I do like the community service idea! I don't find they always work, but I think you must have consequences and if detention is something that will deter a certain student, it should be used. I have found cases that WANTED detention, so I usually could figure that out pretty quick and would come up with something else. I do hate giving detention because it is a waste of my time. I have kept my class that is right before lunch a few minutes into lunch if they couldn't get cleaned up quietly. Can't say that it really worked or didn't work.
I will say that when I do give detention I usually talk to the student or have them fill out a reflection sheet. Sometimes talking to the student can help a lot. Other times, it's also a waste. I also hate to send students to the office because they sit there and talk to their other friends who are in trouble. In some counseling offices, they even get to play games. So I usually keep them in class, sometimes sending them right outside the door for a little while, until I can speak to them. Calling their parents right there in class also works wonders on a lot of kids. On 9/26/07, Alice Cortigiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't see it being valuable. It does nothing to change behavior and I > see > the same repeat behaviors occurring over and over from the same kids. > Detention to me is a waste of time, students and teachers. > > I like Tena's idea...community service. > > alice > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TLP > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:36 PM > To: MT; Lit Site > Subject: [LIT] detentions > > Are detentions a worthwhile way of addressing behavior issues? > > -- > Tena > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
