Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Acceptable Behavior is Not What it Used to Be Mr. Franklin is an old school style teacher who prioritizes student discipline and classroom control. In his class, students are very well behaved because he has almost total control. During unstructured time, Mr. Franklin has a hard time accepting certain behaviors that are simply allowed to pass by in today's school. Other teachers and the administration at Mr. Franklin's school are much more tolerant and lenient of typical rambunctious middle school behaviors. How should Mr. Franklin deal with the changing disciplinary expectation in today's schools? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It sounds like Mr. Franklin is definitely old school in his desire for such a disciplined classroom, but what educator doesn't need discipline? Mr. Franklin should remain "strict" in his classroom rules and procedures if his students currently respect him and follow his direction-- we wouldn't want Mr. Franklin's students to become disobedient. To combat undesired behaviors in unstructured time, Mr. Franklin should first find out the current school rules/procedures in place, and then make a set of "quiet time" rules for unstructured time like that. This way, Mr. Franklin is following school rules as well as maintaining his desired orderly classroom.