more on work

I tried something new with the kids today. When they were misbehaving (to generalize), I told them they had to sit on the bench for 5 minutes. I had one girl storm out and take all her trouble-maker friends with her. That is fine with me. I can't make them stay here, but if they are going to be here, then they have to listen to what we say. But one boy actually did sit for the whole time. I don't know if he got anything else out of it, but he didn't call me names for making him do it. One small tiny victory for me!