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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 4 kids. Oldest in college, youngest in middle school.  From my observation. "Most" kids never end up in the principal's office. A small percentage of kids end up in the office a couple of times and the consequences work and they clean up their act and don't end up there again.  An even smaller percent of kids are there often. One of our kids has an IEP for anxiety and we have had a LOT of visits to the office. During one meeting with the VP the very kind and patient Vice Principal told us that he spends 10% of his time with 90% of the students and 90% of his time with 10% of the students. Of that 10% about half are there because they caused a problem and half are there because they suffered the problem. We have had 2 kids who fall in the "never" group, 1 that fell into the 2x in the office in middle school and one that is in the office often.[/quote]

Came here to say basically this. Looking at a mean tells you nothing with something like this. It's a bimodal curve with probably 50-75% of kids collectively accounting for 0% of the disciplinary visits, and 5-10% of kids accounting for the vast, vast majority.

I was a kid who, over 13 years and when they'd send kids more often, was never once in the office once. That's most kids. DH was one of those kids that went, I think, twice. That's a significant minority. My brother was in there multiple times per week. That's fairly rare.

The mean is much less useful than the mode with something like this.[/quote]
How did your brother turn out? Did he care that he went? Meaning, did he care deep inside and have any reflection on it, or did he not mind?[/quote]

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