Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
I’m a Texas teacher with 11 years of experience. I’ve taught almost all high school science, but I’ve thankfully been able to stay teaching chemistry and AP chemistry for the last 5 years. I love chemistry - it’s my major and I have a masters in it. Teaching chemistry has been so fun- I love the content, creating the resources, building relationships with the students, etc. But my school district took away that fun and joy. We are required to use pre made slide decks, only use SAVVAS, cannot supplement, must follow a super strict pacing calendar, required to do daily DOLs that are tracked, and just a whole bunch of other nonsense. I just want to teach chemistry. submitted by /u/DragoniteSenpaix3 [link] [comments]
So I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2019 and have pretty much hated nursing the entire time. I have grown insecure, anxious, and have less confidence in myself and my professional decision making than I ever have before. I have such a growing fear that I will make a mistake or be caught in the crosshairs of unsatisfactory patient care or outcomes that I will wind up facing litigation. I have impending doom before every shift of every nursing job I’ve ever had (I’ve done bedside, outpatient, school nursing, occupational health) and just the weight and pressure of being the “go-to” person in healthcare has totally consumed me. I mean, I’m even scared to fly on a plane and be called to respond to an in-flight medical emergency. I’ve never once been able to take a lunch break, let alone just breathe knowing I don’t have a human life that I’m actively responsible for. I just cannot accept the crippling weight of this profession. I know people say “it gets better” “go to
Curious as I’m hoping to work in BC. In Ontario we do DDNN then 5 days off. I’ve read that fulltime BC nurses do 4 on / 4 off… is this true? (I hope not lol) submitted by /u/Fuzzaroonie [link] [comments]
So this is my 8th year, and I am feeling like I am hitting a wall here. My school board is all about inclusion, which I support to an extent. However, I have an autistic student in my class (I teach grade 4) who is not engaging in learning whatsoever. He listens to music, looks at books, and plays with toys. The problem comes when he is triggered which is happening between 5-6 times a school day. Without any warning, he will start screaming and ripping papers off the walls, dumping out bookshelves, throwing things, etc. Today, he screamed to draw the attention of his classmates, pulled his pants down, and spread his cheeks open to expose his literal anus to me and the entire class of 9/10 year olds. I evacuated the room and tried to be positive and move forward. I figured admin would come debrief with the class. But nope. Admin helped him "return to baseline" and he was back unsupported within 30 minutes. Am I wrong to feel like if any of our "neurotypical" kids did this, they would be
I teach two traditionally boring classes that don’t have a curriculum or text book, so I’m basically doing the entire scope and sequence by myself and feel like I’m reinventing the wheel trying to make new lesson plans every night while deciding what content to focus on and learn myself. I absolutely hate it. I’ve tried sticking to a simpler I do we do you do format and it got boring for both me and the students. Our classes also got longer this year so I have an extra 12 minutes to squeeze in. I know it gets easier when you’re in your second year of teaching the class, but I’m exhausting myself with all the work. I used to teach similarly boring classes at the college level and did a bit of lecture and both the students and I found it engaging. Obviously with high school, I have to focus on more direct instruction but it’s really hard not doing the same activities every day Edit: these are for AP classes that don’t have a recommended structure. My APSI training told me you get complet
I’m a first-year teacher in upper elementary (I am teaching a split this year). I’ve wanted to teach my entire life, and although I had a really bad student teaching experience and thought about another career for a couple years, I ultimately ended up finding a school I love and getting a job there. The first day of school was yesterday and I’m having a really hard time. I think my excitement about my job started to drop a lot in August—the PD sessions sucked a lot of my joy and then there was a lot of drama at my school that made it hard for me to prep for the year. I wasn’t really excited for the first day, but it did go well. Second day (today) went well too, except there were definitely more issues and I saw some students’ true colors a bit more. But I am exhausted and it is hard for me not to feel regret/overwhelm about taking this job. This lifelong dream feels so different in practice than what I thought it would be. I know that sounds juvenile but it’s just true, and post-covid
I'm not sure where to start. I'm in utter shock. This has been the first nursing job that I ever have gotten fired from. I worked well with other nurses, providers, but the NP that I worked with didn't seem to like me. I tired asking him questions, verified if things were done to his standards, but nothing seemed to be enough. In the 9 years the NP I worked with has been there, 10 nurses have came and went before me. Some of the problems he reported to my manager was that sometimes "I don't listen" as the clinic is loud and I need him to repeat himself. Sometimes, if a patient comes early, I will ask him if he wants to see them right away or wait (even if we are early). I got yelled at for asking him. I was also told I was struggling in other areas of the job (which I thought I was performing well at) but when asked by the people that "reported" me, they told me I was doing great and they never said that I was not doing well. I got a written warning a week ago and let go today. Prior t
