School discipline !! What would you recommend ?

Question

If you had your way and could decide on what discipline courses todays schools could use, what would they be and how would you impliment them.
Would you go back to the old ways or try to find a radical new way to keep order in our schools.

Answer 1

1. Dress code--very strict (from panties to shoes to overcoat). (yes, one of the girls WILL tell if Sissy has pink panties). The coat should be warm, but not thick or baggy enough to conceal weapons. There should also be a coat-check. No purses. (Tampons and the like can be supplied free of charge in girl's room).

2. Nothing in ./ nothing out rule (school provides materials and books to be used IN school. All materials are given back to the teacher at the end of the class. Homework should done, using on-line resources. School becomes the work-center and testing center .School gets with the rest of the world and goes tech.
3. Get rid of lockers--tear em down. Make room for another class or an athletic center...
4. make acting out in school a juvenile offense, punished by real juvie jail time. (just as acting out on a plane is a federal offense).
5. Make parents accountable. If their son or daughter curses at the principal, then the parents (both of them) should have to attend a counseling session with their child, or their child cannot return to school. If the student bullies other students, the parents and the child should be made to take a two-day class in behavior modification. I bet when mom and dad miss two days of work, the behavior will be modified.

Many students (too many) have no respect for their teachers or for each other. Those same students do not even respect themselves. We need to start teaching them to love themselves, the minute they come to school. It is easy to hate the world and hate the rules when you feel as if you don't matter.

Answer 2

I would inconvenience the crap out of the parents. We can't even technically have after school detention at my school because we're required by law to provide transportation to all students should they need it (which makes sense, but punishment is punishment for a reason). If parents were inconvenienced, THEY'D put a stop to all the unnecessary crap that goes on today. Students are seeing that nothing is of true consequence, so they know they can continue to test the limits. I've seen it this year time and again in my elementary school. So I'm all for old school all the way!

Answer 3

We tried one thing that works so well ... if a child behaves badly in the same lesson, and detentions etc' don't work, then the parent comes in and sits next to them. The parent is none too happy (a waste of their time), ALWAYS takes the teacher's side (school is more interesting/technical than in their day), and the child is bright red and head down.

Parents who tend to deny their 'little angel' can do wrong are forced to confront the environment and are reminded where their child is- learning not being babysat.

It really works. The school is being honest- parents often say things 'happen' ... we say come and see.

Answer 4

Something new. Bear in mind there is no "old way." Styles of school administration and punishment have NEVER been standardized. What you remember from school is likely to have been different from others remember. For instance my elementary school had corporal punishment and my wife's did not - and we were in the same town!

Actually, it has been shown that zero tolerance, beatings, none of that stuff works. Kids are going to fight and kids are going to be, well, kids. We cannot have the same expectations we have for adults. Trying to "punish" rather than guide assumes that the kids knew the rules in the first place. That's not always the case.

I'm in an education PhD program and I know and work with lots of teachers and principals. I teach college, myself. I believe making the students responsible for their own actions is the best policy. If they skip, drop out, flunk, and fail, well, fine. We spend a lot of waster energy trying to drag along the lowest common denominator of student while good kids - the vast majority - is bored to tears. Those standardized tests everyone takes are passed by the vast majority of students, yet everyone is punished when a handful of underachievers drags the system down.

Sorry, that's reality. We need to live in it. School is a public good and a social service, not a prison. It's up to parents and students to determine how education will work best for them. That's why people feel so marginalized - school is like a prison term, there's no joy in it.

That's my take. Fewer tests. Fewer "rules." And increased reliance on personal responsibility.

Answer 5

Thats a good question...you can go back to the old days where you got hit with a ruler and stuff...that is illegal. Today i know doesnt work... But the ways back then did..Im actually in school now. and this school there are several disipline course, like the average detention, extended detention which here is 3 hours after school instead of a half an hour. There is Lunch Detention where you dont eat lunch in the cafeteria and have it in an office. There is In school suspension and out of school suspension. and The worst is Saturday detention on a saturday (obviously) from 9AM to like 3 or 4PM.....also we are sent to BOCES Board Of Correction Education Services which i hear it hell... but i hope this answer helps. But im sure i just rambled on for nothing

Answer 6

Get a notebook. In it, write down the naughty child's name. If it has been entered three times ... the parents have to come to school with the child and attend all the lessons.
The schools should refuse to teach unruly children and if the parents cannot discipline the children, then they should be left uneducated.
This came from an Argentinian teacher who used it in her schools to great success.

Answer 7

Love and Logic is a good program that focuses on consequences that are logical for the behavior. If a student forgets their coat, you express how you are sorry that they chose to not bring their coat, how they must be cold, and how they will probably think next time they go outside without their coat. The program is a good way of teaching actions and consequences to kids in a way that they can understand because of the experiences that they go through.

Answer 8

My son used to get detention most days, normally for trivial things, although he can be quite naughty at times. However, because he came almost to expect detention, he factored this in to his school day, and it totally lost its effect. He viewed detention as an occupational hazard, and simply used the time to do his homework so he didn't need to do it at home!

I mentioned this to his Form teacher, who also happens to be his Games Maser, and suggested that he take away from him the things he enjoys, like dropping him from the school football team, leaving him at school instead of taking him on trips etc. This worked well! He was so upset at missing out on doing the things he really enjoyed, that he has now knuckled down. He is 13 years old.

Answer 9

I would use positive reinforcement. I would also have punishments such as loss of recess time, special priviledges, etc. I would not use coporal punishment, because that's all some of these kids get at home. School should be a safe place for everyone. I would also model good behavior.

Answer 10

Well I think today many schools are being too tough on kids. For example, some schools will charge you a dime to get your paper just because on accident you printed out a second copy of a specific paper. My choices of discipline would be if a student back talks you then you should send them to the office but if it's their first offense then I think they should get an warning but if they have done it mulitple times then give detention.