Comments on: Culture of Acceptance http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/04/15/culture-of-acceptance/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Diana http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/04/15/culture-of-acceptance/#comment-2267 Diana Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:33 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=315#comment-2267 The "culture of acceptance" is so entrenched that even "punishments" reward the kids for their behavior. Many schools (including mine) have an in-house suspension room. Kids like being sent to "in-house"--there's a kind of status that goes with it, and they can see their buddies there. It's supposed to be a grim place (you can't talk--you have to work) but apparently for the kids it's not so grim. One of my students walked into "in-house" and gave a fake name to the teacher on duty--just so she could spend the day there with her misbehaving friends. The “culture of acceptance” is so entrenched that even “punishments” reward the kids for their behavior.

Many schools (including mine) have an in-house suspension room. Kids like being sent to “in-house”–there’s a kind of status that goes with it, and they can see their buddies there. It’s supposed to be a grim place (you can’t talk–you have to work) but apparently for the kids it’s not so grim.

One of my students walked into “in-house” and gave a fake name to the teacher on duty–just so she could spend the day there with her misbehaving friends.

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