Letters to the Editor: Why Calls To Restore Discipline in the Classroom Are Troubling
LA Times | Aug 12, 2023To the editor: A letter to the editor written by an educator of more than 30 years suggested three strategies to attract young people to the teaching profession. As a fellow educator of more than 30 years, I was horrified.
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The second suggestion was to restore authority and order to classrooms. Studies show that authority and order tend to fall heaviest on students of color and low-income and disabled students.
… And why might that be?
Who funded the studies?
And who were those impartial sifters of information conducting the studies without a political agenda?
Sometimes a heavier hand is needed to get the most out someone’s potential.
Or is that just crazy talk?
Hey look… SQUIRREL!
Imagine that! People who come from poor (often broken) families, and those who glorify “thug life” get in trouble more often in school. Other studies find that people with poor physical coordination fall heaviest. Recommend all of society lay on the couch in perpetuity.
Bring back the fear of the thick paddle boards with air holes in them. Females get paddled also , there can be no discrimination against anyone no matter what your pro nouns are.
I had a yardstick broken across my face in Grade 5 by a male teacher…luckily it was before the metric system and metre sticks..
I got 3 licks once in middle school by an old female English teacher with a mustache. Very humiliating.
Important factors for life success:
Ability to delay gratification.
Discipline
Resilience
These factors require stability and order to acquire and appreciate.
If you are thrust in an chaotic environment you can only learn chaos.
Agreed Fangbeer..I concentrate on those three points every now and zen…oommm…oommm…
Ive taught kids and I’ve taught/trained adults. There are sneaky ways to control your student population that don’t involve force no matter the age of the people sitting in the room.
Its also much more satisfying when they think it’s their idea to follow your rules.
I’m intrigued, but afraid to ask the details, in case you have to kill me.
If i told/showed you, you’d come away with mixed feelings of “oh, I knew that” and “there’s NO WAY that would ever work”.
To Mark Twain is attributed a quote to the effect that “It is easier to fool someone than to convince them they’ve been fooled.”
Start of the school year shoot one randomly pour encourager les autres.