[LIT] detentions

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Bill, 
Can you give me an example from adult life (not school) when your #3 is true?  I do not feel consistently rewarded for proper behavior.  I behave in a way that I think is right because it is right, but I often notice that people who take short cuts or do not behave "properly" seem to get more rewards.
Jan


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From: "Bill IVEY" <bivey at sbschool.org>
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> On the other hand, if we engage in a little backward design, and look at
> our goals, they might be:
> 1.  That students behave well.
> 2.  That students understand there are consistent consequences to
> misbehavior.
> 3.  That students understand there are consistent rewards to proper
> behavior.
> 4.  That students have the opportunity to make restitution.
> 5.  That students see helping other people as a normal part of a healthy
> life.
> 
> With all that in mind (and please feel free to disagree on any of those
> five, or add to them...), how could detentions be used to increase social
> literacy? What role should service play in a school? How do you run all
> this so that it comes from within the students and not perceived as
> something external to them and imposed on them (i.e. how to build
> self-esteem in a positive way)?
> 
> Take care,
> Bill Ivey
> Stoneleigh-Burnham School