think you have control?

Just when everything seemed fine, after I gave them a "prison discussion" and they quietly took a quiz, it went wrong. They were taking student newspapers as they handed in their quizzes and I was giving make up work to a student who had been in outdoor suspension.

As I was telling him what assignment to do someone shut the lights off. This is a lecture hall without even a hint of light. Without emergency lights it was like being locked in a crypt. But how they howled! They were so loud you couldn't even imagine it!

An anonymous prankster got his wish because I got mad. They will NOT be standing up near the door anymore. I'll give them the "prison talk" every day of the year for all period if need be.