Students Attitudes in the Classroom

            I am noticing that students are not very respectful towards their teachers in the schools I have visited. Students today want to get out of the classrooms as fast as possible. They would rather be at home on the computer or outside with their friends. Such things as iPhones, ipads, net books,  and video games are all influencing students' lives. It is very common to look around a high school classroom and see students on their phones when the teachers not looking, talking to their friend about gossip on the fight that happened yesterday, or rolling their eyes because they don't know why they are there. As future teachers we need to learn to incorporate the new technology into our curriculum because that is what the students want to use and love to use. If we teach them ways to use these machines while learning then they will actually want to be in their seats and learn the material. If we teach them that if they want to talk about something that happened in their life to their friend next to them they can certainly write about it in a journal or in a persuasive essay. We can teach students who are arguing in class that there is such a way to handle the situation with respect such as form a debate with the class. If we show students that we can connect with them and respect the way that they want to learn, then they will in return respect us because we showed them we care about them.