A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?”
He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?” The kid was ready. Ready, man! For an anger blast to his face….”How could you do that?” “What’s wrong with you?”…and for the big boot out of school. But he was NOT ready for kindness.
The armor-plated defenses melt like ice under a blowtorch and the words pour out: “My dad’s an alcoholic. He’s promised me things my whole life and never keeps those promises.” The waterfall of words that go deep into his home life, which is no piece of breeze, end with this sentence: “I shouldn’t have blown up at the teacher.” Whoa.
Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
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Bam. Kids “misbehave” for actual, real, valid reasons. And have feelings.
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I, for one, am astonished at the idea that children are people.
Also, I love this. I want to found a school based on this principle.
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Newly made pencils being sharpened at the factory - Imgur帆足剛彦
I have been staring at this for far too long.
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This and the “Epi Pen Game” were favorites at summer camp. The Epi Pen Game is when you run up to someone unexpectedly and stab them in the thigh with a pretend Epi Pen, while screaming “EPI!” Bonus points if you give them a dead leg. Don’t forget to keep the Epi Pen in place for 30 second so that all of the medication is delivered. We just claimed we were practicing our first aid skills.
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