Quote Originally Posted by enkoujin View Post
You should try giving out more quizzes once every week. Have a quiz, say, every week and when you grade their quizzes, buy stickers with your own money and give students who score over 80% on the quiz. This small act of achievement has shown to increase productivity with students - even if they are in their high school year.

Or you can incorporate more fun into your classes like that time with the whiteboard. Calling kids to read or write on the whiteboard is something to do as well.

Furthermore, if you're funny, your students will pay attention to you. Just make sure to stay tough so it's both an enjoyable class and mentally-challenging.
I do all of these things.

The correct answer is "Stop counting spelling mistakes as incorrect."

Because this is a Texas public school, sooner or later I'm going to have to compromise my values for the sake of my sanity and job security.