Marsha,
ok, now if you fit this into a resident who is
yelling, disrupting other residents and staff, hitting
staff, as in how to manage their non-control of their
very self's would be helpful. I've talked to this
resident. Actually her and I are on one of the best
talking terms than some of the other staff, and I
still find her inability to control her own behavior a
dip into hopelessness. Sure she is contrary to much
of the rest of society, but animals can be too. I've
spoken to her about how she uses brute force to get
her point across and it would be much easier and more
healthy for all of us, including her, if she would
just talk instead of physically threatening staff. It
is about helping her realize her own mind can help
control her self, but brute force has been her means
of accomplishing much for some time now (outside of
the placement I work at as well). I know she has
something to say. I've heard her mention how
placement is terrible. Yet, she is in a place that is
trying to get her to realize brute force is not as
helpful as discussion.
Wondering why you asked about this, especially
her being a female. You know she goes after female
staff when she hits. The females are usually weaker,
and will manage her during these episodes, but you
need more females to show up or hopefully some of the
bigger males do.
thanks.
SA
> > [Marsha]
> > > I wonder if you remember the contrarian students
> > > in the back of Phædrus's.
> >
> > Which contrarian students in the back?
>
> SA,
>
> I should have written: I wonder if you remember
> the contrarian students in the back of Phædrus's
> classroom. See below. I consider the failing
> students to be contrarian because they don't buy
> into the insane system.
>
> ------
>
> ``I've wondered too,'' Phædrus had said, and in a
> puzzled voice had added, ``I think maybe it's
> because every teacher tends to grade up students
> who resemble him the most. If your own writing
> shows neat penmanship you regard that more
> important in a student than if it doesn't. If you
> use big words you're going to like students who
> write with big words.''
>
> ``Sure. What's wrong with that?'' DeWeese had said.
>
> ``Well, there's something whacky here,'' Phædrus
> had said, ``because the students I like the most,
> the ones I really feel a sense of identity with, are
> all failing!''
>
> DeWeese had completely broken up with laughter at
> this and left Phædrus feeling miffed. He had seen
> it as a kind of scientific phenomenon that might
> offer clues leading to new understanding, and
> DeWeese had just laughed.
>
> At first he thought DeWeese was just laughing at
> his unintended insult to himself. But that didn't
> fit because DeWeese wasn't a derogatory kind of
> person at all. Later he saw it was a kind of
> supertruth laugh. The best students always are
> flunking. Every good teacher knows that. It was a
> kind of laughter that destroys tensions produced
> by impossible situations and Phædrus could have
> used some of it because at this time he was taking
> things way too seriously.
>
> (ZMM,
> Chapter 12)
>
>
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