Comments on: A great idea - teach natural consequences

By: jeremy

jeremy — Sat, 12 May 2007 04:43:47 +0000

“Staying on lower ground during flooding may be hazardous to your health.”

“In case of flood: Stay here and die.”

By: matti

matti — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:34:15 +0000

Staying here while flooding causes drowning.

By: roman

roman — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:26:06 +0000

It all well reminds me “Smoking kills”, “Smoking causes cancer”, “Smoking causes this and that..” on every cigarette box sold here. I am not sure if that kind of teaching consequences has any (positive) effect.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:20:50 +0000

In response to your comment about how we spend so much of our time telling people what we want them to do or not do…

In a class I’m taking right now, I read this quote, “If we expect children to change their behavior, we must be willing to change our approach to that behavior. We must help children learn to do right rather than waste so much energy in stopping them from doing wrong.”

I previously mentioned William Glasser and I’m guessing you know who he is. I am impressed by his theory. He focuses on being a ‘lead teacher’ instead of a ‘boss teacher’ and also stresses that as a teacher, the students see the why in what they are doing.

I think this principle has application in all aspects of life. Church, school, work, family, etc.