Resolving conflicts and accepting diversity
WITH differences of personalities and preferences of each people, there is a chance that conflicts would happen because of misunderstandings, misconduct, irritation, and other things that would cause conflicts to arise.
Kids, due to their early age and inexperience, might lack emotional control. They might also be more likely to do things that can hurt or offend other people without noticing the effects of doing or saying something.
Possible ways to manage classes better is to avoid micromanagement and preventing problems from happening instead of acting as problems as these things happen. Although, conflicts are likely to happen, we can still try to minimize it from happening.
One good way to get started is not to pander to their demands. Pair or put into groups the pupils with different personalities and randomly pairing them rather than making groups based on proximity or who is closer to each other in terms of distance or relationships in order to get the pupils used to different personalities and beliefs and to avoid them from getting picky with who they align themselves with.
By making the pupils become group-mates or pairs with those they are not used to be with, they would have no other choice but to work with whoever they are with. They would get exposed to different personalities and you would be able to tell them that things like disability or a different economic status or being somebody that has actions that are not usually related to one’s own sex and other things that make us unique do not make any person less of a human being. Everybody should be treated well. Those who the class generally wants to avoid because of unreasonable things like their so-called “ugliness” would have partners, and people who have trouble with dealing with others would have opportunities to get reintegrated into the class.
It would also be an opportunity for you to teach the pupils to calmly share their opinions in making their partnership and group work well as they do their class activities through using facts and not aggressiveness.
Exposure and repetition are very helpful in making people socialize with who they find odd and develop acceptance for things that make people unique as long as these things do not cause pain on others.