Had to give out a dentention today to a HS student for a safety rule violation in my classroom. She tried so hard to turn it into my fault instead of owning it. Not sure which bothered me most because I am very
adiment about my safety rules in the classroom. I believe in putting the tools necessary in a students hand to do the job correctly but they need to learn to respect those tools and rules.
I was very upset towards the end of 7th hour today.
Hold your ground! Rules are there for a reason.
In my shop class, if a student caught ME violating a safety rule they could call me on it and get a reward for it! That way...
the students know the rules apply to everyone!
LisaNWOSU2000
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Good for standing your ground. 
LisaNWOSU2000: It upset me because I would and will bend over backwards to help my students succeed.
LisaNWOSU2000
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linusparr: you're preparing for future success by enforcing there are boundaries along the way to success to be reached legitimately
so sorry you had to deal with that.
LisaNWOSU2000: You are right and I know I am, I guess it upset me because I care about them beyond just the physical hurt that could have happen.
I'm glad you could share this incident and I'm sorry you felt so bad.
mimipal: Thank you Mimi! I felt bad because I care. I believe it hurts because we as educators & parents want every student to succeed and when they cross that line we have to stand our ground on our core
beliefs of what we are trying to teach them. And, in this case it was more about life lessons than an actual art lesson, there are boundaries and we cross them there are consequences.