Hi! In my school, we view discipline as a way of learning to make good decisions and build strong relationships. So detention might work if integrated into both parts of that process, but it is less likely than other approaches to work well because it is inherently an external motivation and doesn't often cause kids to build that internal motivation which leads to honest changes in behavioral patterns. Sorry this sounds kind of clinical, but hopefully you all get the drift :-)
Hmm, is this another literacy - say, "social literacy"? How do we teach social literacy in our schools? Should we?! Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ 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
