Being honest is overlooked by teachers

A coworker was talking to a student today who was complaining having to come to homework club every day of the week. He's signed up because he doesn't do his homework.

My coworker had the honest feedback that it's in the students full control whether or not he has to come because it is up to him whether or not he does his homework. If he doesn't want to come to homework club, he simply must do his work.

Not groundbreaking.

But regularly missed.

Why?

Many teachers would tell this student too bad or you have to make the most of it. But my coworker instead gave the honest truth. It's this student's own doing, own fault for being here. And he has all control to change his circumstances. It is not the victim card we allow students to settle into.

"My teacher is making me stay after school"

"my teacher gave me a detention"

No. Not entirely true.

The student received a detention based on their behavior. They are staying after school because they did not meet an expectation.

The blame game is thrown around when teachers aren't willing to have the real conversations with students. "No. Do not throw this on me. It is because of your actions that you are receiving these consequences. If your actions met the expectations previously set, you would have a positive consequence: NO PUNISHMENT."

Accountability has gone out the way side in the last few years. This year, it's far more noticable and far more weighing than teachers have seen.

Accountability has gone out the way side in the last few years. This year, it's far more noticeable and far more weighing than teachers have seen.another. better while they are young than when they are adults learning it for the first time.e