My school just implemented a new policy that says the grading scale is too lopsided, so the lowest score you can now get on assignments and tests is 50%. Even if the student doesn’t do it. I know grade inflation is bad but this is so sad to me that it’s comical. The inmates are running the asylum now, and we will continue to fail students upward in an accelerated fashion. Welcome to education, where we babysit kids until adulthood and then expect them to function in society as productive adults. submitted by /u/thehellboundfratboy [link] [comments]
Do you notice any differences with parents today than they were decades and longer ago? Especially that technology has shifted the way parents and even the way teachers must approach children. E.g. difference between Millennial Parents and the generation before them submitted by /u/JustUseAnRPG [link] [comments]
This is my 13th year and this is the first time I’ve really questioned if I can actually make it to retirement in this career. Between the parents, extreme behaviors, and expectations with little support I’m at a breaking point and it’s only September. Fortunately and unfortunately I am in a state where we are actually compensated well, have excellent benefits, and a good pension. All that makes it’s hard to walk away. Anyways, I just needed to get this off my chest. All my colleagues are close to retirement so nothing bothers them at this point. submitted by /u/Phantom_Cat26 [link] [comments]
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative agreement held by the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A) for the SMP Resource Center. The administrative supplement for FY 2026 will be in the amount of $226,000, bringing the total award for FY 2026 to $1,226,000. The supplement will allow the grantee to expand activities that began in FY 2025, which includes testing new communications strategies, expanding the functionality of their SMP smart phone app, exploring partnerships with technology companies, and other activities all aimed at expanding the reach of SMP messaging.
HRSA is providing additional fiscal year 2026 funding under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program using the program's established funding methodology, including a baseline increase for all recipients and an additional adjustment for states with newly designated Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). This funding will support state efforts to strengthen CAHs, improve quality and performance, and sustain access to essential rural health care services.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the whole room microbial reduction device into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the whole room microbial reduction device. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the vaginal hydrogel packing system into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the vaginal hydrogel packing system. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the implanted tibial electrical urinary continence device into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the implanted tibial electrical urinary continence device. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the cooperative powered surgical assist device for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgery into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the cooperative powered surgical assist device for ENT surgery. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody test system for inflammatory bowel disease into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody test system for inflammatory bowel disease. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the extravascular support for an arteriovenous fistula for vascular access into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the extravascular support for an arteriovenous fistula for vascular access. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the temperature regulation device for esophageal protection during cardiac ablation procedures into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the temperature regulation device for esophageal protection during cardiac ablation procedures. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying the mechanical deviation device for esophageal protection during cardiac ablation procedures into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for classification of the mechanical deviation device for esophageal protection during cardiac ablation procedures. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will host a public online roundtable to share the latest updates on how NCATS is advancing translational science research and provide an opportunity for an interactive discussion with NCATS director Dr. Joni Rutter.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the fee rate for using a priority review voucher for fiscal year (FY) 2027. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended, authorizes FDA to determine and collect priority review user fees for certain applications for review of human drug or biological products when those applications use a tropical disease, rare pediatric disease, or material threat medical countermeasure (MCM) priority review voucher. These vouchers are awarded to the sponsors of tropical disease, rare pediatric disease, or material threat MCM product applications, respectively, that meet the requirements of the FD&C Act, upon FDA approval of such applications. The amount of the fee for using a priority review voucher is determined each fiscal year, based on the difference between the average cost incurred by FDA to review a human drug application designated as priority review in the previous fiscal year, and the average cost incurre
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 2323) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of hydrolyzed lignin as a source of neutral detergent soluble fiber in food for broiler chickens, laying hens, turkeys, growing swine, sows, lactating dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, goats, salmonids, and adult dogs at no more than 1% of the food on a weight basis or 10 kilograms per metric ton of food.
