Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Inconsistent Disciplining I am a student teacher and I have volunteered to participate in a special group of student teachers who are interested in teaching in diverse settings. One of the participants in our first group meeting was telling us about her disciplinary methods. When the white children in her class misbehave she sternly reprimands them because, she believes, they know the rules and they know what they are supposed to do. However, when the seven African American students misbehave, she gives them another chance because she wants them to know she cares. I have to react to this person and perhaps explain to her what the consequences of her action could be. What should I do and say? I am not even sure if her methods are actually good or bad. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) There is a reason a teacher should have a few rules in place in the classroom, and I have never been in a classroom that had a rule on the wall that was one way for one set of people and another way for another set of people. I would find out why she uses this strange method and remind her that she is setting herself up for a battle of wills later on. It will always be, can I have one more chance, but can I have one more please. She needs to draw the line in the sand and say this is the rule and follow that rule for all students.