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Anonymous
| Those are pretty major things! I would ask the school what the protocol is for persistent disruptive and abusive behavior (since the child struck another student). Once it crosses the line from just being annoying to physical abuse and disrupting the whole class on a frequent basis, it should immediately move beyond just a note/call to the parents. |
Anonymous
| Which school? |
Anonymous
| The parents and teachers should all be concerned and work together to figure out why the child is seeking such negative attention. Villifying the child is not the solution. Calling out the child's poor behavior is not the solution. Making the child feel accepted, welcome, and noticed would be a more appropriate reaction IMHO. |
Anonymous
Yes, I agree. But lets not completely victimize the child. When other children see that the only thing that happens is the child gets sent to the principal's office, what message is that sending about the acceptability and consequences of poor behavior? |
Anonymous
Now that wouldn't be fair to say. It's an isolated incident. |
Anonymous
Getting sent to the principal's office is a huge deal for kids. It also draws a lot of negative attention on the child who is being sent, which only reinforces the behavior. I see a similar thing happening in my child's classroom. One child is always getting in trouble, being sent to the principal's office, the time-out chair, the guidance counselor, etc. I think what he needs is a hug from his parents each morning and afternoon, reassurance that he is a good kid and can be a good kid, and for the teacher to call out every good thing he does and to ignore the rest. None of the latter is happening and this behavior has continued all year long. Everyone needs to remember that this poor kid is only five years old and he's screaming/hitting for help. (I'm not the pp.) |
Anonymous
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I'm getting confused as to which comments relate to or are from the OP -- . OP, are you 9.34 and 10.02, giving the specific examples of discipline issues? Is that, then, the main reason you are thinking of switching schools? From the OP it sounded like it was a combination of things, academic and disciplinary. But if you are indeed the poster of the examples, it sounds like it is really how the schools deals with disruptive kids that is bothering you the most? O
Or is that a completely new poster who has this issue?! Sorry, it is just hard to follow this conversation. |