In The Corner

Being told to, “Go stand in the corner” is something my grade school teachers did to students who misbehaved. I also remember a few of them drawing circles on the board and making students put their noses in the circles and stand there for punishment. I guess you would call this “shaming” and as to whether it worked or not, I don’t remember. Thankfully, I was never in the corner or at the board with my nose in a circle. The only trouble I ever had at school was talking when I shouldn’t and I was so shy that if the teacher even looked in my direction I would hush.

I don’t think schools put students “in the corner” anymore. Perhaps they do somewhere. I’m not sure what schools do with rowdy students these days. I haven’t taught in such a long time that I’m sure it has changed. We had forms we had to fill out and then send to the assistant principal and he/she took it from there.

This is my granddaughter and although she is in the corner she was not placed there as punishment. She thought it was a fun place to hide. I took her with me to a bridal shower and she had so much fun. Can you tell she’s having a blast hiding in the corner?

In the corner

If you have children or grandchildren in school I would love to hear how student’s are discipline at their school and your thoughts about what is appropriate and what isn’t.

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18 Comments

  1. teresak
    Author
    April 14, 2016 / 6:50 am

    Yes she is Lana! Thank you for commenting!

  2. teresak
    Author
    April 14, 2016 / 6:49 am

    Thank you Caroline! I appreciate it!

  3. teresak
    Author
    April 14, 2016 / 6:49 am

    I was in school a LONG time ago and even using paddles was allowed! Thanks for commenting!

  4. teresak
    Author
    April 14, 2016 / 6:49 am

    Thank you!

  5. April 12, 2016 / 5:01 pm

    We used to do that to our kids . . . put them in time out. I would never do that to the kids at school, although I might seat an unruly one away from the group.

  6. pioneerpat1
    April 12, 2016 / 7:16 am

    Very cute.

    It is illegal in California to do anything that would embarrass a child.

  7. Caroline Fernandez
    April 12, 2016 / 5:49 am

    What a cutie!

  8. lana
    April 12, 2016 / 4:39 am

    What a sweetie! She’s like a kitty 🙂

  9. Merlinda Little
    April 12, 2016 / 12:57 am

    I dont think they are doing this in my son’s school. In his school they talk to the kid and to the parents if the kid is hard to discipline and try to work out a solution. One of the reason why I enrolled my son there =)

    Your granddaughter is the cutest =)

  10. Create With Joy
    April 12, 2016 / 12:14 am

    Your grandaughter is adorable!

  11. April 11, 2016 / 5:30 pm

    I’m a preschool teacher (age 5) and my discipline is the Pom Pom jar! Reinforcing good behavior. No standing in the corner in my class. I’m pretty fortunate that I don’t have a lot of misbehavior and when I do, it usually is corrected privately with a firm talking to.

  12. NanaHood
    Author
    April 11, 2016 / 5:00 pm

    I hope it’s not either and she looks a little like me but a lot like her mom!

  13. NanaHood
    Author
    April 11, 2016 / 4:59 pm

    Thanks Karren! You too!

  14. NanaHood
    Author
    April 11, 2016 / 4:59 pm

    Yes she does!

  15. April 11, 2016 / 2:28 pm

    Aww! so cute she seems to like it in the corner LOL 🙂

  16. April 11, 2016 / 12:46 pm

    She is so cute, looks like she has a great demeanor!!
    Thank you for hosting!
    HAve a happy week!

  17. A Grand Journey
    April 11, 2016 / 11:38 am

    I love the picture of your granddaughter. Does she look like you when you were little?
    I remember in third grade having a “witch” of a teacher who used to (I am sure) take pleasure in embarrassing me. I was shy, so the attention and negative attention at that, was horrible. Obviously, since I still remember it! 🙂 Shaming was probably a popular discipline tool at that time (40 years ago). Hopefully, not any more.

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