The behavior is worse because the students are allowed to get away with it.
Tangent point: we don't have a gun problem; we have a behavior problem.
> The behavior is worse because the students are allowed to get away with it. <
Correct. I’m I retired urban high school teacher. Some administrators are racist DEI hires. They judge everything on the basis of race.
Most of the other administrators are all about statistics. And I don’t mean raising test scores. I mean reducing student suspensions. Reduce suspensions, and you’ll get performance bonuses and promotions.
Suspend disruptive students, and your career is on the fast track to nowhere.
Result? Disruptive students are sent right back to class.
I don’t know about suburban and rural schools. But urban public schools are way beyond saving.
There it is.
We have a particular subculture (or maybe two of them) that is a serious problem. Students from outside that subculture are much less likely to be problems.
But it’s politically incorrect to say that black culture is terminally corrupt ...
Sadly.
“The behavior is worse because the students are allowed to get away with it.”
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My wife teaches ELEMENTARY in a mostly rural school which touches one end of a small city, and is ready to retire!
The kids are mostly feral, with only several per class who are capable, and the rest nothing but trouble, mentally incapable, or have severe medical issues. IT IS A MESS!!!
And administration?? You think they’d have some help there? Think again—NOTHING!
No consequences for bad behavior, and don’t want lawsuits!!
Oh, but, but they’re supposed to teach, and produce an excellent student who has manners, good grade, and good demenor.
IMPOSSIBLE task, when EVERY roadblock you can imagine is put in your way!!