Teacher Mom

Posted on 10/27/09

Hi Rose. I would have to agree with Simple. I would approach the
boys and ask them what was going on. Give them the chance to
share their feelings with you and see if you can offer them some
advice. Most likely the two students were probably friends that
were feuding and maybe this situation can easily be diffused by
talking them through things and allowing them to see that it
wasn't that serious (9 times out of 10 it's not).

If the boys were not friends, I would still talk to them and
listen to what they are saying and if there is no hope for the
two I would suggest that they ignore one another and stay away
from each other. I would remind the students that there is a
zero tolerance for fighting and inform them that they are taking
the chance of winding up in the deans office where their parents
may be summoned up to the school and possibly both boys beings
suspended if they do engage in a physical altercation.

I hope that helped. :=)

-Teacher Mom

On 10/24/09, Simple wrote:
> You intervene. Ask them to stop, whatever it is they are
> doing, and then separate them and have a nice little chat with
> them. It will likely be something silly - "He pushed me. He
> called me a _____" Talk them through how else they could solve
> the issue and if what they were about to do would likely get
> them what they are looking for in life. Administration is real
> big these days on having students reflect on their thoughts and
> actions.
>
> Personally, I think it is somewhat silly. Students at this age
> are very selfish and impulsive. It takes time to work through
> it and we can try to reason with them until the cows come home
> and most of them will still be selfish and impulsive when we
> are finished. My thoughts is simply to separate them, tell
> them the consequences isn't worth what they are about to do and
> to man up and go to class.

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