Classroom Damage...

Today it came to my attention that several pairs of our headphones were damaged. Upon farther investigation, I realized 5 out of our 13 pairs of headphones were broken beyond repair and two more were fixable but left disassembled. The most disappointing part of this all was the fact that not one pair of headphones had been reported broken by a student. 

We had an important class discussion around this today, and how it was everyone's responsibility to take care of the things within our classroom. We talked about how even if they personally did not break the headphones, they should have let me know earlier so we could have fixed the headphones or addressed this issue earlier, preventing more from becoming "unfix-able."

A few of the broken head phone

These headphones are very popular within our classroom. Students use these headphones regularly to stay focused, and cancel out distractions around them. It's disappointing that now less students will be able to use these in the classroom as a result of misuse. I am hoping students will come forward and take responsibility for what has happened. I am also hopeful we, as a class, will be more aware of our classroom materials and  how those materials need to be handled.