The students at Partridge Boarding School were the most well-behaved children anyone had ever seen. The school had ideal children. The students were brilliant. Their report cards sent to their parents would be covered in positive comments and exceptional marks. The students were perfect.
They stayed there all year until summer, where they went home as courteous versions of themselves. When they came back, they were the uncivil, selfish youths they had originally come to the school as. After the first day, the rowdy hallways turned into eerily silent corridors. The students walked in single file, no one stepping out of line. They all dressed in unisex uniforms. Everywhere you went, you would see the young learners clad in navy
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No one ever breathed a word about how bad the food was. They never even seemed to notice.
Classes were what strict principals expected. No conversation between students, no speaking out, no talking back and everyone raising their hands for a simple questions. Everyone got an A. Not a single question wrong. Teachers went through their lessons like automations. No explanations, just textbook definitions. What would take an average student thirty minutes was only five minutes for them. They blew through textbooks, from the little eight year olds to the high school seniors. The pupils did the same little things everyday. Each instructor had a grey button on their desk. It was only pushed about once a year. If a learner didn’t raise their hand, or they got a question wrong, the disciplinarian would hit the button. A few moments later, two men in slivery suits and dark sunglasses would drag the mischief-maker away. They wouldn’t be seen until the next morning, where they would act like flawless droids again.
The order of things was so precise it was terrifying. No matter what, students would go to their dorms at 8:35 in the evening and were asleep by 8:55. There was no other times. It was never a minute earlier or later. When the pupils reached home for the summer, they’d slowly break down in regular children. First, the simple, minor things that only a faculty member from the school would recognize. They
There is a lot to dissect throughout this information, however, I believe that I can say confidently that throughout the classes the biggest factor on how students behaved was the age of the student. Throughout the first two observations (both 9th grade classes) the students were very difficult to maintain but in different ways. In the first class much of the back half of the class and the section farther away from where the teacher was standing at her fixed platform were not paying attention especially if they had already read for class and knew they were not going to be called upon. On the other hand, in the second observation (also freshmen), the students were incredibly rowdy. The students were loud and completely off task. The teacher
“BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!”, I slammed the snooze bar for the final time in a sleep-deprived fit of rage. “5:45” The red numbers illuminated the dark bedroom and I am hit with the depressing realization that the first day of school has begun. Staying in bed any later would award me with a traffic jam and tardy slip, so I dash out the door.
When they got there they got their hair was cut short and were dressed in uniforms. The girls and boys were separated. The days consisted of school and chores, they had barely any free time. If they weren't in school they were doing chores.
very hard to cope with a change, so it is important to let the child
After the holiday was over, it was hard for her to get back to the institutional life in residential school. There was strict discipline at the school. For example, there were certain times of the day when students had to adhere to the rules of the bell: to get up in the morning, to go to chapel, to go to eat, to go to the classroom, to signify playtime and recess, and to go to bed. In addition, each of the students had chores to do. Everyone had to clean the school. When the principal came to the school, the students had to know how to set a table properly with damask table cloths. When the students did not follow the rules, they would be punished brutally. Some of the penalties led students in the school to dead. There were also a lot of health problems in residential schools due to the large number of students. (2011, 2)
The students were thrown into a military style regimentation of classes and activities. They were up at the call of a bugle at 5:45 a.m. with exercise and military drills following. Breakfast was at 6:45. Industrial work began at 8:00 and formal school at 9:00. After lunch there was more industrial work and school with lectures into the evening. There was less than an hour of free time during each day, and the students were in bed at 9:00 p.m.
Middle school, when that word pops up in one’s head, it’s a sudden reminder of dreadfulness, broken promises, regrets, first crushes, and last but not least, learned lessons. Another morning had brought another school day. Seeing familiar faces and teachers I just wanted to get through the day with no hassle, but that’s not always the case. At least it wasn’t for me. Making my way through the extended halls and walls that seemed to enclose upon me, I felt nothing more than like a chained prisoner. The bell rung and I remained seated in my class, encompassed by boxed, outdated computers and rusty white walls, I felt
All of the walls are plastered with student work of hand-cut construction paper snowflakes and stockings. In the mornings, excited students swarm the hallway as they look for their classroom and their teacher. Echoes of “good mornings” bounce around the hallway from student to teacher. But farther down the hallway, the older students are not as excited for the day while the bare walls match their expressionless faces. About halfway down this hallway is a wide staircase down leading to the fourth grade classrooms. It is rather quiet in this hallway because there is a distinct lack of
While there, he observes a strict system of punishment and reward where objectives are carried out with military precision. He encounters a strange language of keywords and symbols used by teachers to enforce universal conformity among students. A numbering system from 1-4 is used publicly to identify the progress of each student, the result a social identifier and a source of humiliation among the low ranking students. He observes that the enforcement of rigorous rules and regulations suppresses normal childhood behavior producing classrooms devoid of any human element. In reviewing notes taken while monitoring a fourth-grade classroom he reflects; “But I found no references to any child’s traits of personality or even physical appearances. Differences between the children somehow cease to
It is just like any other day for Cathy Hurley, principal of Wylie E. Groves High School. She sat at her desk, blindly clicking through several emails, her tortoise glasses resting lazily on the tip of her nose. The sun was hidden behind several thick, grey clouds; it looked like it would snow later. The thought of getting new tires for the upcoming weather briefly crossed her mind when there was a sudden knock at the door, making her jump. She briefly fixed her glasses and smoothed down her hair before calling “Come in!”
The classroom is very well-behaved and organized. It is very clear that the authoritarian approach to the students has created a very responsive and submissive class. The students just kind of take in what the directors say. It’s hard to understand if they genuinely understand the topics that are being discussed or if they are just glazing over as they are bombarded with terms that they don’t entirely understand. There is a lot of the “withitness” among the teachers, and they are very aware when a student steps out of line and “bark” at the students to follow the daily routine and task at hand. Outside of that technique, there isn’t a lot obvious techniques that the teachers use.
Chatter rippled through the amphitheater. The students were all disorderly, but for different reasons. Complaints, new love interests, thoughts about forming a team. Even if it was the second day of school, the rowdiness never appeared to have died down from last year—always finding new life in youthful souls and scandalous minds. Nothing or no one was safe from being mentioned, and Syd was one of the more thrilled recipients of the hearsay. It was like a free movie to him.
The discipline has always been vital for the public schools that function properly. I believe that discipline is necessary for pupils to learn and that teachers are expected to establish and maintain schools that are known well-disciplined. Parents, educators, and community members have an expectation that student’s learning should be conducted in a safe and positive school environment. There are many serious incidents happening on school campuses such as assaults, rapes, drug, and crime in general, and these behavior problems are growing every day. The data helps educators to analyze a student’s problematic behaviors, why she or he behaves like that, and how to give support to minimize negative behaviors and maximize positive behaviors. The present paper explores the behavior problems happening on middle school campuses.
Do you ever feel that when your classroom gets a room full of kids, you will start feeling claustrophobic. At New York's Forest Hills High School, that happens in every class period. Since the high school is jam packed, it has made 3 shifts, the first one is at 7:30, the second is at 8:30 and the third at 10:30. You would think that it would be chaos in every, single period, but it is not as you would think it is.
Initial thoughts: Ms. Rollison needs to understand that students behave differently which will require a different way to approach their behavior. In most cases, when a student is acting out it is due to something stressful they are experiencing. A young student does not communicate their wants and needs well, this causes them to express their emotion is not the best manner. When children need are not met they will misbehave more frequently. Therefore, Ms. Rollison will need to understand and have patience with the student because there is always a reason behind why the student is misbehaving.