Advisory is a section that I'm supposed to lead twice a week, for 30 minutes. I have nine students, all varied ages, grades, social groups, backgrounds, everything. The one thing that they have in common is that they are all quiet, and they are all shy.
Extremely shy.
No one wants to talk.
they are all willing to participate in advisory, for the most part.
But they are terrified to talk out loud.
And I'm stuck.
What do you do with nine shy kids? Color the whole freaking time? I am realizing that I have no clue what to do with them. All of my tricks work with outgoing, social kids willing to participate and take risks.
I feel shut down by these kids because they don't want to talk. It's 30 minutes devoted to conversation. What am I supposed to do?
This frustrates me beyond belief.
I hate advisory.
