"I cannot tolerate disrespect towards me or the other children." I was taken aback by this comment and tone, and have since been trying to understand her severity.
Oh my, fitzi!!! I would ask why a simple infraction like that is disrespectful to herself or the other children?
I don't think I have the skill to educate a teacher in her own trade and still earn her good will. We decided today that this environment will not promote the emotional growth we've seen DS recover over the past year. So we are moving immediately to a private school some distance away, which opens next week, where the director speaks with obvious relish about her 'bright but quirky kids.' This will be challenging to us financially and logistically, but we've decided we'd rather wrestle in these dimensions than with a staff who sees quirky as something intolerable.
If anybody has an idea for a fair, workable, effective, non-humiliating discipline system, I'd love to hear it! I'm not thrilled about the red x system myself but I've just sort of accepted it since I'm not sure what else can be done.
Cathy:
Have a look at the last one I described; I think it makes sense.
Thanks again for the many thoughtful comments on this topic!
