[jmax]

Schools and teachers often set them up for addiction. In kindergarten and 1st grade, too many lazy teachers claim the kid has learning disabilities / disorders for acting up or sleeping in class. (THAT'S WHAT KIDS DO !!!!! THEY'RE KIDS !!!) The teacher sends them to the school district shrink who pronounces them borderline insane. Tells the parents the kid needs such-and-such drugs or they will never learn and amount to anything. Stupid parents don't question it...just assume the union genius' know what they're talking about.

POOF...problem solved. Teacher goes back to doing nothing but making strike threats....principal gets promoted to a high-paying do-nothing job downtown....district shrink writes a book on child behavior and, the poor kid who just wants to be a kid is turned into a drugged zombie and doesn't learn shit !!!! But, he's a future prospect for the pusher standing across the street from the school yard.

[berdie]

Pretty interesting premise.And most likely on the mark.

I don't blame it all on the teachers. I blame the parents.

No doubt some kids have some kind of psychological problems. But it has become convenient to give kids drugs to control their behavior. My niece in law and her classmates, at one point, bragged about what designer drugs they were on. She has had to go cold turkey and control her own behavior with parental guidance.

It seems to be working...today at least.