With all of these mega bugs increasing exponentially in size, your child may miss a few days of school this year. Just like that, he is disqualified from having perfect attendance.
She might be several years behind. The honor roll may be temporarily out of reach.
But there is one award that everyone can get. You don’t have to be a genius and if you arrived to school after the bell rung you would still receive this award with a smile.
The citizenship award.
Back when I was a child, The citizenship award was a “gimme”. If there were 30 students in the class, at least 25 earned the award.
I have witnessed this trend slowly reverse, especially at the earlier grade levels. If I had a dollar for each behavior referral that was sent to my office, I would be in retirement.
The most perplexing thing is that the citizenship award is the easiest award to earn. A good citizen follows the rules, treats his fellow classmates kindly and is respectful.
The bottom line is that the child knows how to act.
Examine your child’s report card. After looking at the grades and attendance, look at the citizenship section. You may notice that something is missing.
Kimberly Coulter is the owner of Coolin and Schoolin L.L.C., an educational consulting firm that provides comprehensive services to school districts and produces audio and visual educational products uniquely designed for today’s urban educators, parents and students. She is also the author of Pre-Algebra (The Remix)2 , Illustrate to Calculate and the “No Excuses No Exceptions” line. Prior to her work at Coolin and Schoolin, she was an elementary and middle school principal.
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I agree with the children needing to know how to act. Unfortunately I find a lot of parental deficiencies also contributing to the many issues students are having. Children learn behaviors. They also desire attention. I find sometimes the students that do not behave well receive more attention. This can indirectly encourage behaviors that we do not want to see in the children. At the same time discouraging positive behaviors that we want more of. Redirecting, supporting positive healthy behaviors and discouraging things that are not helpful can be very beneficial. I have written in my blog about 6 Tips to Raise Successful Children in relation to this topic. “If we want to raise better children then we must be better parents.” For this and more insightful information visit http://www.flourisinghope.com –Angel M. Hoodye, MS, LPC, CART.
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Angel, I concur with your analysis. Thank you for sharing your insight.
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