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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it appropriate for an educator to tell an elementary school child to walk at the end of the line for the final quarter of school because they are sick of telling them to stop talking in line?

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Yes, but only because a smart, experienced teacher would instead permanently place the squirrelly kid up front, next to them. Having them all the way at the back of the line gives them more leeway for more misbehavior.

If you’re asking “is it fair for a teacher to punish my precious poopsie just because they’re #allboy?” No. They need to do better and you need to do better. [/quote]

Many kids would love this. Most of these kids love an audience and now the whole class can see their antics. [/quote]

Depends on the kind of talker the kid is. I have a talker and I think front of line would be helpful for keeping her from talking. She's actually pretty shy, plus she's very afraid of getting in trouble as a rule. So being up near the teacher and in front of the class would make her clam up because she'd feel under scrutiny. Meanwhile back of the line would probably just lead to more talking because the further she is from the authority figure, the more comfortable she feels with breaking the rules. She'd just talk to the second to last kid in line.

Other kids are class clowns and their talking stems from a love of attention, even the negative attention of getting reprimanded by the teacher. So front of line wouldn't work for them. Whereas back of line might actually get them out of the eyeline of the rest of class and quiet them down.

A good teacher will know what is actually causing the child's rule-breaking and craft a solution accordingly.[/quote]

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