Restorative Practices

1. One of the first questions I had while watching the videos about restorative in California I wondered what restorative looks like in our communities. Students say that they do have circle in class if they misbehave but it has no impact on overall class behavior.
2. On the video of school to prison pipeline, one students at one of my schools mentioned the school wide announcement that any student that gets into a fight will be arrested. This made the video more than relevant. I wondered how this made students feel, what if they were attacked and defended themselves would this also get them "arrested".
3. I remember around 2012-2013 the start of restorative practices became the new "detention"/"in school suspension" however I wonder if any schools have taken it on as an after school program or class period like some of the schools in the video.
4. I feel like restorative practices/ justice is a good alternative because sometimes students need a space to feel like they are being listened to or be able to talk about their side. 
5. Many of the times students get pulled from class they are asked what they did wrong and what they can do to fix it. They dont get questions on their emotions or what triggered them to have the reaction they did. Many students feel that teachers are "out to get them" however if they were able to have a real one on one conversation with a moderator maybe they can come to a better conclusion/understanding.