Consider the following question asked in an Education tutorial: You're on your practicum placement in a new school and a student in your Science class has not done his/her homework for the second time this week. Another teacher tells you that the student is usually really good and probably just needs someone to talk to him/her. School policy states that you should give the student a lunch-time detention. What do you do?
1) I don't know, I'd give the student a detention because it's school policy. You have to stop disrespectful behaviour quickly before it gets out of hand - they're probably just doing it because you are a practicum teacher.
2) Hmm...I think it is best to talk to the student, see what is going on. Lots of different studies suggest that an abrupt change in attitude can be a reflection of problems that the student is facing outside of school.
3) Who cares? It's only a week.
4) It depends on the student. I mean, if they're nice and co-operative in class, I'd be more inclined to talk to them, but if they're really disrespectful I might use it as a chance to discipline them.