“It’s not too late to be honest about the neglect.”
The students’ parents need to take some responsibility when it comes to neglect. They’ve neglected to train their uppity kids to have compassion and for the awkward and underdogs in society.
Well...that is the root of the issue, which is also another Democrat initiative, the destruction of the American nuclear family unit.
Couple that with the leftist doctrines about disciplining children going all the way back to Dr. Benjamin Spock, where whacking your kid on the behind will get you a visit from Department of Youth Services.
Teachers cannot control their classes, they will be left twisting in the wind. Parents are not allowed to discipline their children.
So you end up with willful children who know they can talk back and act up (or worse) with very little pushback.