“During my 28 years of teaching, I swore I would NEVER intervene in a fight and call on security to stop the fight.”
I always intervene- I broke up 3 fights last year alone, two of them by myself. If you don’t stand up for law and order the students won’t respect you, and in the case of my school, we only have one school resource officer- so it is up those of us male staff members on the scene. Just part of the job, unfortunately.
“I always intervene- I broke up 3 fights last year alone,... If you don’t stand up for law and order the students won’t respect you,..”
I am female and was at a high school. I believe physically most men are better equipped for breaking up a fight.
While on duty I would watch body movements and groups to anticipate impending problems and stave them off. However, both fights which I physically got involved in the brain was off, the emotion was full throttle.
Fully agree with the “law and order” portion of your post. Students who were jerks in other classes did not act up in my class. AND both times I broke up fights, the students acted as if I had walked on water ( for a while).