Building Trust and Taming Students

Morning Meetings have been on my mind a lot lately.  I have been thinking about how difficult but how necessary they will be to incorporate into my classroom.  I want to be able to have a friendly, safe, bully free classroom when I become a teacher. I want to be able to know my students so well that it is easy to differentiate for them.  I want to be able to differentiate for students interests and learning profiles which can only be done if your students trust you enough to open up to you. 

My very first week reading from the text book I read about how the Little Prince had to tame his friend and his friend had to tame him.   I think one of the best ways that I can tame my students and then have my students tame me is through morning meetings.  I think it takes time for all the students to trust me enough to be tamed but that is my goal.  As a teacher I am going to try and tame every single one of my students.  I believe that if I can do then differentiating will be easier and I will be a pretty good teacher. 

I start student teaching in a month.  I am so nervous and excited.  I think the biggest thing that I am worried about is being able to gain the trust and respect of the students.  It is difficult going into a classroom in the middle of the school year and trying to tame the students.  I hope that at least in November they will be able to tame me.