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Re: Jonesboro
Posted by JSS on 12/16/07

    So, if the paddling you use in Arkansas is so effective, why would
    you have a school shooting? Wouldn't they have learned through being
    hit by their teachers that using violence to solve their problems is
    wrong? Hmmmmm....


    On 12/13/07, Maybe if Jonesboro had had a lovely positive incentive
    wrote:
    > On 12/09/07, Liz wrote:
    >> Try finding a positive thing to hang on the wall. For example,
    >> instead of hanging a paddle, hang an incentive chart for positive
    >> behavior. I have seen one that was made like the Razorback
    >> football field, and the students were small footballs. When they
    >> do a correct behavior, their football moves up 10 yards. When
    > they
    >> misbehave, their football goes back 10 yards. Then, if they
    > make
    >> a touchdown, the receive a positive incentive. If they go back to
    >> the beginning, they have a negative (but I still do not recommend
    >> the paddle). The classroom needs to be a room of enjoyment. If it
    >> a negative environment, the students will be stressed, and will
    >> not want to learn. Think about if you were working in an
    >> environment that threatens termination with every slight mistake
    >> you make. How can you do your best? You won't. You will do what
    >> you have to to make sure you don't get fired. Children need a
    >> positive environment to flourish in.
    >
    >
    > chart hanging on the wall like a Razorback football field, just
    > maybe their town would not be minus a few kids and a teacher due
    > to the hands of those lovely little students who could've made a
    > touchdown when they moved their cute little football 10 yards.
    > And if those sweet little darlings decided to shoot and kill their
    > peers, their football had to move back 10 yards. Oh, I'm sure
    > that positive incentive football field hanging on the wall is
    > definitely the answer. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND?

     
     

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