[Bruce Campbells Chin]

And here we have another aspect of the problem. Too many parents ... particularly mothers ... simply cannot fathom, utterly deny, bitterly reject ... the very IDEA that Little Suzy or Little Johnny is anything other than a perfect angel and the smartest kid in the class. Especially when Little Suzy or Little Johnny is a sub-normal troublemaker.

I don't understand your point in the slightest.

Personally. I believe that the biggest short term problem in our schools is a lack of student discipline, which can very quickly lead to the destruction of the learning environment. And I say that as someone who has guest-taught in inner city schools. More suspensions and expulsions are desperately needed.

That being said, I have no idea why exactly what the kids in this story did that led to them being locked in a pitch black boiler room matters in the slightest.

[NorthMountain]

I don't understand your point in the slightest.

I can't help you with that; that's a personal problem.

I have no idea why exactly what the kids in this story did

Of course you have no idea ... the authors of this rage-bait article didn't tell you. They obviously don't want you to know. Funny how it works that way.

You can be sure they did something that deserved punishment ... and the lack of official channels for meaningful punishment inevitably leads to unofficial punishment ... in this case, punishment that is ill-advised and inappropriate.

I believe that the biggest short term problem in our schools is a lack of student discipline,

Well ain't that something ... you see the problem. What do you suppose might be the solution? The "right" solution?

[Fledermaus]

Lack of discipline in schools has been around fir decades.

About when the left and teachers unions took over.

I got paddled in the 10th grade. Okay, it was a joke punishment for bringing a Penthouse on the band bus but got 5 whacks.