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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its not punishment (and shouldn't have been presented as such). Its a change of placement to facilitate the kid following the rules. Setting her and the class up for success. I have a chqtty kid. I would have no problem. If this was a teachers decision to make her day easier. [/quote]

This. I have no issue with the decision and have a lot of sympathy for the teacher (my kid will monologue for hours if given the opportunity).

But if it was presented to the kid and the class as "Larla here won't shut up so I'm punishing her by making her walk at the END OF THE LINE for the rest of the year," I get why Larla freaked out and is now worried that she's been unfairly singled out. Larla needs to learn to be quiet in the hallway but also, Larla is a little kid, okay?

The teacher should have just said, "Larla, I know it's hard for you to follow the no talking rule in lines, so I'm going to help you out and put you at the end of the line from here on out. That way you have fewer kids around to tempt you into talking, and maybe being at the end will help you remember that we don't talk in line, ok."

I think the actual issue is the way this solution was framed, not the fact that the teacher came up with a totally reasonable solution to this problem.[/quote]

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