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Re: Fights in High School
Posted by Texas Teacher on 8/06/08
Teachers are not encouraged to break up fights. We are told to
call the office as each room has a phone. The principals come to
the hallways with campus police. We have had teachers (male and
female) get hurt when they break up fights. Also, if you try to
break up a fight and the student is hurt and he says you hit him,
you could be sued. This is not worth a court case and possible
loss of teaching certificate as far as I am concerned. You need
to monitor what is going on between the students and be prepared
to write a report and/or give the campus police a full statement.
On 8/06/08, NRM wrote:
> 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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