Federal Student Aid announces the interest rates for loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.032, that have variable interest rates. The rates announced in this notice are in effect for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
Federal Student Aid announces the interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Subsidized Loans), Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Unsubsidized Loans), and Federal Direct PLUS Loans (Direct PLUS Loans) made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.268, with first disbursement dates on or after July 1, 2026, and before July 1, 2027.
Federal Student Aid announces the interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Subsidized Loans), Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Unsubsidized Loans), and Federal Direct PLUS Loans (Direct PLUS Loan), Assistance Listing Number 84.268, with first disbursement dates before July 1, 2006, and for Federal Direct Consolidation Loans (Direct Consolidation Loans) for which the application was received before February 1, 1999. The rates announced in this notice are in effect for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
Hey everyone! I’m curious on exactly what chunking is. I had an observation today and they suggested chunking. I’ve looked it up but I haven’t gotten examples or what it looks like, just what it means. I know that might be difficult to explain over a post so if you’d rather direct me to a website or another source that would be appreciated. My general schedule (not always) is: warmup/vocab (10-15 min), notes (10-30 min. depending on what I’m covering) and then an activity of some kind. If I were to “chunk” this, would it be me breaking up the activity with the notes and not doing them all at once? Pausing for a check-in? I usually do class check-ins anyway but maybe I’m not doing them often enough? I don’t really know. Any advice would be appreciated! submitted by /u/NoiseDifficult5050 [link] [comments]
I (31F) have been a nurse almost 9y. Started my new position and highly qualified this year in May. Residential pediatric psychiatric dorms with group homes, and edu to help residents get job experience. Great place, non restraint facility. Obviously still hard for the kids, but everyone is there for the right reasons. The issue: Health Services Clinic runs like a regular clinic, but also like long term care setting for case management (state consents, guardianships, etc). Small staff. Two RNs including myself. Three Health Service Assistants (work caseloads assignments diverted from RNs as appropriate) with 1 HSA being “lead HSA”…this is our trouble maker…”Laura”. Laura only has CNA license but has worked for company for 18y. Our boss is a close friend with her and worked there 12 years. The other nurse also a close friend with her and worked 8 years. The other two HSAs can hardly stand her and have worked 8y & 40y at facility. Laura micromanages everything. And Laura is…a bitch. She
My hospital is adopting a dept. based color code for employees. So all employees in a dept. have to wear wear scrubs that are the color the hospital has chosen. My dept. must have drew the short straw because we got light grey, and unfortunately my favorite scrub brand (FIT) doesn't make light grey (and apparently it turns out most of the top scrub companies don't). The kicker is they don't want the light grey to be heathered (like a lot of FIGs). So, my options are every limited so I'm looking for recommendations. I'm a 6'2" male with an athletic build btw. submitted by /u/KnightRider1998 [link] [comments]
I started a job as a pre-op/PACU nurse a few months ago at an outpatient vascular surgery center. The patients are overall in fairly poor health, generally speaking. The average age is 70s-90s, with many towards the upper end of that range. A fair amount have some degree of cognitive impairment. I am working per diem, only 2 days a week max, and even then I get called off sometimes due to low case loads. My manager recently asked me if I'd be interested in getting the moderate sedation certification, administering fentanyl and versed. I was initially excited and happy that they expressed trust in me to cross-train in this, since when I initially interviewed, they told me I probably wouldn't be asked to cross train. The procedures last about 1-1.5 hrs on average, sometimes longer if it's a difficult case. Now, doubt is starting to creep in. I've always been concerned about liability in my career, and it makes me nervous enough when patients have medium level complications like bleeding
I work with special needs individuals, mainly young adults aged 18-22, though it can range from elementary age and up. Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed that parents often seem to deflect when told about their child’s behavior, even in cases of violent incidents where someone was hurt. I’m not sure if this is something others have noticed too, or if it’s just common in my area. I might have been wrong to assume I’d get an apology after a student gave me a black eye, but since the parents showed no remorse, I went ahead and filed a report. submitted by /u/Squigels [link] [comments]
Our school email addys contain our first and last name. I always ONLY sign off with my last name. However, I've had an increasing amount of parents who will reach out, typically via email, using my first name only. They are usually reaching out to complain when they do this. It seems disrespectful to me, especially when I email them using Mr. or Mrs. Last Name. Do you see this as well? Do you ever respond to it, and if so, how? submitted by /u/MySpottedFrog7 [link] [comments]
