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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (19587)	7/29/2001 11:47:26 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I don't know. What are you talking about? I think children need to be held accountable for their behavior. The children in my class put their own names on the board when they misbehave- because if they identify themselves, then I don't really punish them. I want them to recognize and correct their behavior- if they do that, I see no need to "discipline" them since they have taught themselves a lesson. If I am informed of behavior I have not witnessed (by someone other than the perpetrator) I go to the child who is being reported on and ask for his or her story. If there is a conflict I ask for witnesses. If there are no witnesses then I have to use my judgment, and my decision depends on the nature of the infraction that has been reported, and on what I know about the children involved. Often such reports provide "teachable moments" when I can give a minilesson on some behavior that has societal implications- and which might even generate a writing assignment or art project. For example, one child in my room had a problem taking things that didn't belong to them. Now sometimes it was obvious what had been taken and whose it was- but if it was a pencil, or crayons or markers, it's not obvious whose is whose. After doing a lot of judicial administration regarding property rights I finally made the kids do a project on what it feels like when you have something precious taken away from you. Everyone has had this experience. So we wrote and edited stories. We illustrated them. And then the kids read their stories to the class. While I cannot say the problem completely went away, it did diminish. If that doesn't answer whatever you were talking about let me know the specifics you want answered.