DAY+28+LSCI+&+RED+FLAG

//A **red flag** student is one who takes out their anger on someone or something other than the actual cause of their anger. //

Example: You are mad because your mother yelled at you for no reason this morning(cause). When you come to breakfast you are mean to your best friend(target) because you are in a bad mood.

-Anger is not accepted by the real target -Kids fear retaliation by the real target -Kids feel safer taking their anger out on someone else
 * Some of the reasons kids often displace their anger

> -The person who received the anger(target) did not expect it and may become angry in return > -Kids who only had one problem before their outburst, now have two or more problem > -Kids aren’t exercising good communication skills when they express their anger through outbursts or aggression -Kids aren’t exercising good assertiveness skills when they displace their anger rather than expressing it directly
 * The “risks” of Red Flag behavior -The person who received the anger did not deserve it and may become angry in return


 * //Scenerio: //**//Discuss as a class. ////Read the scenerio and decide what the cause of Ray's anger is. Also who is the target of the Ray's anger? What might the target of the anger be feeling? //

Ray is a 9-year old boy who is small for his age and fearful of older/bigger kids. On the school bus, a teenage boy named Chris has been threatening him and humiliating him in front of his peers. This particular morning, Chris takes Ray’s math homework and rips it into shreds. Ray feels like there is nothing he can do to defend himself. He arrives at school feeling weak, miserable, abused, ashamed and angry. When his first period teacher asks the class to open their textbooks, Ray refuses to open his book, swears at the teacher, kicks his desk over and lays down on the floor.