Do you feel it is the lack of discipline that causes students to misbehave?

Question

and the root cause of evil children is the Liberal political agenda and ACLU's frivolous litigation against adults and educators who keep their children and students in check with a firm hand?

I wouldn't go so far as a firing squad, but stockades in the playground might help. Instead of detention which is a major inconvenience for everybody, just tie the kids up and let other kids through food at the offenders during lunch. Nothing with bones though. That would be mean.

Answer 1

No, I think it is parents who let their kids get away with everything, including murder. Students misbehave because they can. It starts in the home, then moves into the school.

The Liberals and the ACLU have nothing to do with it.

Do you really think we should go back to the strap and other forms of corporal punishment? Perhaps a firing squad?

Answer 2

One of the major causes for children to misbehave in a classroom is because the teacher has lost control, both of his/herself and the classroom.
Second is boredom. If the teacher cannot make the lesson interesting enough to keep a child's attention for 30 minutes at a time there is something terribly wrong.
Third, the child doesn't understand the lesson. Embarrassment, and peer pressure are often the cause for a student to act out. If the teacher is not teaching the lesson completely and if there is a student that doesn't understand it (and it only takes one) that student will start to act out taking the pressure off their situation and causing a disturbance.
Last, but certainly not least is the do not feel they are cared about by their teacher. A teacher with little respect for their students or one that thinks of them as lesser than human will not have a class of well behaved children. On the other hand a teacher whose class knows what is expected of them and is respected by the teacher has a well behaved class.

I teach at the poorest school in my city. There are gang members in my classes but not once have I had problems with behavior. They know what I expect and they know the consequences of bad behavior. There are many people who would like to close us down but they can't argue with students who are learning and testing in the top percentile of the state.

Answer 3

Yeah thats the proper thing to teach a kid.. If you can't get control beat the control into them?? What you don't understand is you are a teacher NOT a parent! It's the parents place to teach their kids the proper way to act NOT yours.. I come from a family of teachers.. they never had to physically force a child to behave they EARNED their respect.. Oh in case you can't figure it out.. family of teachers means generations, and yes your ideas were once in effect but for good reason it was changed to prevent power crazy people like you from taking their own anger and frustration out on the children... You're in the wrong profession!!!!

This is your third question i read today asking about physical punishment.. Obviously you have a situation you can't handle.. Maybe you should have studied a little harder on what is allowed and how to handle troubled children. Tell ya what.. if i knew what school system you are involved with I'd be calling the school administration and you'd be out of a job monday morning!

Read Monica K's suggestion! I know it goes against your believe that if you can't control beat the offenders, but it's a very well placed suggestion and maybe you can learn from it.

Answer 4

There are several factors that cause children to misbehave:

#1- They are bored! When children are bored, they have the tendency--even the most well behaved to misbehave because they may not have enough to do!

#2-They do not understand a subject and are embarressed. So to take attention off of the fact that they do not know the subject, they clown around in class.

#3-They were not trained properly by their parents to respect their teachers. Some parents give up and say, I can't do anything to help, and just let the kid do anything they want.

#4- There may be a situation in their home causing this type of behavior. There may be a divorce or a death of a family member that has occurred. Or they may be neglected at home so they do this to get attention at school.

Answer 5

A common effect of parenting that I see on a daily basis is the students' "you owe me something" attitude.
They feel that the rules don't apply to them and if you ask them to do something, their first response is to find out what they are going to get for doing so. This whole "helicopter" parenting, touchy-feely "I am special" agenda has gotten out of hand.
I don't know how a "firm hand" would solve this but there are serious issues that need to be dealt with and I believe it stems from the home.
"That's not fair!" - Guess what kiddos? Life isn't fair and will never be. You can't have what everyone else has and why is having so much stuff important anyway. Kids are learning at a very early age the misconception that "keeping up with the Joneses" is important.
"That's not my mess." - Children are becoming more indifferent to community needs. In maintaining our classroom, I've had to show students that having a pleasant learning environment is a group effort. Everyone participates in reshelving books, picking up paper off of the floor, dusting, maintaining our computers, etc. This first struck me when at the beginning of the year, many students, after eating their a.m. snack, would just leave wrappers and trash either on their desks or on the floor. I found out that in their homes, mom is responsible for everything or in some cases, the housekeeper. The sense of personal/community responsibility has erroded.
"I can't get no satisfaction!" - Kids are too young to make all of the decisions in their lives. Give them choices but limit them to two or three. I've known parents that literally ask their kids what they want to do that day... Of course, the family ends up blowing money at an amusement park or something else unproductive. Parents need to encourage activities that enhance family time. Again, limiting to two choices: We can go for a picnic and a bike ride together at the park or visit the museum. Quality doesn't have to be expensive. Ultimately, kids need to know that parents make the decisions and can stick to them.
Now, going back to actual discipline issues in the classroom. One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten was from my math/science methods professor: The best discipline plan is a well-planned, student-centered lesson. Kids hate doing worksheet after worksheet and I hate grading them. As educators, we should strive between that balance of active learning and effective pencil/paper work. In my 10+ years experience, working with diverse populations, I've learned that building classroom community and keeping learning authentic, makes for an effective and positive environment for all students.

Thanks for the great question!
Mon :-)

Answer 6

be careful once you threaten to maintain the class for something that one baby has executed, by fact if he/she do no longer ask for forgiveness you would be in an ungainly place. you won't have the ability to circulate returned on what you have stated, by fact which you would be seen as a pushover and all the toddlers won't in any respect appreciate your authority. yet what if the youngster on no account apologizes? you won't have the ability to maintain them continuously and you possibility parents drawing close a tirade. you will possibly be greater helpful off asking the youngster to stay after college and have him/her write a letter of apology to the class. That way you have some administration on what takes place. however you do ensure you could persist with by.

Answer 7

No. Even rules/laws were strict they will still misbehave. Some of the reasons are parents. For example when the student does something wrong they will just punish then by grounding them which is not effective at all. Sometimes parents are blind and thinks that their children are bright but in reality they are not. Some parents never realize that their children have for example steal money from people, vandalizing, and destroying public property.

Answer 8

The root cause of "evil children" is that we are all born sinful. We must be prepared to deal with bad behavior, but look for good behavior and state that it is expected. Keep your standards high and do what is right and let the ACLU be liberal on its own. That is what you can control.

Answer 9

the root cause of evil in children is the root cause of children in all of us...original sin....people are intrinsically selfish, foulable, and "evil" (if that's the word you want to use.) the cause of misbehaving is primarily a lack of parental discipline. and yes, even the best kid can get into trouble when the classroom lacks structure, standards, and dicipline.

do i think teachers are looked at as the "enemy" in a dicipline situation, YES. should teacher have a bit more power, YES. but should we start hiring teachers who are actually TRAINED to be teachers as a profession, YES. we need to stop getting hiring people who see teaching as a backup plan, or a job of conveinience, and hire people who really want to do it.

Answer 10

I have learned three things in my eight years of teaching:

1. You can rarely affect change in your students' parents.

2. While you can take steps to reduce the risk of frivolous ligation and false accusations against you, you cannot stop them altogether.

3. You can only control what you can control, which is not much ultimately.

Thus, you can reduce your expectations out of fear or you can maintain your expectations out of competence--which are you willing to take the stand to defend?

This should help!

Good Luck....