[ProtectOurFreedom]

Ninety-five percent of school suspensions are for non-violent offenses like dress code violations and tardiness, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

For those of us educated in good middle class schools, these may seem like trivial things. My sister teaches in an all-black school and experiences the reality every day. Tardiness and dress code violations are not trivial...they are all about disrupting the class and getting respect from other low-life thugs. They don't quietly enter the classroom late and meekly take their seats. They strut in all defiant, showing off, acting up, challenging the teacher's authority and physically threatening everybody. These are not isolated instances, either. It happens day after day after day after day.

The author is clearly living in a cloistered la-la land.

[A_perfect_lady]

I could not teach in a school like that. My kids are almost all Latino, and there is a little of that (we are, after all, inner city) but for the most part they are just playful. Out of 400, we have about 12 who are real little thugs, but the majority of Latino kids are pretty sweet.

If I ever get transferred to a mostly black school, I'll try, God knows I'll try... but if I can't get them to cooperate, I'll quit. I've been saving money just in case.

[Chode]

it's called Cornell...