Below are excerpts from
the story with my valuable insights in italics.
Researchers from the
University of Michigan and Louisiana State University have found that
students, especially boys, suspended from school while in
kindergarten or first grade are more likely to be suspended again
years later in elementary school and beyond. This can lead to a
vicious cycle of more academic infractions that ultimately leads to
these students dropping out of school altogether.
What would you have to
do to get suspended from kindergarten? If you are acting up at that
age, I think school suspension isn't the answer. Maybe it's time to
seek counseling or an exorcist for your child. One of them is bound
to work. If you get suspended at this age, you are on a path to a
career of academic infractions. You may also be on a path so a psych
ward or state prison. By the time you reached high school, you'd
begin to plan out your school year based on the suspensions you
expected to receive. I guess you'd be suspended a lot, but you'd
also have great organizational skills.
Schools at every level use
suspension as a way to discipline and remove disruptive students from
classrooms. However, the study’s findings have caused researchers
to question whether this disciplinary structure is really the best
way to deal with problem children, especially at such a young and
impressionable age.
(Sarcasm Alert)
They also use it to
punish a guy who is defending himself against a bully, but I'm not
bitter. I don't know if this works either. After being suspended
for doing battle with one bully another came along. I wondered if
they had some sort of bully training complex hidden deep within the
school. There were times I thought it was mandated by the state that
each school meet their required number of school bullies.
This study states it
may not be the best way to deal with disciplinary problems, but what
is the solution? Getting time away from school is sort of a
suspension motivation. How about electroshock therapy? Maybe a
school should zap a few bullies in front of the school to put the
others on notice. If they want to make some money for school
activities, they could raffle off pressing the button to zap a bully.
I think it could be a win-win situation for schools around the
country.
The study also shows that,
not surprisingly, young boys described by teachers as “aggressive,
defiant and disruptive” were more likely to be suspended than
girls, and were less engaged in the classroom. Girls who were
considered disruptive and whose parents showed little interest in
their education was also at a higher risk.
Here's the problem.
Telling a young boy he is defiant, aggressive and disruptive would be
a good thing to them. They are great nicknames. What young boy
wouldn't want to be called Defiant David, Aggressive Andy or
Disruptive Daniel? I know some adults who would love to be called
such names.
Having school
discipline problems are something that has happened since there has
been school. Today, school administrators have a form of discipline
that strikes terror and such intense fear into the hearts of school
kids, it is considered worse than being disciplined with a paddle.
Children now have to face the possibility of having their phone taken
away from them. I'm sure many of them would rather face a paddle
than give up their phone. It wouldn't surprise me if there is a
child who has had his phone taken away because he stood up to a
bully. School history is filled with such individuals. Trust me, I
know.
Below is a link to the
story.
https://www.studyfinds.org/study-school-suspensions-early-more-academic-problems-later/
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