https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo 1. )What is your most vivid memory of school discipline? 2.) What would you have done differently if you were the school administrator? en-us 2021-05-27 15:09:57 UTC 2021-06-14 22:32:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png bkgaskins https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1565535156 1. ) My most vivid memory of school discipline (or lack of it) involved a personal anecdote at Beech High School. I was a freshman and senior on the football team (they called him Goldberg for the WWE wrestler) speared/tackled me in a side hallway. It was a move he frequently did to other younger students. It did not hurt but it was more embarrassing than anything else. He was not reprimanded or discouraged from spearing freshman or sophomores by the school administration.
2.) If I was the school's principal or assistant principal, I would have had a conversation with this student or their parents and state definitively that good-natured spearing/assault is not acceptable. His spot on the football team could have been a consequence (or at least a one-game suspension for each spear OFF the football field). ]]> 2021-05-27 15:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1565535156 https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1582833411 1. My most vivid memory of school discipline is not a situation involving discipline in the traditional sense. In 6th or 7th grade, the teacher was checking to see if everyone's homework was completed. I had not completed my homework, and it was not the first or second time either. The teacher stopped class to scold me for not completing my homework. I responded in angry to the teacher. She removed me from class and walked me down to the teacher's lounge to call my mother at work. Of course, my mother wasn't happy to be called at work, so she gave me an ear full. The teacher and I immediately walked back to class, even though I was clearly upset with the situation. I was embarrassed to have to sit amongst my classmates while still upset. To say the least, not my favorite class or teacher. The teacher had no idea that we were struggling to make ends meet and sometimes didn't have power. Homework was the last thing on my mind most days.

2. If I would have been the teacher, I would have waited until the end of class and had a one-to-one conversation with the student. I would attempt to figure out what was causing the homework to be incomplete. Additionally, I would call the parent at the end of the day to inform them of my concern. In the conversation, I would ask what additional supports I could provide their student at school. ]]> 2021-06-03 15:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1582833411 https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1582993908 1. In middle school we had PE everyday. One day we came out of the locker rooms to find bowling balls sitting all over the place. My BFF set one spot away from me during attendance and there was a bowling ball on her spot! She rolled the ball to me, I rolled the ball back. At the moment our PE teacher looked up and decided anyone who touched the balls had detention. So my bestie was given a detention slip, she was inconsolable, so I did the obvious thing: turned myself in. We BOTH had detention for "touching a bowling ball." Exact wording on the detention slip, my parents kept it. 

2. Thinking about it now, it is impressive the principal stuck by the teacher in this situation because of how ridiculous the entire thing was. However, if I had been the administrator, I would have canceled the detentions because they were ridiculous.]]> 2021-06-03 16:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1582993908 https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1583324449 I was the definition of a rule follower. I hated getting into trouble!! In fifth grade, Douglas Fisher sneezed the funniest sneeze ever to be heard. I could not stop laughing- it was comedy gold. My teacher commanded me to stop my giggling, but it was humanly impossible. Therefore, I had to go to the board and write my own name up there. I was mortified and used the smallest script possible.
That was the last time I ever was in trouble. Douglas may have sneezed more, but I did not fall victim to the hilarity.
Unfortunately, there were some bullying situations in middle school that were not handled appropriately. We lived in a small town, and discipline was affected by who your parents socialized with. I wish the administration would not have been so explicit in their favor of certain students and families. I feel like there were students who were bullied, and no action was taken. ]]> 2021-06-03 18:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1583324449 bjenkins51 https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1591360175 I have always hated getting into trouble--as a kid and even now as an adult. I distinctly recall one instance in elementary school in which I "got in trouble." In my first grade class, we were required to pull cards for various reasons for making poor choices. One morning, we had a substitute teacher. I was sitting on the carpet next to Sandra, and Sandra started talking to me. I spoke back to Sandra, and the substitute teacher made me pull a card--NOT Sandra! I was SO upset and was terrified to go home and tell my parents I pulled a card and was also very embarrassed to pull a card in front of my classmates.

This concept is interesting to me now because I have learned so much about Social and Emotional Learning and its importance in students' lives. In my previous school district, we were no longer allowed to utilize systems like the "card pulling" system for various reasons. I've bought into this idea and have been disappointed that my new/current school district still utilizes public displays of negative consequences such as the card pulling system and the "clip chart." As an administrator of the school in which I attended first grade, I would not allow the card pulling system or anything similar to it.]]> 2021-06-08 00:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1591360175 https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1606104825 1. My most vivid memory of school discipline is from freshman year and my cell phone fell out of my backpack. The teacher of the class heard it fall out and they told me to bring it to them. The rule was we were not allowed to use our phone in class, and it was a Saturday detention if you were caught with your phone. I brought my phone to the teacher and showed her the phone was not even powered on and it had just fallen out of my backpack. She still yelled at me and gave me a Saturday detention in front of the whole class. Saturday detention was not all that bad, as we ended up playing croquet and leaving 3 hours early. 
2. If I was the school administrator, I would have stepped in and lessened the blow of the punishment. The punishment should have been lunch cleaning or something of the sorts. ]]> 2021-06-14 22:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bkgaskins/ffunw1zrj15af9eo/wish/1606104825