How can I handle students who won’t take no for an answer?
QUESTION:
I teach a class of remediation seniors who have not passed the high school exit exam. They are very difficult to control. Nothing fazes them. There are two or three who simply do not take no for an answer. They ask to go to the bathroom, get a drink, make a phone call. I say [...]
Does it matter what kind of home a child is from?
QUESTION:
Do you think it makes any difference to the success of the DWS program what kind of home the child is from, or what methods the rest of the faculty uses for discipline?
DR. MARSHALL’S RESPONSE:
Re: Home Life
Focus on the behavior––not the “why” for the behavior. Regardless of the “why,” everyone still has the freedom [...]
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6th and 7th graders are very impulsive creatures — they have been taught to be impulsive by adults. Don’t believe it? Just go to a teacher training session and observe how the teachers behave while the speakers are presenting! As a [...]
