Many students in our school system are being forced out of the classroom due to harsh discipline policies focused on rules rather than the child and the contextualized infraction. These policies punish them by taking away the very thing that could possibly change their lives, their education. The way we deal with behavior issues in the classroom has greatly changed over time and disciplinary actions have become rigid, devaluing the human process of growth and learning. Today, with the rise of violent acts spreading across the United States, the administration feels the need to implement harsh and rigid consequences that decontextualize the human being, rather than seeing the pupil as a whole. Recommendations for a more humane disciplinary code are noted.