How would *you* improve these statements??

[Jokerama]

For one of my classes we were given a list of statements and then told to improve them using the word "I" I was kinda shocked at what people in my class came up with and my teacher went along with. Im curious what the mdc crowd has to say.

EXAMPLE:
“You’re out of your chair again.”
Correction: I need you to stay seated to be able to focus.

Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?”


“Oh no… What did you do that for?”


“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”


“You little brat.”


“You better start paying attention.”


“You’re living down to your reputation.”


“Why do you always do this to yourself?”


“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”


“You’re so clumsy.”


“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”


“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”

[Storm Bride]

errr...going to have to think on this one. Most of these need a lot of improvement (deletion comes to mind).

[mumm]

Example: Are you cheating on your homework AGAIN?Correction:?

[sunnmama]

“You little brat.”

My improvement for this, and many others, would be "I need a time out!"


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”


This I would actually say :lol

[fek&fuzz]

For one of my classes we were given a list of statements and then told to improve them using the word "I" I was kinda shocked at what people in my class came up with and my teacher went along with. Im curious what the mdc crowd has to say.

EXAMPLE:
“You’re out of your chair again.”
Correction: I need you to stay seated to be able to focus.

Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?”
I love you.

“Oh no… What did you do that for?”
I'm intrigued, tell me what you were thinking when you did that.

“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”
I see you found a new way to do this.

“You little brat.”
I am mean.

“You better start paying attention.”
I'd better be more interesting so you'll want to pay attention.

“You’re living down to your reputation.”
I'm so much better than you are.

“Why do you always do this to yourself?”
I hate to see you like this.

“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”
I was not an honor student either, obviously.

“You’re so clumsy.”
I'm so judgmental.

“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”
I'm so controlling.

“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”
See above.

“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?

Godzilla and King Kong, why do I keep trying to change your true nature and not honor you just where you are? ”

Is that what your teacher meant? :thumb

[mamaduck]

“What’s wrong with you?”
Are you having a tough day today?

“Oh no… What did you do that for?”
Did you mean for that to happen?

“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”
Can I show you another way?


“You little brat.”
I need some space.

“You better start paying attention.”
Do you need a break? Or, Can I have your attention?

“You’re living down to your reputation.”
I know you can do better.

“Why do you always do this to yourself?”
Sometimes when I run out of steam, I stop trying. Maybe you feel that way to?

“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”
You have many great strengths.

“You’re so clumsy.”
Oops. It happens sometimes!

“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”
I like your sense of humor. But this is not the time or the place. Save it for later, okay?

“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”
If you need to be wild, please step outdoors. Please be calm in here.

“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”
I know you can be careful.

[Rigama]

I found it difficult to use "I" in all of these statements, but I think I made some huge improvements(and since it aint my class nohow,I don't need to worry about not becoming no honor student :lol )

For one of my classes we were given a list of statements and then told to improve them using the word "I" I was kinda shocked at what people in my class came up with and my teacher went along with. Im curious what the mdc crowd has to say.

EXAMPLE:
“You’re out of your chair again.”
Correction: I need you to stay seated to be able to focus.

Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?” Are you feeling okay? You don't usually react this way.

“Oh no… What did you do that for?” I wonder what you thought would happen after you did that.

“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.” Wow, I wouldn't have thought to try that way. Very creative!

“You little brat.” I love you even when you're cranky.


“You better start paying attention.” I see you're having a hard time concentrating. Do you need a little break?


“You’re living down to your reputation.” Just delete this thing! It can't be fixed!

“Why do you always do this to yourself?” I love you, you should too.


“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”(And judging by my grammer, I wasn't!) I love how hard you try.

“You’re so clumsy.” Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself?


“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.” Your sense of humor makes me smile, but right now we need to be serious.


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.” How about you two go outside and climb the tree?

“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”If you guys need to rough house, please do it in the yard or in a place where nothing can break.

[starlein26]

“What’s wrong with you?”

I'd like it if you told me how you feel right now.


“Oh no… What did you do that for?”

I saw that...tell me what happened?


“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”

I think maybe we could try it this way and see if that works.


“You little brat.”

I feel a little frustrated with you. Let's talk about that.


“You better start paying attention.”

I'd like it if you put your listening ears on.


“You’re living down to your reputation.”

I feel a little frustrated. Let's talk about what happened and see if we can't come up with a better conclusion.


“Why do you always do this to yourself?”

I'd like to talk about what happened and see if we can't come up with a better conclusion.


“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”

I like how you're trying your best! That's what's most important to me!


“You’re so clumsy.”

I think we should just try it again.


“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”

I see that you're feeling silly right now. Let's wait until you feel more calm.


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”

I need you to take a little break so you can calm down.


“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”

I think we should clean this up together now.

