Sunday, May 30, 2004

Bad Elaina

From a fellow teacher: At the beginning of the year, Elaina asked to sit at back of room at a table instead of desk because of her size. She sits there for months. Sometime in February, Elaina is sitting in another desk talking to a friend. Teacher says, "Go back to your own seat and stop talking." Elaina asks why she “always” has to sit in back of room. Teacher says fine, the desk is now your seat. Another student asks if she can have seat at table. Teacher says yes. As the other student is taking her seat at desk, Elaina errupts: “That’s my seat!” This argument proceeds for 3 days. Teacher writes Elaina up for disrespect and disruptive behavior. Meanwhile, the teacher coordinates with other teachers to move Elaina to another class where there are lots of seats. The teacher receives the discipline referral back. It says, “Problem resolved by move to other block.” Well, Elaina's problem was solved, but what about the teacher's problem?

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