In a discussion from a previous blog called Eye in the Sky, I began to process the idea of student behavior. Some see that child behavior have fallen to an all time low, and I think there are reasons behind it. One major problem is how some misbehavior in recent years has been labeled as a “manifestation of a disability.” To me, that rationalizes bad behavior due to a disorder. It essence, “it is okay to misbehave because you can’t help yourself. I believe that behavior is not a disorder, it is a dysfunction. The two may seem synonymous, but the term “disorder” suggests a diagnosable condition caused by a natural catalyst. A dysfunction is simply just a disruption in normal behavior; the difference being that a dysfunction is a product of choice as opposed to a natural catalyst.
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