While it is true , 5 minutes silent during lunch , is not a big deal . But i think 5 minutes for kids , esp. with friends around , this would be a big challenge for them . Esp. for my DS , he LOVES talking . In fact he loves talking so much he gets in trouble because of talking ALL the time . In the classroom , he always gets his jobs done , but after that he always wants to talk . He even got detention because of talking !
I really don't mind the 5 minute silent lunch , as long as the consequences suit the crime . I just don't see it's fair having the recess taken away for talking during that 5 minutes of silent lunch . He could have run 5 laps for the consequences , or something where he still able to let out his energy .
And plus with the background that he's working on improving his behavior , this just sets him up for a failure . Why ? Because he's going to have his recess taken away anyway .
In fact what makes the school thinks taking away DS' recess will work ? He even had 2 detentions because of talking and he's still talk .. will taking away recess work ? Obviously no .. why couldn't they see it !! We've talked about this , that punishments aren't working for DS .
It really upsets me , this morning he was about to bring his 2 small dinosaurs to school for recess and i said .. are you sure you can play with that ?
He said " yes during recess only "
Then quiet for few seconds and then he said " Oh nevermind , i probably not having recess today because i whispered something to my friend during silent lunch "
I almost cried because , he's been working so hard , and i keep telling him he's a good boy , but the school keeps doing things like this and putting him under a microscope to the point where i feel like he's already being labelled as a trouble maker ! Wherever he is whatever he does .. he thinks it's always going to get him in trouble .
