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By Sam
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I would like to bring up a situation that I ran into last week. I was in a classroom with a student who had some behavioral issues. As I asked the students to come to the floor he did a sort of spin out of his seat and| came to the floor. I did not think it was that big of a deal and said nothing. The student next to him told me, "Don't get mad at him. He's crazy." I was shocked. I told him that was not OK to say and left it at that. The student who said it obviously felt bad about saying it and did not mean it in a mean way. I brought this up because it seems that sometimes teachers try so hard | |
to make the rest of the class aware of the student's needs that they inadvertently give the other students permission to think of them as beyond help. If I were the classroom teacher I would probably schedule a class meeting dealing with labels that are placed on students. I think I would phrase it so that it did not seem like I was talking about a situation from the class specifically, just in general. Then the students could discuss and not feel like they were being lectured. Eventually we could relate it to our class and see how we could use what insight we gathered to help us be more understanding. It is definitely a touchy issue. Good luck.
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