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Case: Not A Poor Loser.
I teach in an urban elementary school where most of the children are on free or reduced lunch. Most of the students live close to the school, but we have a small number of students from middle socioeconomic status who are bused from nearby neighborhoods. Most of these students do not qualify for free or reduced lunch. When Josh joined my 5th grade classroom two weeks ago, I handed him the free/reduced lunch coupons to be submitted to the lunch room personnel at lunch time. What I did not realize was that Josh did not qualify for free or reduced lunch but I simply made the assumption that he did because most of our students do. When Josh saw the coupons he asked me what they were and I told him what they were. He said, in a loud enough voice for everyone to hear, that he was not one of those poor losers who had to get government's help. I was surprised to hear such a thing from a 5th grade student. I told him that what he said was wrong and hurtful but he did not seem to care much. I wondered if he learned these types of things at home. Because his classmates heard what he said, they have not accepted him as a friend. Josh now is an isolated child. I have to deal with this issue. I have to find a way to bring Josh and the rest of the class together but I don't know where to begin. Do I begin with Josh, or the other students in class? How do I fix this so that all students learn some good lessons about tolerance?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I think you should sit Josh aside and explain to him that what he said was hurtful and wrong. Even though there are poor students in the class it is not okay for him to yell that out. Let him know that it is not their fault of the situation that their in but their still human and they still have feelings. He needs to apologize for his behavior to you and to the entire class. He has to show his classmates that he understands what he has done is wrong. The only way he will gain their friendships back is to apologize. I would ask the school counselor to attend the class. Some students including him may need to talk the situation out. Take the entire or half the class period to discuss this problem. |
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| Rated On: March 3, 2013 8:28 pm |
| Rated By: yTuGyd |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: Sitting the student down and breaking down the situation o him is important to get him to understand what he did was wrong. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2014 7:22 pm |
| Rated By: Amanda Meredith |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I don't think the best way to go about this is to have a single student face the entire classroom and apologize. This can isolate the student even more and worsen the problem. |
| Rated On: October 21, 2014 3:05 am |
| Rated By: yVuLyR |
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