Byron Center April 25, 2018- Byron Centers West Middle School students are currently questioning the new debut of assigned seats that mysteriously appeared. It is a mystery to students why they’re even are assigned seats. As many kids wonder what they did to cause this. Some may think it’s because they were oblivious to the mess that they may have made during the course of the week. Others think it could also be because a smaller band of students decided to start clapping to round up the students at lunch. These possibilities are all valid, but however there still seems to be a mystery. When these possibilities were mentioned to Mrs. Bastic’s 1st hour class, some students came back with saying “But having assigned seating doesn’t solve the problem”. …show more content…
In a way this may be seen as an example of a crime that doesn't fit the punishment. Students are being punished for what seems to be trouble cleaning up, and rallying students together, but this punishment most likely wouldn’t even solve the problem in the first place. This really is a part of the entire mystery of why students have assigned seats. Apparently the 7th graders in 2017 had assigned seating which lasted for about half the year, and according to this time frame and students, it seemed to do nothing. So a major question is if this will happen again this year with the 8th graders, where they are told where to sit, and if it will actually make a difference in the students. All the while this may seem to do no good, a teacher at the school seemed to think differently. “Students may be more likely to clean up after themselves to get what they want” said Ms.Murray, the R.O.W teacher of the school. She continued to say that if students really want to be able to choose where they sit, they will clean up there mess, and do what there
““Well, they had a point. You are fat and disgusting!” The therapist announced. Patricia was sobbing, eyes red and nose runny...“Come on… Let’s go. We aren’t putting up with that!” her father...opened the door and ushered the family through. The therapist just observed and no more was heard from him…[Her nervous breakdown] was a result of long term bullying leading to an episode of being run out of school by a gang of boys. They threatened to kill her with a crowbar, sticks and wooden planks. She felt like a hunted fox” (shazwellyn.hubpages.com). No matter how hard a parent might try to help their child, whether they’re being bullied or are the bully, the consequences should not fall on the people who raise them because the victims have to do what they can to make up for what they’ve done or what they’ve suffered. The city of Monona, Wisconsin has proposed a new law that tickets and fines the parents for failing to respond properly to their child’s poor behavior. A behavioral and personal change consulting specialist, Mr. Michael Harmann, hypothesized that bullying behavior is typically an effort to cover up the bully's own vulnerability. It's a primitive mindset that wants to make you pay when you show vulnerability and since bullying mostly occurs under the legal age, that’s enough to say that higher levels of authority don’t have control over the thoughts and actions that bullies use as an outlet for their own pain because it goes against the Constitution. The key to helping the children we feel so sorry for is to heal the bully before he turns into a monster and the only way to help the perpetrator is to make him face his motivation to bully. “If you think about it, a great strategy to avoid being rejected is to reject everyon...
She thought if she sat in the back she would get made fun of, but if she sat in the front she would look like a little kid. She chose the front because she doesn’t want to walk down the bus aisle past her friends because they were mad at her. She was being shy and didn’t want to make up with her friends. This also happens at lunch because her old friends didn’t want to sit with her so she was going to sit with another new girl, Heather, but she didn't get the chance to.
This type of seating arrangement should relax the children and make them feel more comfortable. On the bulletin boards there will be pictures of the students while involved in class activities and students work as a reward for doing well on an assignment. Also on the walls, there will be posters to inspire the students. My class will be very organized with little wasted time.... ...
...uld stop if students stand together. As the old saying goes, if you’re not a part of the solution, your part of the problem.
Most people generally believe Progressives lived in cities, were college educated, and wanted change (through government). And this definition does apply to Progressives, but not all of them. According to George Mowry, the majority of Progressives came from the middle class, wanted to advance humanity, and feared losing their “position” in society. Gabriel Kolko argues that big businessmen were Progressives because they inspired the federal regulation during the era. James J. Connolly presents the argument that Progressives were immigrants (lower class) who wanted to gain access to municipal power. Each of these three arguments presents the Progressives in a different class, but Connolly seems most persuasive because of his use of sources and
“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature”. From the beginning of time man and nature has been in conflict with one another because, as a whole, there is no cooperating. Each one tirelessly wants its way. The Man is fighting for dominance and nature w never yielding its authority. In American Literature, many authors illustrate this theme in their writing. Specifically the writers Jack London in The Law Of Life, Stephen Crane The Open Boat and Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Fin. Each explores the relationship between humans and nature but with slightly different methods. Mark Twain uses nature in a realistic way, Jack London in a naturalistic way and Stephen Crane constitutes a combination of both.
