Well said, Mr. Stallings.
Q. My third grade son recently came home in tears saying he
didn’t want to go to school anymore because he was punished for talking
during silent reading. The teacher kept him in from recess. I think this
is horrible. It isn’t a teacher’s job to destroy a child’s love for
school. Instead of constant punishment for every little infraction, what
about using positive reinforcement?
A. He was in tears for having to miss recess? Ah, sweet innocence of youth. Let’s hope he never gets a really tough consequence. Or a boss. Or a job.
I don’t see what the teacher did as either horrible or tear-inducing. My advice would be to have a conversation with your third-grader on the topic of “coping skills.” Because if being kept out of recess has destroyed his love for school, I shudder to think what’s in store when he gets to algebra.
A. He was in tears for having to miss recess? Ah, sweet innocence of youth. Let’s hope he never gets a really tough consequence. Or a boss. Or a job.
I don’t see what the teacher did as either horrible or tear-inducing. My advice would be to have a conversation with your third-grader on the topic of “coping skills.” Because if being kept out of recess has destroyed his love for school, I shudder to think what’s in store when he gets to algebra.
