The 15-year-old boy in my history class told me I was “cute” today.

Everyday, my sophomores end class by 15 minutes of reading. It’s supposed to be an independent activity so I have time to write on papers. I walk around and help if they need it. <br><br>Today, I walked by a boy and I said, “what are you reading?”<br><br>He looked up at me and said, “you’re so cute.”<br><br>I was caught off guard and speechless. I said, “excuse me? That’s so inappropriate and you know that.”<br><br>He said, “what? I just told the truth.”<br><br>I asked him why that was acceptable and he said, “it’s not a big deal knoe.”<br><br>I said, “well it is a big deal. I’m your teacher and I deserve to be treated like that. You wouldn’t say that to your principal or vice principal.”<br><br>He was being very stubborn so I said, “if you told your best friend or your sister that was inappropriate, do you know why?”<br><br>He said, “no.”<br><br>I said, “because I’m your teacher.”<br><br>He said, “so what?”<br><br>I said, “you don’t understand that it is because of power. You do not have the power to say that to me.”<br><br>He said, “so what?”<br><br>I said, “I’m not going to argue with you about this. This is your warning. You do it again and I’m writing you up and you’re going to Saturday school. Got it?”<br><br>He said, “yeah.”<br><br><br>I was so frustrated. I told my department chair and she said, “he wants to get you in trouble.” We have a lot of problems with this at my school. Boys make inappropriate comments to get teachers in trouble or written up. <br><br><br><br>How would you handle this?