Every person has wondered about something - whether it be a person, place, thing, law, or anything that someone can think about. They ask questions both rhetorical and actual to themselves, and usually make it a mission to answer these questions. Some of the biggest questions have something to do with culture and religion. One of the most major questions of all time - to what extent does an individual have control over the outcome of his or her life? There are many different opinions on this topic.
I can guarantee that punishment is not the answer. Punishment is a suggestion made by reformers (Postman, 311), but it is the absolute worst decision that can be made in our schools. When students get out of school suspension (OSS), they treat it as a vacation day and most of them use it to play video games, and they still get to make up the work they missed. A countless amount of kids in my high school did exactly that. On another side of that, punishment is giving a student attention. Not a great kind of attention, but attention nonetheless. If a student really wants attention, it won’t matter to them what kind. If something is awry in the classroom, it should be ignored. Usually in situations where students are causing a disturbance, it is because they crave the attention. Punishing them is falling right into their
Cycling has a multitude of benefits, more than getting from one place to another. Cycling improves your cardiovascular system, nervous system, muscular structure, and helps to build your core strength, just name a few. However, once kids reach junior high and high school cycling as a whole starts to wane or becomes a distant memory. NICA, National Interscholastic Cycling Association has recognized this issue and has taken actions to get kids off the electronics and back outside where they are socializing face to face with others and getting back into the habit exercising. The military, seeing the results of NICA’s actions has decided to aid NICA to help not only those in the Armed Forces, but their families as well through the MWR, Moral
They would not let her use the restroom so she went to the restroom in her pants in front of all the girls. She was also forced into telling everyone the people who Gang-raped her “resulting in the abortion that marred her at sixteen years old” (Callaway 53). The Aunts kept them under a strict control by using punishment because that was all that they could do. They were not allowed to be educated. They would first start at the feet if something was done wrong.
In May of 2006, Gallup Poll found that sixty-nine percent of Americans answered yes to the question "When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it?”. Assisted suicide is suicide committed by someone with assistance from another, usually a physician. Supporters of the Death With Dignity law believe that anyone should be able to take the lethal pill if he or she has a terminal illness and only has six months or less to live. This is legal in the three states of Oregon, Washington, and Montana. Assisted suicide should be legal in California.
Every day, more and more attempts of banning books and taking away the rights of our First Amendment get violated. The challenging of a book is the attempt to remove or restrict materials, and the banning is the removal of these materials. I believe that books should not be banned for these reasons.
The liberal arts higher education can be similar to any other college but also very different. The liberal arts higher education is not getting the credit it deserves because of some of the things they have done in the past like, the original meaning for the liberal arts was meant to be just for the wealthy and rich people. Liberal arts college have done so many great things that are shown to help better improve their school. Therefore, I will show you that the liberal arts have many different benefits than a regular college and why you should go to a liberal arts college than a regular traditional college. How do liberal arts prepare future educators better than non-liberal arts colleges?
What makes a good person good? According to WikiHow, "We should learn to define our own morals ourselves. One of the simplest ways to do so is to love others, and treat them as you would like to be treated. Try to think of others before yourself. Even doing small things daily will greatly enrich and improve your life, and the lives of others around you." This quote shows us what we need to do in order to be what society thinks as, “good". In order to be a good person, you have to do good and moral things in your society consistently. However people might think that by doing one good thing once in a while will automatically make you a “good person”, but in reality it doesn’t.
The classroom embodied the stereotypical music classroom with its various instruments scattered around the room. Every inch of the wall and door was covered with music notes while chairs encircled the room. Besides the teacher’s desk, there were no other desks in sight. The students had to sit on the ground in the center of the room away from the instruments. Even when playing instruments, the students sat on the ground. Although the setup was very different from a general classroom, it was appropriate for the kinds of lessons that the teacher taught the students. The teacher did not hand out any worksheets or assigned homework so the students did not need any desks for writing. Since the classroom was already small and cramped, having desks in the class would have impeded on the activities that the students performed.