing his shoes at his classmates...  I would be reading aloud to the class or some other teacher-y thing when PLOP -  a size 8 Converse All-Star would land in the aisle, just short of another student's desk. To retrieve the flying footwear, TJ*  would proceed to crawl toward the errant shoe, as if by crawling he could avoid my attention.   We've all had students like TJ; essentially good kids who tear our class to pieces.  We try every trick in the book to keep a lid on...