Behavior Problems

Students with behavior problems are sent to my cooperating teacher’s room. They have to sit in the corner with their head down. They are not allowed to do anything, not even schoolwork. Part of their punishment is that they will have to do schoolwork at home instead of in the classroom with the other students.

On one of my observing days, a student sat in the corner the entire time I was there. At first I thought he was a shy new student, but I was definitely wrong. On top of sitting in an unfamiliar room and not being able to do anything, he had to eat lunch in the office, and his mother was called. Since this student had previous offenses, the mom was required to come into the office for a talk with her son and the principal; it was more serious then a phone call home. He pushed students who did not want to play with him and previously, he hit another student and felt no remorse at all. Obviously the calls home did not work so intervention was needed.

I do not like that all of the students with behavior problems are sent to my cooperating teacher's room. She has enough to worry about with her own students. Her students have learning and behavior problems and she does not have time to take on additional students. I do not think it is fair for her to have to do that. I think the students with behavior problems should be taken out of the classroom and into the office.