Most students who attend school have a small fear or worry about being suspended. But for most troubled students, that consequence is their reward. In the article “ Does Suspending Student Work?”(2012), author Christopher J. Ferguson writes about the his view on how suspension is affecting the students, and believes that its not helping. Many troubled students can’t see the point in going to school 7 days out of the week for 8 hours. The fact that they can stay home on behalf of the school, is an amazing achievement for that student, and will likely occur more than onces. School’s whose actions against troubled students, is suspension, should not. Too much time will be wasted from the child's life, academic problems can occur, and it wont stop them from disrupting class.
When students stay home from school “ [it] actually doesn't feel like punishment”, most of their activities consists of watching tv, playing video games, or simply just doing nothing. Which if he weren't suspended, all those activities could have been, learning a new lesson in Math, exercising in P.E., or simply reading in English. The missing of school causes that student to “ [detach] from the academic environment.” , and that indefinitely cause a decline in grades. That's not the point of suspension, so why make it an exact consequence …show more content…
Wasting a child's life by not teaching them the effects of their actions to his/her classmates and teachers is not way going to enable them to stop that type of behavior. At home they are most likely “ unsupervise “, many parents work. So the child is left at home because he is not allowed at school, that can only cause “ more problems”. His one day of doing nothing at home, is a day wasted. Sending that child home with homework, may do some good, but in reality because they are home. And no one is there to watch them that work will never get done. Which is a great waste of time and
When students stay home from school “ [it] actually doesn't feel like punishment”, most of their activities consists of watching tv, playing video games, or simply just doing nothing. Which if he weren't suspended, all those activities could have been, learning a new lesson in Math, exercising in P.E., or simply reading in English. The missing of school causes that student to “ [detach] from the academic environment.” , and that indefinitely cause a decline in grades. That's not the point of suspension, so why make it an exact consequence …show more content…
Wasting a child's life by not teaching them the effects of their actions to his/her classmates and teachers is not way going to enable them to stop that type of behavior. At home they are most likely “ unsupervise “, many parents work. So the child is left at home because he is not allowed at school, that can only cause “ more problems”. His one day of doing nothing at home, is a day wasted. Sending that child home with homework, may do some good, but in reality because they are home. And no one is there to watch them that work will never get done. Which is a great waste of time and