Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: The N-Word My name is Kristin. I have taught high school English for nine years in a rural school. Recently, my husband and I had to move to a much larger city because of a promotion my husband received. I found a job as an English teacher at a high school that serves mostly African American and Hispanic students. My new students are nice and respectful. However, there is one issue that has been bothering me. I have been seeing my students talking to each other using the "n word." They are not bothered by this, but even in class discussions, if they are responding to one another, sometimes they use the "n word." In my previous school, we were very strict about these types of slurs. I am at loss now. Is this part of the school culture? Should I explain to my students why they should not use that word? Should I make a rule about it? I do not know how to deal with this. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think you should make it a rule that when they enter your classroom that they will respect each other in every way. I would call it the leave it at the door attitude. Explain to the students that it is disrespectful to use anything that has a negative connotation. Every time a student is disrespectful I would make them apologize. It will take a few weeks but students will not want to be embarrassed and have to apologize in front of the whole class. I have had to do this with some very class who were very talkative and it worked for me.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a good solution, as students need to understand respect even if a certain word doesn't offend them, it could offend someone else. Rated On: October 13, 2018 6:59 pm Rated By: aGuraz                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I love the leave it at the door statement. We cannot control the student outside of the classroom, but in the classroom there must be rules that need to be followed. Rated On: March 8, 2021 3:59 am Rated By: pydara                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a helpful solution I will use in my future. Rated On: November 25, 2022 2:07 pm Rated By: segeRa