Make it black and white. Kids deal better with black and white. There s always an excuse problems at home, etc. Even if they re not disciplined at home, there s a safety issue here, I think they feel safer if they know there s going to be a consequence. Whereas if they feel I can do this because my mom will come in and say, oh, that s okay.
Open communications is what it s all about.
To see them become respectful and considerate. We have to really work at training them here. Some don t give a hoot. To graduate and be able to support themselves. To graduate and be able to get a job to support themselves.