WHAT'S the Conflict??

Honestly, there isn't a story to preface this photo. His answer for "conflict" didn't make any sense to me either. There is NO explanation for what you're about to see. Listen, I understand, at times, these may truly be a conflict for people in life, it just wasn't a conflict in the story he was reading. I don't know what else this word could be...

Punishments

I have a particularly special class for my last period of the day. They are FULL of personality &, at times, it's difficult to concentrate on academics because of distractions around the classroom. That's the nice way of saying it. ;)

I implemented a new "Bingo" system with this class that allowed each student the opportunity to earn stickers on their Bingo boards. If they had a full row by the end of the week, they were allowed to join the other "full row" students for some free time outside for the last 15 minutes of class on Friday. This has been working out very well for this class.

Before we decided on this "Bingo" idea, I wanted to get the students' feedback on what they thought might be going wrong in the classroom & what some solutions might be to create a more productive learning environment. After some interesting suggestions, I quickly realized there are some kids who LOVE to think of punishments. One student couldn't stop suggesting different punishments, which entailed embarrassing/humiliating students infront of the class (to teach them a lesson). One student who sits quietly under the radar most days in class, rolled his eyes & responded under his breath, "Man, he's on fire..."

Another student, after much thought, muttered loud enough for the people around him (& me, thank goodness) to hear him say, "You should just give us spankings." A friend of his next to him said, "SPANKINGS??" The student looked up & squealed, "Spankings. You don't get spankings?!" Ahh yes, folks. These are the children of our future... I love them & their way of thinking...