Eject

When should a teacher eject a visitor to AWSchool? Good question! And it is a very subjective one, at that :o) Basically, we eject when a visitor is abusing our hospitality, we need to remember that we are teachers and hosts and not dictators of ppls morality.

If some one comes to your home, perhaps a friend of your sisters, and says "Hotdamn, your mother's cookies are great!" Do you threaten to turf them out in the street? Do you say to them " this is a G rated home, please do not use that language here" or do you just take the compliment as it was meant and not invite them over when your aged grandmother is present? Of course you do. :o)

On the other hand, if a person is abusing your sister in your home, calling her rude names and casting dispersions on her in front of you...... you grab him by the arm and make sure he hits the pavement, don't you? Well i would hope the same applies in AWSchool, if you have a visitor that is clearly out to see how fast he can upset everyone, i would only warn him that the pavement is close once at the most. And doing it in whisper will hopefully not upset his vanity and make him all the more determined to "show how tough he is"

That is the two extremes, there are many situations in between and will be up to the individual to display sound judgement and listen to his/her experience when choosing to warn or eject or just shrug it off. Or taking the time to change the subject without alluding to the comment that was "borderline".

-Remember, little words like damn, shit and the like is not going to hurt any one. Talking in caps is not something that is worth yelling at some one for unless they are combining that with abuse and or harassment.

A few hints though...... when arriving at GZ, check around to see who else is there and who has been at GZ the longest and if they are at their keyboard ready for trouble. Chat with any one else who is present in whisper and decide who will be responsible for the ejects. One thing guaranteed to get further trouble from a would-be trouble maker is if ten teachers jump on him at once, because he said "shit". Delegate one person to actually warn and / or eject and it should be up to the others present to continue to answer questions from other students. After all, the trouble maker has achieved his objective if all the teachers present suddenly turn on him and neglect the others.

If your student's house is being deleted before your eyes, first ascertain whether the student him self is responsible. If he is not and there are several other ppl present, i would suggest asking them ALL to leave and if it keeps happening...eject. What ever you do, do it quickly, its not much fun for your poor student seeing his house vanish.
A lot of teachers choose to just leave the teaching area and start again some where else, although if you do, remember to not take the student to your land in AW as you may well end up keeping their little house for all time.

And don't forget to record the log and send it to the dreamer2 when ever you eject.