Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Caught Red Handed In my Kindergarten class I have an area with various toys for students to play with during their free time. I noticed that one little boy, we will call him Drew enjoyed playing with the match box cars. I only had a few and noticed that they kept going missing. Now, I thought they were somewhere in the classroom and they would turn up but in the mean time, I went out and purchased a few more boxes of cars. Now, when Drew was leaving I went to give him a hug goodbye and noticed his pockets were full. I asked what he had. He refused to answer. His mom took the match box cars out of his pocket. I spoke to Drew and said that I just bought those cars for the classroom and they had to stay in the class. The parent said jumped in and said I was mistaken and they are his cars.. ( they are not) ..and became angry at me. Fast forward, now I have no cars in the classroom because they all "disappeared"... Help? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Seems like the student and parent ruined something nice for the class. I would try to provide proof of purchase. If not, then if you purchase more cars I would be sure to not allow that student to be anywhere near them. He will not longer be able to play with them if he takes them.                 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 No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Banning the student from playing with them is fair but discriminates which is not allowed. Rated On: October 8, 2018 2:31 pm Rated By: uQuJyh                 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: NA Rated On: October 10, 2018 7:05 pm Rated By: heJaQy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: It is not only a matter of saving the cars for the class, but also guide the child to take the right choice (not steal the cars). I do not think that not letting him play with the cars will fix the bottom of the problem. He might not be aloud to play with the cars, but steal something else. Rated On: October 14, 2018 3:55 am Rated By: tabape                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Providing proof may not be enough because the parent might say that they bought similar cars. Rated On: February 22, 2019 1:00 am Rated By: ePegej                 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: great idea Rated On: February 25, 2019 1:23 am Rated By: yZedyR                 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: Rated On: February 25, 2019 2:11 am Rated By: ZyQeHy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This doesn't really solve anything because, although you know that the cars are yours, you still have to prove that to the parents. By not allowing the student to get near them anymore, you're saying they're yours without proving it. Rated On: February 25, 2019 4:21 am Rated By: Joseph Scharfschwerdt                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: you can't ban a student from playing with a certain toy. The teacher needs to write their name on the cars so the parents can't get away with enabling their child to steal as it will be obvious whose it is. the child needs to learn not to still. not just be removed from the item that is currently tempting him to steal. Rated On: February 22, 2020 12:33 am Rated By: Vanessa Tuliau                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would not recommend this solution. Rated On: February 24, 2020 2:21 am Rated By: eVyDaL                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: By not allowing the kid to play with toys are you not in fact excluding them? That could cause permanent emotional scarring to the child. Rated On: October 19, 2020 2:27 am Rated By: peXehu