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Old 01-10-2016, 04:59 PM #1
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This is an awesome program. I never understood the concept of detention. At least the way it was implemented in my school... we had in-school detention that you could sit and draw if you wanted. I've also never had a problem with letting my mind wander either. At least with meditation, you are expected to focus... focus in on all those sins you've committed and all (jk)

First meditation I ever did was in magnet school during elementary.. our art teacher had us sit there and concentrate on bacon being cooked in our household and being able to taste/smell it... that was the tastiest bacon ever. Granted, I probably fell half-asleep, it was a 8am class and I was very sleepy.



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Robert W. Coleman School in Baltimore sounds like the best school ever. Why? Because there’s no such thing as detention at the Baltimore Elementary.

Yep, you heard that correctly. Instead they have a Mindful Moment Room, a brightly colored “oasis of calm” that looks about as far as you can get from the windowless detention rooms typically used to punish unruly kids. It’s part of an after-school programme called Holistic Me, an initiative that teaches children to practice mindful meditation and breathing exercises while encouraging them to talk to behavioral professionals. The programme works in partnership with a local non-profit called the Holistic Life Foundation, and the results so far have been pretty impressive. In fact, since first taking part in the programme two years ago, Robert W. Coleman hasn’t issued a single suspension.
http://www.boredpanda.com/school-rep...ool-baltimore/

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This is what we got at my schools and we should never have got rid of it

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Excellent concept Maru, far too progressive for us little Englanders though as we hurtle back to 1955 as the previous post demonstrates
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Tbh I'd rather have detention so I could see it being a good deterrent
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Is little Englander a pet name the rest of the forum can call you from now on? Surely you couldn't be using that as a derogatory term about our whole nation.
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I read another interesting article a while ago, Maru, about a teacher who had bottled water on desks and got them to bring in their carpet slippers and take off shoes, that worked very well in the classroom generally and learning went up. I wonder sometimes if classrooms/detentions etc just need a little bit of offbeat to get the learning juices flowing.
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I read another interesting article a while ago, Maru, about a teacher who had bottled water on desks and got them to bring in their carpet slippers and take off shoes, that worked very well in the classroom generally and learning went up. I wonder sometimes if classrooms/detentions etc just need a little bit of offbeat to get the learning juices flowing.
I used to drink a lot of bottled water in school. It was against the rules, but I don't think a lot of teachers would have problem with adding water the classroom. I don't even think some kids know what water is... they probably think it is soda

The carpet slippers would be a great idea for elementary. If anything, it's less wear and tear on the carpets. They should have as much daylight coming in too as possible. I hate artificial lighting and a lack of windows. I only turn on lights in my house when it is proper dark. I'm sure it reduces electric bills with regards to AC since we live in a tropical climate, but the rooms were always so cold and I would start to fall asleep when they ran projectors. My non-magnet elementary had wall to wall windows, a skylight and the rooms were so full of color and I recognized later that my moods/productivity was lower because of it when I transferred to a magnet program...
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Is little Englander a pet name the rest of the forum can call you from now on? Surely you couldn't be using that as a derogatory term about our whole nation.
You can if you like, and no not the whole nation, little Englander is the forum friendly term... I have others.
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..it's an interesting concept and good to see positive results..(maybe I'll suggest it...)..the opposite as well is effective, of working that 'unruly energy' away with exercise and something that we've always adopted.../a run around/a ball game etc..


..with the water thing, we also have water breaks as many schools do...children always bring filled water bottles in and have them in their classroom and it's ensured that they do have plenty to drink through their school day..otherwise they can be quite forgetful creatures and far to busy to think about drinking.../so yeah, water in classrooms is quite a common thing in this country also...
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