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Re: Fights in High School
Posted by NRM on 8/06/08
I'm a 52 year old woman of 120 lbs. I teach high school math. I
haven't dealt with any major fights between boys, but I will
tell you: 200 lb high school boys are startled when I don't
mind sticking myself right in the middle of confrontations. I
think they are more likely to calm down when this skinny old
woman jumps in than they are when the gym coach starts pulling
limbs.
Rebecca, I don't think you were stupid, nor lucky. I think you
were brave and smart.
On 8/04/08, Rebecca wrote:
> It is our job to get help (getting another teacher, calling
> the office, whatever it takes). Districts do not want a
> teacher hurt if at all possible and would probably not advice
> a female teacher to get in the middle of two high school boys.
> So don't feel bad about not getting in the middle of it. And
> don't beat yourself up over it. It is so hard to act in the
> moment of something like that. You aren't thinking straight
> and your adrenaline is running.
>
> I dealt with one fight the year before last, right outside my
> room at a time when there were not many students or teachers
> around. And honestly all I was thinking was how can I stop it
> so I jumped right in the middle of the two boys and push them
> apart and yelled for help. One teacher called the office and
> then came to help while another showed up to grab one of the
> boys. The other two teachers didn't have classes at the time
> (were on lunch) and so they each took a boy and walked him
> down to the office and I walked back into my classroom
> absolutely shaking and continued teaching (which I'm not sure
> how I accomplished but it was just what needed to be done).
> Looking back, it was probably pretty stupid to get in the
> middle of two boys who were both bigger than I was.
>
> On 8/04/08, Teach wrote:
>> Hi everyone! I wanted to ask your opinion about fights. I
>> am a very new female teacher in a high school. Last year
>> there was a fight by my classroom between two boys. I had
>> yelled at the students to break apart before the fight
>> began, but instantly punches were thrown. Quickly a male
>> teacher had shown up and broke the boys apart. Both boys
>> ended up ok with no major injuries. The administrators were
>> fine with how I handeled the situation, and never mentioned
>> any concerns about my procedure. Yet,I was never satisfied
>> with how things happened.
>> My question for you is... Should female teachers verbally or
>> physically break up fights? If so what is the most
>> appropriate and safe procedure to do so?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Fights in High School, 8/04/08, by Teach.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/04/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/04/08, by jp.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/05/08, by NYC teacher.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/06/08, by NRM.
- Re: Fights in High School good question, 8/06/08, by sm.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/06/08, by Texas Teacher.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/06/08, by CK97.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/11/08, by I stay out of it..
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/12/08, by Dave Z.
- Re: Fights in High School, 8/12/08, by Patrick.
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