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Kimberly Eick

Framework Reflection
In the following situations I am the High School CD teacher. Both of these situations
are situations that I am currently involved in with students on my case load. The first issue
involves a student and stealing items and how I tried to handle the situation. The second
issue involves a student not coming to class and I am being pressured to pass her.
Facts:
Danny is the youngest of 5 kids. He has an IQ of 42. Four of his siblings still live at home
with their boyfriends/ girlfriends and children. Danny likes to play with toys and will bring
them to school. Danny brought his brothers PS3 to school to sell (his brother and father did
not know about it). He then borrowed his brothers $200 headphones and sold them to
another student for $10. He bought some Yugioh cards from another student and never
paid for them. He was at a friends house where he took two wrestling figurines. There is a
school policy against students selling items to other students.
I notified the parents on all four incidents. For the PS3 incident he got a week of lunch
detention with the principal. For the headphones his parents paid the money to get the
headphones back and he received lunch detention with me for two days. For the Yugioh
cards and the wrestling figurines he was placed on lockdown for a week. Which entails staff
meeting him at the bus, walking him to all of this classes, and lunch in the classroom.
Dannys mother supported this 100%; dad said that he supported it as well. They both
stated that Danny would be grounded at home and have extra chores. On the second day
of Dannys lockdown he came to school and was talking with another student about the
game he convinced his dad to buy for him. When he was asked about it he said It was
only $50. We asked him if he thought that his behavior warranted it? He said No, but I
wanted it. Danny is stealing from his family and from his friends while his parents were on
board with the discipline plan they are not following through at home; because of this Danny
does not understand why he is being punished.

Ethical Issue: Should the school continue Dannys punishment?


Arguments:
Yes, the school should

No, the school should not

Someone needs to try and reinforce good behavior

It is the parents place to discipline

If we do not teach it who will

The school is over stepping their


bounds

There is too much going on in the students home


that he needs the attention at school

This is the only way that he knows


how to gain attention

He needs follow through

He does not know what follow


through is

He needs to be held accountable

The parents should be the one


holding him accountable

Parents approved the punishment

Parents are not able to follow


through

Ethical Decision: We continued the punishment as we had decided at school. We did talk
with the police about talking with Danny about his actions and what could happen if this
behavior continued. Currently Danny is still on lockdown but he has not taken, borrowed, or
bought anything but we are waiting to see what happens when he gets off lockdown which
is Monday the 31st.
Consequentialist or Non-Consequentialist:
In this instance it was a non-consequentialist response. I followed the general rule of do
unto others as you would have done unto yourself. I am also concerned with Danny and
what will happen to him if this behavior continues. He does not have the support of his
family which makes this difficult for him as well as for us at school.

Facts: Bre is failing her first hour class. She does not come to class. When she is in class
she completes her work 60% of the time. The first three weeks she did not come to class.
She sits and stares or makes comments about the other students in class. When in class
her options are to work on her Greenhouse assignments, work on math, or to work on the
News To You packet. After taking home her progress note with a failing grade she started
coming to class. She completed her assignments for 2 weeks. The end of the semester is
coming and her case manager feels strongly that Bre should be passing. He has hinted that
I need to give her extra credit, which I did and she has not completed it, and find a way to
pass her. Bre is graded on a Pass/Fail grading system due to her disability.
Ethical Issue: Should I change the grade so that Bre passes or leave them where they are
at?
Arguments:

Yes, I should pass Bre

No, I should not pass Bre

She does not understand

She has not been coming to class

She needs the credit to graduate

She is not completing the


assignments

She does not have the capability to complete the


work

She needs to learn a lesson

She is pass fail

She is being rude to staff and


classmates

I am expecting too much out of her

I would be giving in to peer pressure

She can be a nice kid

Ethically it is wrong

Ethical Decision:
I am not passing Bre unless she turns in all the missing work. As a first year teacher this
was a hard decision but in talking with veteran staff it is the right decision. Ethically and
morally I know that it is wrong. Bre is a student who is usually passed because of her
disability and I am looking at her as a person not her a disabled. She has not asked for help
and when offered help she will either tell staff to go away or she will walk out of the room.
Consequentialist or Non-Consequentialist:
This is a Consequentialist decision in that if I passed Bre I would have to pass every student
who did the same thing as her. This could also be argued that it is a Non-Consequentialist
response The more that I look at and study the situation the more that I believe that it is a
Non-Consequentialist response. I am looking out for my well being as well as my credibility.
Also on this issue there is no gray area it is black and white.

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