More Than 14 Lies Per Day
The Washington Post fact checkers and staff have determined that Donald Trump in three years in office as President of the United States made 16, 241 false or misleading statements. That is more than 14 lies per day.
But wait: Telling more than 14 lies per day is not acceptable behavior for any of our K-12 students in this country.
In elementary school, we teach children how to be good members of their class. We tell them not to lie, steal, or be unkind to one another. If a child told 14 lies each day, a PPT (Planning and Placement Team composed of the student’s parents and educators) would be called and and an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) drawn up and given to the classroom teacher as well as the child’s art, music, and physical education teachers. The IEP would center on immediate and ongoing interventions from a school social worker and school system psychologist in order to change the child’s habit of telling lies and to address the child’s psychological need to do so.
In middle school, we teach young adolescents how to navigate their growing independence and become contributing members of peer groups that are increasingly important to them. If a middle schooler told 14 lies each day, individual psychotherapy would be recommended and increased school social services put in place. All of the students’ teachers would be notified of the student’s problem through an updated IEP (Individual Education Plan), CONTINUE READING: More Than 14 Lies Per Day | Real Learning CT
