Classroom

On the news today there was a situation that took place in a high school classroom, that in the past, I would have had a different take on but now that I have spent some time in the classroom, I see in a new light. A female student was disrupting the class and the teacher asked her to leave the room and she refused. He notified the office and they sent in a policy officer, (yes most schools have a police officer on staff and in the building). The officer asked her to leave and she refused and he picked her up and dragged her from the room. I say drag because she held tightly to her chair and both she and the chair were removed. The response to this scene from the public was surprise at the physical confrontation. The question is, how else could this have been handled in a way that would avoid the physical contact. Perhaps they should ask all the other students to go to another room and leave her there alone. While this confrontation is unusual it is not uncommon for one or a few students to disrupt the class. This means that the teacher must spend most of the time trying to control the behavior of a few while the others are left to fend for themselves. These students who are trying to learn might be better off going to the library and working alone without the teacher. One of the many responsibilities of parents is to teach their children to respect authority and if this is not done then these types of classroom disruptions are predictable. These same students will most likely have confrontations with law enforcement in the future. The stage was set for this young woman’s problem long before she ever came to school.