Quote from DHOHHI:
You'd be amazed at how much time teachers waste trying to discipline kids who really don't want to be there, who disrupt the class or otherwise instigate. And who suffers? Those who do want to learn ....
I've seen parents of some thugs who come to school and get in the face of the teacher or principal and defend their kid .... whether they are that ignorant or in complete denial I have no clue.
I attended a middle school the first year it opened.... early '60s. I and others were contacted and invited to come celebrate some anniversary of the school... 20 years or something.
Many of the old teachers were there... most a bit hunched over, wearing hearing aids, etc.
One of them commented to me... "You kids were a pleasure to teach. You did your homework and wanted to learn... today, we're more like prison guards than teachers"..
That was 30 years ago. Imagine the deterioration today.
Makes me PUKE to realize the majority of the property taxes I pay go to the school district... mostly to baby-sit lazy, juvenile delinquents.

