Classroom Discipline

Many students have expressed concern about their school registering all types of students regardless of their age and and lack of interest. Mariam, a fifteen year old girl, said "I was really doing well in most school subjects especially English. My classmates and I had a lot of opportunities to participate and engage in dialogues; we had a great teacher and we loved English so much. Unfortunately, one morning three new students joined our class and it took them no more than a week to get to know each other well. Those students had been expelled from other schools because of their misbehaviour and disinterest. Since then the class turned into a real chaos; nobody was able to learn anything. Discipline problem took much of the instructional time." The worst thing that this girl and others have stated lies in the fact that the school administration is aware of its responsibility to provide an appropriate education and maintain a good reputation. Nevertheless, financial interest has become far more important for such school than the pedagogical objective. Private school students have also complained about the school's inability to hire long-term teachers. Some students said they had been taught by four subsequent teachers in a Math class throughout the year, which made them inconsistent about their learning; these students stated that no teacher ever wants to teach them again because the majority of the students show not only inappropriate behaviour but also disrespect to each other and even to the teacher. Private Teachers, on the other hand, indicated that the efficiency of learning process depends extensively on the kind of school where one is working. Some schools give discipline its due value before all and even classrooms have a limited number of seats. Besides, school staff conducts an interview with the potential student to have an idea about his background, and whether he is qualified enough to join their school. Background gives the school an image who the student is and his educational record may be a manifestation of his achievements, failure and behaviour. In such strict learning environment, a troublemaker is unlikely to find an empty seat in which he may have a chance to show any kind of misbehavior.