If you call someone ignorant they typically get upset but it simply means you lack knowledge or experience in a particular subject or area. Working in the educational field I experience many different situations on a day to day basis. I’m never surprised when I encounter a student who does not understand something that I take for granted. Today two students got into a fight and caused a major disruption which included a fist fight. Now normally you would ask them don’t you two know any better? Don’t you know that fighting would create chaos especially in school and that its not the way to settle a dispute? If I assumed the answer was yes I would be fooling myself so I decided to use it as a teaching moment. I gathered some handouts about conflict resolution and sat down with the students to talk about solving their problems peacefully and afterwards they realized that it was not the appropriate way to solve the problem and that it was not the most expedient. Did my little exercise mean that these students will never get into a scuffle again? NO, but turning someone around can be easy as teaching them a better way!

U Can Turn It Around by Teaching