I’m a first year genEd teacher, and I learned that the children yearn for tasks. He was gone for maybe 10 minutes, brought me back a stapler and said it was the best he could do, I thanked him. He sat down feeling accomplished, while I sat down and enjoyed 10 minutes of silence. It’s the little things. For the record, he’s a great kid. Just gets bored easily. submitted by /u/kaichai444 [link] [comments]
Nurses from California who went out of state for experience, how long did it take to land a job back home in California? I’m from the Bay Area and moved to the east coast for a new grad residency in medsurg. I’m finishing up my year and was just offered a position at a Level IV NICU, the specialty I’ve been wanting to do since nursing school. Only thing is, the thought of living here for another year or more feels so daunting. The pay is low for the COL and my family and partner are back home. But many job postings in the bay say they require 2 years minimum and hospitals are on hiring freezes rn. If anyone was in a similar position as I am, what was your journey on getting a job back home and how long? Any tips or advice? submitted by /u/Ordinary-Direction26 [link] [comments]
I’m an ELA teacher. Believe me, I get it. Kids are years behind, behavior can be horrendous, parents can be awful, teachers are exhausted, attention spans are shot, and some students will sit there doing nothing while you practically beg them to engage. Audiobook support made more sense when most kids could actually follow the narrative. But if a student already struggles to process what they’re reading, how is nonstop narration supposed to help? The information just washes over them. They miss something, can’t go back at their own pace, lose the thread, and zone out. The text is exactly what lets them stop, reread, struggle through a sentence, and actually process it. They may struggle with the text and, in some cases, not even have the skills to get through it, but it's still the only way to ensure they can do all of this at their own pace. I know failing huge numbers of students isn’t feasible. Schools would stop functioning. But enough teachers need to eventually say fuck this. If
I’m just curious teachers’ thoughts on this; there’s still teachers that don’t believe in “punitive justice” because it’s just punishing the behavior and not fixing it, but here’s my rebuttal: and? Who cares if a consequence doesn’t fix the issue. There are plenty of students who come to school and can’t because of “that” student” I’ve always joked with non teachers that if I had it my way, I’d be handing out early vacations left and right. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
This question comes up after reading some of these posts on this subreddit. With everything that is going on in education from the decline in test scores, student apathy, increase in student disrespect, and the lack of pay. Do you regret becoming a teacher? For those that do regret becoming a teacher. What career path would you rather have done? Why did you stay in the field of education? Do you believe that you have left some positive impact? This question is coming from someone that is strongly considering becoming a teacher. submitted by /u/Dune2033 [link] [comments]
hey everyone! i’m a new grad in a med/surg unit, and i am really bad at placing iv’s. during nursing school, we didn’t get much practice, especially on a human arm. yesterday, i missed placing an iv on a patient with decent veins twice, even with the vein finder. so my question is, do you guys have any advice or tips and tricks? i feel like i am going too deep when i initially insert the needle, or i just psych myself out. please help! submitted by /u/OkWeakness1858 [link] [comments]
I had my first shaking seizure in my classroom today. (I’ve seen the silent ones) My student appeared to be choking and then collapsed and started shaking. (I had been trying to get a small object from her mouth) - I went back in my head to that mandatory training we had about seizures - found the small object, took her safely to the ground and turned her to her side while calling for help. Thankful that we had that training of what to do and thankful that she wasn’t hurt. Hours later, she is sleeping in my classroom. I’m still shaking. submitted by /u/Working-Capital-6225 [link] [comments]
Does anybody have unpopular or “controversial” nursing opinions? I had some that my coworkers disagreed with me on: I’d rather change briefs than take a pt. Who needs assistance to the bathroom I like having palliative patients I’d rather have 7 patients than 5 patients and have to admit 1 or 2 I acc like when it’s busy cause as soon as it calms down I get sleepy and bored Day shifts >>> night shifts submitted by /u/Lower-Elderberry7183 [link] [comments]
TLDR: My GN told me our unit was not her first choice and she wants to transfer right out of orientation because she knows now we have an opening in the unit she wants to go into. She also said she’s really only interested in doing hands on things so she has the “skills that make her a stronger choice for the unit she wants”. Am I wasting my time? I have been precepting a GN on my unit. It’s still fairly early in her orientation. We do 16 weeks of orientation on my unit. We have done LOTS of things hands on nursing skills wise. Hands on assessment and reassessment, Lots of labs, IVs, wound care (think stage 3 and above), urine catheter placement and management of CBI, blood transfusions, stroke care, participation in a code blue, trach care, fecal tube placement and management, drain management and a few other smaller hands on stuff. Recently we have slowed down with our high acuity pts and have been focusing on timely charting, clustering care, prioritizing pts, and all the smaller ta
