Sunday, April 7, 2013
Conflict Resolution
As I thought about this post, I thought about a parental conflict I had the third year I taught. The parents did not believe I was in the right profession as a teacher, believed I was singling their child out, and felt their child could do no wrong. As I reflected back, I realized that some of the nonviolent communication methods mentioned this week by Dr. Rosenberg may have helped. However, it lead me to question what do you do when you are speaking to someone who is not willing to budge or compromise at all and nothing you say or do changes the other person's stand? I like the idea of the 3 Rs and the nonviolent approach that Dr. Rosenberg described this week and I am going to attempt to implement them in the communications I have from here on whether in my personal life or in my professional life. What I have learned this week will change how I approach communication with others, however I am just not sure about others I communicate with who are not willing to compromise.
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I have also thought the same thing regarding people who just refuse to be wrong. I have encountered so many people that even after being PROVEN wrong still manage to keep fighting and trying to get their way. This will be especially difficult in a classroom setting dealing with difficult parents, is there really a way to win with people like this?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it definitely is a two road situation. But also think someone has to give the first step. About your student's parent, it may have been a mechanism of defense.
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