[meowmix]

It was hard to come up with answers because for some of these, I would probably not say anything at all or leave the room for a time out. some are kind of open ended and I don't know the context in which they were said. I can give kind of my interprative (sp?) responses...

For one of my classes we were given a list of statements and then told to improve them using the word "I" I was kinda shocked at what people in my class came up with and my teacher went along with. Im curious what the mdc crowd has to say.

EXAMPLE:
“You’re out of your chair again.”
Correction: I need you to stay seated to be able to focus.

Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?”
I am getting frustrated with xxx action!


“Oh no… What did you do that for?”
Uh oh! Looks like an accident! I'll help you clean it up.


“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”
Hmm, that's an interesting way of doing that. I didn't think of that.


“You little brat.”
I am getting angry that xxx is happening. (However, I would probably redirect and keep my mouth shut!)


“You better start paying attention.”
I see you are feeling fidgetty, would you like to finish this later?


“You’re living down to your reputation.”
I would try not to label my child with a certain behaviour and then blame him for acting the way I have labelled him! :wink


“Why do you always do this to yourself?”
I don't understand- do what to himself?


“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”
I see you are struggling to understand a concept, would you like some help?


“You’re so clumsy.”
Oops! I see an accident! Where are the towels to clean it up?


“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”
That looks like fun! Let's clown around! :lol I would probably join them in a tickly, wrestly, chasing game or in their weird word game or whatever silly thing they were doing.


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”
Jumping on the coffee table is dangerous. Let's jump on the bed instead. I can only assume the situation and assume they are jumping around on the furniture. If we were in a store, I would request that they stay near me or hold my hand.


“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”
Oh no, I am devastated my favourite lamp is broken! How can we fix it?

[boongirl]

Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?” I am not sure I understand you.


“Oh no… What did you do that for?”

I would like to show you how I would do it.


“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”

I have very good reasons for what I showed you. I would like you to do it the way I showed you.


“You little brat.” I am quite frustrated right now.


“You better start paying attention.” I am not sure you are paying attention to me.


“You’re living down to your reputation.” I think I've seen you do this before.


“Why do you always do this to yourself?” I am concerned about you.


“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.” I am concerned about your studies.


“You’re so clumsy.” I would like to show you how I can carry all of that and not fall.


“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.” I enjoy your sense of humor.


“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.” B & C, I am concerned about your safety.


“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”
G & KK, I am going to have to add the cost of that to your growing repair bill.

[Hera]

EXAMPLE:
“You’re out of your chair again.”
Correction: I need you to stay seated to be able to focus.
Correct the correction: It is important to me that you learn this information. Can you repeat the last thing I said so that I know you understood?

(I have a kid who cannot focus when she is sitting still, and must be moving around to be able to retain anything. It's harder for her to sit than it is to move!)


Improve these statements:

“What’s wrong with you?”
It seems like you might be feeling hungry. Let's make a snack!
OR
You seem very frustrated. Can I give you a hug?

“Oh no… What did you do that for?”
"Whoops! Is that what you expected would happen?"

“Whoa! You’re doing it all wrong.”
"If you pause a second, I can show you a neat trick. Here's one way to do it"

“You little brat.”
"Wow. I'm feeling upset right now. I'm going to take a minute to calm down, and then I would like to have a little talk about this problem."

“You better start paying attention.”
"I think we've had enough for now, let's run around and then have a snack."

“You’re living down to your reputation.”
I'm feeling frustrated because it seems like we've had this problem before, and I was hoping that we had found a solution. Remember when we decided _____ ?


“Why do you always do this to yourself?”
It seems to me that we have had this problem before. Does it seem that way to you? Let's think of some other ways we could do things in order to avoid it next time.

“You ain’t never gonna be no honor student no how.”

I read a book today that I really liked, and I thought now that you are x years old/ in x grade/ whatever that you would like it too. It's about ____ do you want to give it a try?

Look, isn't this interesting? I read this neat thing about snakes in the news today.

Look, I'm balancing my checkbook. Want to help?

Let's go to the library.

Let's go to the science museum.

Let's play Set.


“You’re so clumsy.”
Let's take a snack to the park today!

“Bozo! Quit acting like a clown.”
You are being so silly today, you silly-willie! It's hard to brush your teeth when you make faces in the mirror, though. Can you make one more face and then let me brush? (for example)

“Bonzo and Cheetah stop acting like apes.”
It seems like you guys have reached your limit for the time being. Let's take a minute to get out of our seats and stretch. Has anyone heard any good jokes lately?


“Godzilla and King Kong, why are you always breaking things?”
Please be careful with my ming vase, I like it and want it to last a long time. We'll be going outside soon, you'll get a chance to run off some energy then. For now we need to remember that we are inside, and use slow and gentle body movements.