“Blaming the Kids” Read chapter 2, “Blaming the Kids,” from our…

EarlDiscovery4433 “Blaming the Kids” Read chapter 2, “Blaming the Kids,” from our…”Blaming the Kids”Read chapter 2, “Blaming the Kids,” from our text,  Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community and consider:1. In the introduction to this chapter , Kohn reflects that, “People who market discipline programs know this it is deeply unsettling for educators to have to reconsider their requests and demands, their expectations and rules. It is far more convenient to take these things for granted….We prefer to avoid questions about the ends and instead focus on the means….Thus, the problem always rests with the child who doesn’t do what he is asked, never with what has been asked to do” (pp. 12-13).   Why do you think Kohn includes this in the opening of this chapter?  What is your initial response to his statement?2. Kohn suggests that, “…the crux of the matter may be who decides, and by what criteria, that a child’s behavior is “misbehavior” in the first place (p. 13).  Where do our expectations for behavior come from and how do we determine to what extent they are necessary and reasonable? And why does Kohn suggest that “Cui bono?” (Who benefits?) should never be far from our mind (p. 15)? 3. Kohn also suggests that when students’ behaviors diverge from our expectations, “…our first questions should not be ‘What do I do to make them stop?’ but ‘What’s happening here?'” and “…would do well to follow that question with another: ‘Is it possible that decisions I’ve made and things I do might have some relation to what’s happening here?'”  Further, he asserts that “When students are ‘off-task,’ our first response should be to ask, ‘What’s the task?'” (pp. 18-19).  What is your initial response to these suggestions?  What might be challenging about implementing them?4. How does asking “How can these kids be made to obey?” as opposed to “What do these kids need?” reflect different assumptions about both the nature of children and classroom management?  “Blaming the Kids,” from Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community by Alfie KohnArts & HumanitiesEnglish