Student behaviour can be the most challenging and stressful aspect of our job. A New Jersey school district has proposed fining parents for their kid's detentions.
http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/paying.for.detention.2.1323136.html
I chuckled at this at first, maybe because it's a Friday in dreary November and thought - great what if we could outsource our marking too!
Then I thought... how many times have you given detention to the same student over and over even after phone calls home and trying to work out a behaviour plan? Causes of consistently inappropriate behaviour usually run deep and are complex and I'm not sure if a fine would be a solution. On the other hand, sadly, an impact on a person's wallet might have more weight than a face-to-face meeting with a teacher.
Teachers often say that they need to spend more of their time disciplining than teaching. That reality should concern everyone, regardless of how you feel about the suggestion in the article.
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