Monday, January 28, 2008
New thinking!!
Tonight I had an aha moment, when Mrs. White told us the story of the boy in Louisville, in the hall, I really saw a new perspective. Generally, when we as humans encounter a situation like that we, without knowing, tend to react harshly. I am an LBD major and Mrs. White's story has really given me a new way to react to that type of situation, that I had never thought of before. So thanks Mrs. White! You have helped me to see an alternative way to deal with misbehavior.
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I really liked her story as well. However, being from Louisville the behavior didn't really shock me. I mean we're not all like that, but I've heard so many stories like that and of so many people who don't quite handle it like that.
My best friends mom works with some of the kids in Louisvile very similar to the boy Mrs. White was talking about. One year for her birthday one of her students brought her a car radio that was obvious to her that had been stolen out of a car. I wouldn't really have known what to do, but she just told the boy that she already had a car radio and he needed to return that one where he got it from. Just a little humorous story!
I completely agree. I have often thought about how I would handle a situation like the example Mrs. White told us, and, truth is, it scares me to even think about it! I like the way she handled it. Children need to know their boundaries and they need to learn to respect adults and authority figures, but they need to trust us, too. If we are constantly being extremely harsh to the children, they are more likely to act worse. It is best to be stern, but not mean.
I would like everyone else have to agree, cause I am a sarcastic person but if that situation would have happened to me, I am sure to say that I would not be able to react the same way Mrs. White did. I think knowing that using the right way to talk to children and react in that way will help me in many ways. Thanks Mrs. White:)
I agree. I am also a LBD major and i was thinking the same thing. I always wonder what I would do if I was in that situation. I think that that is a very creative way of building a relationship with a child. Thanks for the story Mrs. White!
I had heard of kids acting like the one in her story but had never seen or experienced anything like it before until today when I was subbing a student made a comment that was totally inappropriate like that to the teacher across the hall and I instantly thought about what was said in class. It wasn't said to me but I watched how the teacher reacted to it and she responded to it in the typical way by sending the kid out and I just wondered what would have happened if she hadn't done that but had acted differently. It was definitely food for thought.
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