- four students are playing a board game (great for social skills)
- two students are picking on one (third) student, this student is always a target, he is small and squirrel-like, he has brain damage has not matured past 10 years old. he can be annoying but is fragile and kind.
- the fourth student often tries to be teacher, however, picks and chooses when he is going to tease third student or reprimand those who do. today he is on third's side and tells very impressionable third to call one of the two students "a spic-monkey". that student happens to be of Hispanic decent and is quite sensitive about racial issues.
- all students go crazy, game is flipped and chairs fly.
- who gets in trouble?
- typically, racial slurs are 1 hour of after school detention; however, i do not believe third deserves that, he was just repeating and truly does not know any better...but should i prove a point that he should not mindlessly do what others tell him? i give him a talking to but no detention.
- the two that were picking on third received an hour of after school detention each
- fourth is going to a bulls game tonight, should he get the two hours of detention that i think he deserves? or do i let him off the hook because he was "sticking up" for third? was he really trying to help or was he instigating the whole episode?
- i talk it over with his grandpa and decide to postponed the detention until the next day.
- all are given more serious-boring work until end of school day
my brain hurts.
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