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Should Southland Boys High School use methods of detention such as Saturday Morning detentions?

Saturday Morning Detentions

Your cold, bored and silent, sitting in a room at nine o’clock on Saturday morning. You sit there silently for three hours till the teacher allows you to leave. Is this a reasonably and fair punishment for something as little as not having a blue pen? Are Saturday morning detentions going to resolve issues such as misconduct, bullying, verbal and physical violence? Is it worth stopping your child from playing sport for him to sit quietly and do nothing for three hours? Saturday morning detentions are a waste of time and an inconvienience to parents, teachers and students. They should not be used as a method of punishment or used to resolve issues.

Teachers can be very unreasonable at times, giving students unfair punishments. Teachers have given students punishments for things such as not coming to class with the correct equipment, this could be as little as not coming to class with a blue pen. It is not fair to be punished for something as lttle as this. Sitting in a cold, silent and boring room is not a fair or resonable punishment because of a teachers frustration with the class has been taken out on you.

Saturday morning detentions are not going to resolve issues that students have with teachers or bullying, verbal and physical abuse. Issues such as these are not going to be resolved by giving the student a Saturday morning detention that consists of sitting in a cold room for three hours. Issues like these are only going to be resolved by talking about it after class with the students or student. An issue could be that a student has a problem with another student in class that could be of bullying and verbally abusing the other student. Punishing the student to do a Saturday morning detention will not resolve this issue, the issue will only escalate into an after school physical fight on Monday. To resolve this issue properly the issue should be talked about and resovled after class between the students and teacher after class. Saturday morning detentions do not resolve issues but make the perpetrator angrier and the victim then is greater effected.

Sport is a great way to socially interact with friends and is also very good for a student health. A Saturday morning detention takes away this great physical activity, for a student to sit in a room for three hours doing nothing and wasting time of the teacher supervising and the students parents. As well as wasting time it also is an inconvenience to family members, parents and teachers. Students need sport for building pair skills and team work, and because of something as little as not turning upto class with a blue pen, the student misses out on such great skills that are needed in life. A Saturday morning detention effects students health and social life and should not be used as a method of punishment.

Saturday morning detentions are not a fair and resonable punishment to give to students at Southland Boys High School. Saturday morning detentions will not resolve issues. It is not worth stopping a student from playing sport to sit in a room for three hours doing nothing but wasting time. Saturday mornings are for recreation and relaxation with friends and family. Saturday morning detentions should not be used as a method of punishment at Southland Boys High School.