How is this even a punishment? Are they in a hurry to get to wherever they are walking to? I think my kids could just as easily prefer to be last. I don’t see the big deal.

Not really, because someone always has to be last in line, and the teacher's comment makes it seem as though only the punished have that place.

But as regards your child, yes, they need consequences for talking out of turn. Maybe not that one, but something.

Most classes have some sort of line order. Your kid talks to everyone so was placed at the end so they have less people to talk to. That’s unfortunate but maybe next year they will be quiet in line. Larlo/a will get another chance, don’t worry. Tell them they should be quiet in line and move on.

It's barely more than a month until the end of the school year. I'm sure the kid will be fine.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Had taken that approach, but it seems like a rather severe immutable punishment for...talking in the hallways. If a child punches someone, which most would agree is a far more serious behavioral matter, are they given 3 months of daily punishment?

DD says they feel some kids are now treating them differently due to this.

Don't play into it. They got a consequence they don't like. Please help them take the right lesson from it and don't let them think the teacher made them a victim. They made a choice and should make a different choice in the future.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

I do not like that the teacher went out of her way to embarrass a child with a punishment that she deemed humiliating

Play stupid games…

It’s also probably damn humiliating as an adult and as a teacher to tell a kid to follow the rules again and again and again only to be ignored. Since you’re so worried about people being humiliated.

BINGO.

Anonymous wrote:OP sounds like one of the many problematic parents who refuse to accept any consequences for their child’s behavior. It’s a real problem in FCPS.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I’m glad my kids went to schools were talking as they walked in the hall was a sound of joy and a happy kid.

I’m glad as a former student and as a parent of current ES kids that hallways were kept quiet so that students could learn and could concentrate.

+1 My kids with ADHD thank all the kids who are joyful and loud at recess, but walk quietly in the halls. (And who said walking quietly can't be joyful too?)

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Anonymous wrote:Sure. Someone has to walk last. Though, why aren’t the children allowed to talk?

Normally kids are not supposed to talk in line because there are kids in class who would be distracted by kids walking by the class talking and because the hallway would get to be really loud if you had a group of 15 to 30 kids talking as they were walking.

+1 to both. Having kids talk in line as they pass by a whole hallway full of classrooms is untenable. And someone has to walk last. Putting a talkative kid in last place will make it less tempting for them to talk. Set kids up for success.

Anonymous wrote:OP sounds like one of the many problematic parents who refuse to accept any consequences for their child’s behavior. It’s a real problem in FCPS.

Problem parents like OP are everywhere. It’s a real disservice to their children, to say the least.

At this point, OP should tell her disobedient child to write the teacher a short note of apology. It’s just the right thing to do. Doesn’t matter if child tells mom she isn’t really sorry.

This doesn’t even sound like a punishment it just sounds like a reasonable strategy.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

I do not like that the teacher went out of her way to embarrass a child with a punishment that she deemed humiliating

Do you think there was ever a moment when the talking child walked by a classroom and the teacher was embarrassed that her class can’t behave? What goes around….

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad my kids went to schools were talking as they walked in the hall was a sound of joy and a happy kid.

This is nonsensical. Do you remember elementary school? In middle and high school, the kids can talk between classes because all students are between classes. But in elementary school, the kids are walking right outside active classrooms and they can't have constant noise in the halls every time someone walks by. The "sound of joy" is for recess.

Honestly, very happy to hear there are teachers still trying to appropriately discipline students.

OP, you should have the teachers back on this one. In our house, if you get in trouble at school you get in trouble at home also.

There will be far worse issues that come up in middle and high school. So much better for kids to be disciplined in elementary school. If you miss these opportunities it can be a harder path to walk in the future.

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad my kids went to schools were talking as they walked in the hall was a sound of joy and a happy kid.

I’m glad as a former student and as a parent of current ES kids that hallways were kept quiet so that students could learn and could concentrate.