Hi Lee,
I feel concerned with Casey's behavior at lunch time recess. For the past few days he has been playing a game in which the goal is to push the other person over. Clearly this is not allowed and I have explained to the group that they are not able to push several times.
Please talk to him and let him know this is not ok.
Thank you,
Classroom Aide
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Dear Classroom Aide,
Wow, thank you so much! I will talk to him for sure, I agree that is not appropriate nor encouraged.
Is he the instigator in this game or are there other boys playing with him? Are there younger children involved? I would like to know what questions to best ask him.
Thank you again for being proactive, and let me know if you do not see a change immediately.
Is he the instigator in this game or are there other boys playing with him? Are there younger children involved? I would like to know what questions to best ask him.
Thank you again for being proactive, and let me know if you do not see a change immediately.
--Lee
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Hi Lee,
Casey has been hanging out and playing with *Jose, Jesus, Josue and another boy I don't know.
They are all playing and active participants. Jose has continued to be defiant and it has taken an "umbrella" effect where the other boys follow his lead. They call it "cow tipping" and it is not ok.
A reminder that the lunch time supervisors (specifically, among all staff) need to be respected, and that the game needs to stop would be appreciated.
I will talk to Jose's mom also because it is not ok for this game to continue.
Thank you,
Classroom Aide
*Names have been changed to protect the victimizers
You should say, "Really? So what are you going to do about it?" Not much you can do to untip cows a few hours later at home.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm a little stumped why they are talking to you and Jose's mom, but not the other two kids' parents. Since they are expecting parents to take care of it, apparently Jesus and Josue are permitted to continue cowtipping.
But since they brought it up, I would tell them if he is being defiant at lunch recess, maybe he should not be allowed to go to lunch recess for a few days. That is a more logical consequence than anything you could cook up at home.
Having been assigned Lunch Duty during my year teaching, I have to agree that lunch recess supervisors are to be respected above all else.
ReplyDeleteBut, c'mon, a little cow tipping is good for kids, right? he he.
Sorry, I'm not very helpful.
What do I think? I think you could have been a little more politically correct in your naming of the alleged cow tippers.
ReplyDeleteIs cow tipping the politically polite way to say pushing fat kids over? Kids can't have any fun anymore.
ReplyDeleteI got a call once from the Vice Principal saying my daughter was a pyro and she was trying to burn down the school cuz she brought a magnifying glass to school. My daughter said she was trying to make a black mark on a piece of bark and she was about 100 yards away from the school building. I blamed it on my dad.
It can't be too bad if he's hanging out with Jesus. If he starts pushing kids over with Diablo, it's time to take action.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that she just wants to tattle tale on the kids. Trust me, it's really easy to get a kid to stop cow-tipping.
ReplyDelete"I have explained to the group that they are not able to push several times." <--if she told them that, then maybe the boys were just trying to show her that they were, in fact, able to push several times. It's completely innocent.
Yeah right you changed their names. If you REALLY had changed their names they would have been "Parker" "Caleb" and "Trent."
ReplyDeleteBefore I come up with a response, what did Casey say when you asked him why he loves cow-tipping so much?
Ahhhh. The playground.
ReplyDeleteYeeeah I got nothin. But it's hilarious.
you have hilarious friends...
ReplyDeleteDon't you just mention it Casey and he's so sweet he never does it again?
ReplyDeleteAlso, doesn't the playground aide have some kind of consequence system established?