Marcus mooned a bank of windows into another high school classroom last week. While you might laugh, schools take this sort of thing really seriously. It moves quickly from funny to sexualized behavior, quicker than you might think. This is especially true for Marcus given his reputation now as a dangerous kid. Luckily, all that happened was I got calls from the teacher and the principal. Well, not all that happened. I did a fair amount of yelling and he was teased pretty hard the next day. Not sure whether he connected the two things - mooning and teasing - but he didn't get violent in response. He managed to handle a couple of things without getting violent in response. All good things for sure.
I hate to say it, but Marcus is dangerous; it's not that the school has just labeled him that way. I do think that they jumped to conclusions and he will be labeled the bad kid for the rest of his time there, but they didn't do so without reason. He has done over $2000 in property damage and he did hurt people that first week. I think his unpredictability and uncontrollability drive them crazy. Schools like it when their behavior plans work and those plans just don't work for Marcus. They never have. They (schools not the people at Halpern) don't seem to have much to draw on besides behavior plans.
I hate to say it, but Marcus is dangerous; it's not that the school has just labeled him that way. I do think that they jumped to conclusions and he will be labeled the bad kid for the rest of his time there, but they didn't do so without reason. He has done over $2000 in property damage and he did hurt people that first week. I think his unpredictability and uncontrollability drive them crazy. Schools like it when their behavior plans work and those plans just don't work for Marcus. They never have. They (schools not the people at Halpern) don't seem to have much to draw on besides behavior plans.
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