Discipline is more than keeping a group of children or young people quiet while being talked to. Preserving good
behavior is certainly one aspect to discipline, for learning it in an atmosphere of confusion is difficult. Children have
to learn to conform to the rules of behavior needed in a classroom. Teachers have the right to ask for a quiet class,
keep the students in their seats, and have the right to discipline them if they do not cooperate. When a teacher
expresses his or her thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in direct, honest, and appropriate ways that do not violate the
right of others, and when the message does not humiliate, degrade, or dominate the one being talked to, he or she is
using Assertive Discipline. In order for a teacher to maintain control of his or her class they must use Assertive
Discipline.
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