First and foremost, I'd like to apologize if this is extremely tone deaf or dense. This is a genuine culture shock I'm going through and I'm wondering if others have similar experiences or advice. I'm student teaching in a high school right now, and I've been absolutely stunned by how apathetic these guys are. There's a few situations that I get, like students working after school and coming in tired the next day or various mental health issues, but when none of those are the case it leaves me at a loss. They come in late, they skip constantly, and when they are here they're either not doing the work or they're sleeping (again, I understand the aforementioned reasons. this isn't it as far as I know). Many of them who are here are on their phones (which is banned statewide), or are watching sports or tiktoks on their chromebooks. Granted I'm a visual arts educator, so I know most students treat it as the "fun" class, but even then I'm baffled. When I was in high school, I wouldn't have
I just told a friend I dont want to be a nurse anymore. Ive never said this out loud. The weight of these words are crushing me. I worked bedside for 10 years. Got to experience "the good old days", covid and the shitstorm that came after. Hospitals still have not come back and I dont think they ever will. I'll never forget a traveler saying "this hospital is great, you should see the other ones, although its going down the same path." I left for home health and hospice for something new, different, comminity oriented. Anything not bedside. Burned out in a year. Left that for an outpatient clinic. Lasted 10 months before becoming severely depressed to the point of requiring an inpatient stay. I saw a lot of old coworkers I haven't seen since covid. I miss them and thats the only reason I'd go back. I lost my job. Anyway, all this to say, idk if i should even attempt finding another nursing job. At this point, I am so horrified and disappointed in our current system. I dont see it getti
I work in LTC and the fairly young administrator/dictator/tyrant is an LPN and used to work the floor like the rest of us, yet somehow has forgotten that she ever made a mistake and now “doesn’t believe in human error”. She told this to a CNA she was reprimanding for not completing their ADL charting. Who on earth says they don’t believe in human error?? What are some of the most absurd statements you’ve ever heard made by co-workers and bosses?? Do share! submitted by /u/HanBananMontan [link] [comments]
I was helping with an art activity recently and the kids were basically told they could draw whatever they wanted. I thought they'd love that, but a bunch of them immediately said they had no idea what to draw. Then someone gave them a pretty specific prompt and suddenly those same kids had a million ideas. Half of them barely followed the prompt anyway, but at least it got them started. Now I'm wondering if giving them total freedom actually makes it harder because they have too many options. Is this something teachers see a lot? Do your students do better with a prompt or do you just give them the blank page and let them figure it out? submitted by /u/Verma_Atul27 [link] [comments]
I wanted to ask the community at large: What were the signs that YOU were/are burned out? EDIT: just to add mine - being angry and frustrated ALL the time. Even when not at work. EDIT2: I see myself in WAY too many of these. Nuts. EDIT3: these are all making me feel so sad. I hope y'all are doing better now. submitted by /u/Butthole_Surfer_GI [link] [comments]
I made the mistake of using my personal email for basically everything when I started nursing school and never stopped. Job applications, certifications, CE stuff, scrubs, random nursing sites, recruiters all of it. Now my inbox is an absolute disaster and I'm getting emails from companies I don't even remember giving my address to. I'm thinking of keeping my current email for work/important stuff and using something separate for everything else but I really don't want to manage three different inboxes. What do you guys do? submitted by /u/Melodic_Surprise_709 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone, I'm a young female teacher and this is my fourth year as a high school teacher. Today, a student thanked me with exaggerated politeness after I gave the class a document, and one of his friends made a sexual "slurp" noise. This made another one laugh. Fortunately, the rest of the class remained very polite and quiet. I didn't show any anger or shock and said in a firm tone I didn't want to hear such weird noises again. But this troubles me as it is highly inappropriate, and I was wondering what I should do in case it happens again when my back is turned or when I can't clearly see who has done what. I don't want to attract attention on them, give them the opportunity to lie and say it was not them, but I also don't want to ignore the matter. To me, any student laughing with them is also part of the problem. So, what could be the best solution to make them stop when I can't "prove" who the culprits are? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, whether you've been through a