I let kids sit wherever they wanted 1st quarter.
2nd quarter I implemented a seating chart. Some kids weren't happy about it.
In one block, I have three kids who slowly migrated to a back table. The table was originally intended for filing, but when my classes sizes increased past my desk count I had to start using it for students. These kids aren't bad kids, but I wanted to break them up and move them to where it would be easier to help them.
Of course, they didn't want to move. I expected they'd need some encouragement, but when they refused to move in spite of it I performed a magic trick.
Now you see the table...,
...now you don't.
Unless you look closely behind my desk, at least.
I didn't see the need to get into a power struggle. It solved my problem real quick, too.
I felt good about how I handled the situation, but alas, it couldn't end that easily.
I needed to pull the table back out each day, because I don't have enough desks in later classes. I forgot to put it away one day and the kids in question flocked back to their clubhouse.
The same day that I forgot to put it away? I got a new student. Now I have to keep the table out, because I don't have enough desks to accommodate everyone otherwise!
Back to the drawing board on that one. The new student sat in one of the chairs I had assigned to one of the other students, but it seems to be a good fit for her.
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