I always win

I love it when I out smart ass the king of the smart asses. 

There is one boy in my Wednesday 5th grade who seems to be testing me.  Every week he tries so hard to disrupt my class by acting stupid.  Sorry there is no polite way to describe how he acts every week except stupid.  I usually have to spend the first five minutes of my class getting him to shut up and the other kids to stop laughing at him which only makes him worse. 

So one week, I asked him if I needed to call his mother who I know personally and let her know how he acts in my class.  The mother threat did not deter him. 

Stupid Boy:  "So, call her, she ain't gonna do nothing" 

Mrs. Honey:  "Well fine, I'll just call your dad"

Stupid Boy:  "You don't know his number"

Mrs. Honey:  "Well I can get it from the office" 

Stupid Boy:  "They don't have his number" 

Well at this point I realized that there was no point in continuing this argument, so I told him to be quiet and started my class.  He thought he won.  He was wrong. 

The next week before class I went and got his student info sheet from the office and made a copy.  I then wrote ALL his parents contact numbers across the top of my white board.  I did not put their names, just initials and the numbers.  I then waited till class started.  I said not a word about the numbers.  Some of the kids noticed the numbers on the board and asked me what they were.  I just shrugged my shoulders and didn't answer them.  Stupid boy had not noticed them yet.  He finally turned around and saw the numbers on the board.  He raised his hand and asked why I had his parents numbers on the board. 

Mrs. Honey:  "Well who knows when I might need them"

Stupid Boy:  "Well thats not my dad's initials anyway"

Mrs. Honey:  "Really"  I then whip out the copy I made of his data sheet and wave it around in the air.  "Thats not what your mom wrote on this sheet"

He never said another word,  I have not had a single problem from him since.  If he starts to act stupid I just look at the board and then look back at him. That pretty much makes him rethink whatever he was about to do. 

This happened about a month ago and I still have the numbers on the board.  In fact it has worked so well, I may add a few more numbers to my board!