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Show i Page IB South Edition Lakeside Review Wednesday, March 21, 1984 the paddles hung on the teacher's wall , waiting to What to Do With the Bad Applesi he taken down to swat some smart aleck. Some teachers even sadistically drilled little holes in the paddle so air resistance wouldn't slow down the hoard. sistently skipped classes or have gan to discover their rights too. been yery disruptive in class But despite all the psychiatric findings, according to one Davis' may find themselves explaining They dont care much for' anCounty teacher, the fact that their actions to the judge. gles, areas or derivatives. What teachers were being dragged into According to File, 95 percent War the Civil happened during court that killed the use of of the students get back on the or the Grenada Conflict doesnt interest them at all. corporal punishment in the right track and try to make a schools. People are sue happy," change in their behavior. But. dont dont fare. They They he said while admitting that once in a rare while, the student want to learn. doesnt care. School has become tfie physical force probably wasnt They are bad apples of such a negative experience that school system. They are the ones the best discipline tactic anyway. who sit in the class only because According to Tom File of the he or she would rather not be inDavis School Districts Pupil volved anymore. In these case, the law says they have to. Personnel Department, even the judge can force the parents' Given the chance, these students would rather be sitting in now there is no technical law to give up guardianship of the child or he can ban the child front of a TV or cruising down banning the use of corporal punmain street. ishment, its just an unwritten from returning to school. But one Davis County high Some times these students get rule that the good teacher has school teacher says the red tape force far his down or out of hand and become disrupphysical of discipline policiess although tive in the class room. But most her list of disciplinary actions. And many teachers admit that better than old physical methof the time they only hurt themit isnt even necessary. Davis ods, still can choke the classselves by skipping classes or igroom. I feel frustrated, he said, noring school work, Their grades county is not Chicago, San Franplummet and their futures of cisco or New York City. The adding that too much time can pass by before the problem is countys small size and rural setflipping hamburgers or sweeping fixed. floors looks bleak. ting doesnt produce many The courts dont support us discipline problems. They need discipline. They as File said has no teacher they should, said another reported cant effectively control their teacher. They send the problem own lives so they require the having to carry a gun for kid right back to our class rooms in the class room. help of the school system itself. tell us that we have to teach and the student who its Instead, is Ever since governments made education a requirement, how to simply distracting to others, them. But the kid doesnt want discipline the problem child has reducing the effectiveness of the to be taught and the problems teachers ability to teach that is remain. been a problem in itself. File said teachers dont really the problem. Or its the student In early years of pdblic educaunderstand the court system. in violation of state law, tion, humiliation in front of who, We to the consequence have . she effec-decides he or try that doesnt ones peers was thought happen as fast as possible, adtive. Sitting on a tall stool wcar- - have to attend. N In either case, they are the studing that the courts take time to ing a dunce cap on was work in. to dents learn. who dont want the to shame supposed wayward' The' use of immediate disciNow, correcting the problem student into better behavior. is a student made And if humiliation didnt work through series pline methods is given to each there was always physical force. of steps. The Davis County individual school, as long as it is in line with district policy. PrinAnyone over 25 knows the term School Board has recently an updated discipline cipals may use their discretion corporal punishment, the right passed of a teacher to knock the stuff- policy which lists responsibilities on. individual cases.. File said of the administrators, teachers, most of the problems will, be ings out of a bad student. Many people remember the students and their parents. taken care of on a school by school basis. paddles hung on the teachers Greater involvement.of the parent is stressed and progressive According to File, two schools wall, waiting to be taken down in the district,. North Davis Julevels action are out. of spelled to swat some smart alec. Some If a studenf .displays nior High -and the' Davis Learnteachers even sadistically drilled little holes in the paddle so air inappropriate'behavior(s) for a ing Cehtet,- use what is known as resitance wouldnt slow down .period of time andor of serious the time out procedure, a system the board policy which raninto heavy opposition the board. intensity, in Salt Take County this year And in those discriminating states, the teacher should conwhen it was discovered that and with the sult prinparent(s) days, the girls were usually some schools used, a small cona referral or to the from wrath. cipal teachers possible spared counselor, administration, or the finement room for problem stuGirls were nice, boys were basia special educationchild study dents. cally evil. Unlike 'the Lake Salt for team evaluation. schools, can men . Many today painfully North Davis Junior High uses a remember the sore seats, rapped , When the actions, of the stuDAN CARLSRUH to leave. Review Staff He said it is actually a choice for the parent. When the student breaks a rule the school attempts to contact the parent. The parent can then decide whether to have the child spend his suspension at home or at school in the time out room. Egan claims most parents support the ISS concept and would rather their child work self-defen- se - t , ' regular class room with seven knuckles, tugged ears, pinched dent, becomfc- - more disruptive shoulders and putted hair of then, suspension from school will desks ill it. If a student has bro-- kerf a .rule, 7 said "Principal Dick their Education in elementary or follow.' Bui better eorfimunica-tiohe is placed in the room is rewith ,.Egnn, schools. ' r nhe; pafenjs junior high which he Butin the 1960s things begafi quested by the Jboafd policy. and to change. Some educational Once suspended! the stiident is has td cpmplete. 'The system is called In School specialist spoke out against the referred to the PupiFBersonnel Susptnsioiij (1SS). use of physical punishments. Department'' ol t Fie ' School diwill resaid the student Egan i Psychiatrists found little to cor- sc'd main in the room the entire day' It. is at the Pupil Personnel levrelate slapping a child's face and effective learning. It was the age el Vhere court action may be with teacher supers isi.om Only of individual rights and kids be taken. Students who have con- - for lunch will the student bo pble n' , given-assignment- f s suspension under teacher supervision. Egan said the room is in use about 50 percent of the time and, while their are some repeaters to the ISS room, many students want to finish their assignments and get out. Fve been pleasantly surprised at the success of the program, he said. But all of the discipline programs are admittedly attacking only symptoms of the disease. The roots of the discipline problem is in the attitude of the student. Our public school system is an extension of the whole society, a high school teacher said. The students come in thinking we owe them something. They only want to take, not give. He adds that the school's position of teaching is taking a backseat to babysitting. The primary function of publics schools today out their is day care service. These attitudes, said File, in many cases can be found in the home. The problem goes back long before the kids get to school, he said. I find, in many cases of severe discipline problems that attitudes of the students can be found in the parents. Egan concurs. I've seen many of these kids family life and realized that some of our little people have large crosses to bear. File feels one way to find attitude problems quick is to let the student know what is expected of him or her before school Starts. It would be nice for the principal and teacher to meet with the Student and make up some sort of contractual1 algree- ment of what is expected for each class, to have it outlined ' . explicitly." And the new district discipline policy agrees. Clearly stated academic ,and behavioral expectations for the students should be written and made available to parents and discussed with students, it states. Teachers are encouraged to involve students in the development' of rules fo reasonable behavior and |