By Scott Ervin, Tribune News Service

Dear Kid Whisperer,

I’m a sixth-grade teacher. My teaching partner has a student who has always been hard, these last couple weeks especially. He’s had to practice a lot lately. Instead of writing his name on his assignment, he wrote an offensive word. He already had a talking-to about using this specific word last year. How would you address this?

Woe be unto the teacher who warns and/or lectures kids about their serious or chronic behaviors. We call it “Warning Therapy.” More on that in a moment.

First, teachers need to understand that they are not like most people. Teachers tend to be adults who liked school more than most people. I know this because teachers all took a job that involves them spending an extra 30 years in school.

People who enjo

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