The Youth of today. Tut tut tut..... Page 4
You have a little sick there it the corner.... that's it....
Quote: SlagA @ March 23 2009, 1:32 PM GMTScatz, you are the necessary exception to the rule.
Why, thank you!
Quote: SlagA @ March 23 2009, 1:32 PM GMTScatz, you are the necessary exception to the rule.
Cheers. 
You are 18 now though! Different..ish...
Are you implying that he's a paedo or something?
Sure, why not?
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ March 20 2009, 6:57 PM GMTone little boy about 8 or 9 screeched at his mother.
"I said no sauce you stupid whore, are you f**king retarded?!"
The mother upon seeing both mine and the ice cream man's faces told the little angel "That is naughty" but you got the impression she rarely made a deal of it.
I presume the child was often spoken to like that himself or saw his mother spoken to like that regularly by someone else. I really believe that if you treat children with respect they show it back.
As for schools and parents/teachers not being strict enough, I went to a school from from ages 12 to 18, where there was no discipline system in place. No detentions, punishments, etc and yet all the pupils were very well behaved (with the very odd exception, who never got caught 
) and bullying was almost unknown.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 24 2009, 11:42 AM GMTAs for schools and parents/teachers not being strict enough, I went to a school from from ages 12 to 18, where there was no discipline system in place. No detentions, punishments, etc and yet all the pupils were very well behaved (with the very odd exception, who never got caught
I can assure you that would not work in the local comp that my school feeds into. I suspect the catchment area was pretty good. Good kids tend (but not always) to come from good homes where the boundaries are marked and there are consequences and rewards.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 24 2009, 11:42 AM GMTI presume the child was often spoken to like that himself or saw his mother spoken to like that regularly by someone else. I really believe that if you treat children with respect they show it back.
As for schools and parents/teachers not being strict enough, I went to a school from from ages 12 to 18, where there was no discipline system in place. No detentions, punishments, etc and yet all the pupils were very well behaved (with the very odd exception, who never got caught
As a youth worker I worked in similar setups. Thing is it was because the kids were inculcated with respect at home so that entire job was done for us. When kids want to keep your respect and affection, then disciplinary systems are not needed.
Certainly when I switched from a comp school to a grammar it was astonishing that detentions etc vanished.
Quote: roscoff @ March 26 2009, 2:12 AM GMTI can assure you that would not work in the local comp that my school feeds into. I suspect the catchment area was pretty good. Good kids tend (but not always) to come from good homes where the boundaries are marked and there are consequences and rewards.
The catchment area was bigger than local comps and the pupils were from all sorts of backgrounds. However it was just girls and it was a grammar school with a selection exam. It was the only school I've ever heard of where pupils could stay in the classrooms unsupervised during breaks and lunch hour because they could be trusted.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ March 26 2009, 9:31 AM GMTIt was the only school I've ever heard of where pupils could stay in the classrooms unsupervised during breaks and lunch hour because they could be trusted.
That happened at my school.
(Although rarely, what with modern health & safety legislation. But it happened.)
We're allowed to too, but only since we've been in sixth form.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ March 26 2009, 4:33 PM GMTWe're allowed to too, but only since we've been in sixth form.
This was every day, for all pupils throughout the whole school. Given the lack of sporting prowess amongst most of the girls it probably would have been better to chuck us out to play, mind, instead of swotting up on Latin. 
It's craaaaazy the difference between applied (general to basic level students) and Advanced classes.
If only the Applied students are constantly fighting you trying to get more freedom. Meanwhile the Advanced students have all the freedom they need because I can trust they won't get into a fist fight for the 5 minutes I am out of the class for.
Oh yea, I guess I should point out I'm now doing my second practicum at an inner city school. I'm so freaking tired right now after every day.
It's such a huuuuuge difference between this placement in a downtown school and my last placement in a Suburban area. I don't think it would be so bad though if I would be teaching Art. English is retardedly hard. There is non stop marking that takes forever.
Did I mention how tired I am right now 