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- The formal verb exacerbate means to make an already bad situation even worse: The chemicals exacerbated my skin condition.
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- Accept What’s Happening. Acknowledge the situation and do your best to recognize the facts around the current circumstances. Any time that you live in denial can make difficult times worse.
- Release Total Control. We all feel the need to grip the steering wheel of a situation when we feel out of control, but unlike driving, your worst-case scenario is more likely to come about if you continue to fight.
- Maintain A Positive Mindset. Having a positive attitude will not only help you get through bad things more gracefully, but it will help those around you.
- Change Your Perspective. The first time we experience something, we tend to see it through the same lens with which we look at everything. We are who we are.
- Get Visibly Angry
- Raise Your Voice
- Have A Stare Down
- Be Problem Oriented
- Use You Statements
- Say, “Calm Down”
- Get The Last Word
- Correct Every Minor Behavior
- Dig Your Heels in
- Get Sarcastic
I don’t know about you, but I hate to let students see me angry. There is no quicker way to make me feel like a failure. I have a difficult time hiding my anger. I get red in the face and have to work hard to maintain my breathing. Students who are trying to get a rise out of me get a real show if I reach this point. Instead of getting visibly angr...
Sometimes it feels good to just yell, am I right? No, I am not right. If you need to scream, do it into a pillow far, far away from your students. Right along with being visibly angry, raising your voice not only takes away your authority, but it also makes you look small. Instead of raising your voice, lower it. If nothing else, lowering your voic...
Some students want to show you who is the boss by getting into a staring contest. This might seem innocent enough, and you might win, but don’t chance it. Holding eye contact for an extended period of time may be a show of power, but it comes with a lot of negative consequences. Instead, make short bursts of eye contact with your student while also...
When in a bad situation you can continue to harp on the problem over and over again. Keep bringing it up to the students. Go ahead. This is a surefire way to make them blow their tops! Instead, stay solution oriented. Skip right over the problem and begin to offer possible solutions. This might mean a couple minutes of brainstorming with your stude...
“You need to stop right now.” I can’t even begin to count the number of times I have said that phrase. I can count the number of times it has worked. Zero. Zip. Nada. Giving directions through you statements only work to make a bad situation worse. Instead, use as many I statements as possible. For example, instead of saying “You need to stop tappi...
I recently saw a meme that said, “No time in the history of being told to calm down has someone calmed down.” #truth In fact, most of the time when told to calm down an individual takes it as a cue to up their behavior. Instead of saying, “Calm down,” ask students what they need. This gives the power to the student to make a different choice and as...
I need the last word in an argument. I physically need it. It is not a productive way to de-escalate a situation though. Not even a little. In fact, the more silent you are during an argument the better. At a certain point, the other person is just arguing with themselves.
It is extremely tempting to latch onto every single thing a student does while they are not being agreeable and correct it. Students have a way of becoming extra aggravating when they are already off task or angry. You can go on correcting everything they are doing or you can choose to ignore the minor behavior. A powerful de-escalation strategy is...
As the teacher, I am never wrong in the classroom. Right? Wrong again. I am all too guilty of digging my heels in long after I have given up and making a bad situation worse in the process. Instead, know when to give in. This might mean letting a student get away with something they wouldn’t normally, but it also means the opportunity to move on.
I love sarcasm. It is a big part of my personality. It has no place in the classroom though. Instead of using sarcasm, tell a joke to lighten the mood. The cornier the better. Doing this instead of resorting to sarcasm gets the class on your side and gives everyone an opportunity to breathe.
Feb 16, 2021 · Situations are made worse by a complete lack of power or control. In many situations, we have more power than we realize. Estrangement from one’s adult child is a good example....
1. Make acceptance an immediate priority. Dealing with a bad situation can be a lot like dealing with grief, and people often go through the same stages: shock and denial, pain and guilt, anger and bargaining, and so on.
- Dealing with a bad situation can be a lot like dealing with grief, and people often go through the same stages: shock and denial, pain and guilt, a...
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Whenever something bad happens to us, it’s easy for us to slip into one of the following behaviors: Self-victimization. We ask ourselves “Why is this happening to me? Why am I so unlucky? Why doesn’t this happen to anyone else? It’s not fair!” Reacting in anger. We lash back at the situation, or even people around us, for what’s ...
May 1, 2019 · The formal verb exacerbate means to make an already bad situation even worse: The chemicals exacerbated my skin condition. Another phrase that talks about a bad situation becoming even worse is to make matters worse: I had locked myself out and, to make matters worse, I didn’t have a phone.
Aug 17, 2015 · 1. Put it in perspective. Whatever is happening, will it matter a year from now? For some situations, the answer might very well be yes —e.g., a job interview at your favorite company that...
