Silencing the Queen Bee
I had a moment with my students. I had been allowing them to listen to music on their AirPods during independent work but they abused it by playing the music too loud ( I could hear it from across the room!)
So one day I said nope no more AirPods. Since you want the music we will listen to the instrumental music I picked out.
The Queen Bee in the class was trying to convince me to let them use their AirPods and I wasn’t having it so she said to the class, “Come on guys! Peer pressure!”
At this point, I stood in front of her and said calmly, “You are not my peer.”
She stared at me like I slapped her and was quiet for the rest of the class.