Yep, the whole left-wing, PC environment has about ruined the system. When parents aren't allowed to discipline their kids, how can we expect teachers to do it? I remember a few years ago, there was an interview with the guy that Clinton had as his Education honcho - when asked if he thought some of these alternative teaching methods were a good idea, even when it was proven that they didn't work, he said (with a straight face) that sometimes teacher actualization was necessary and it was OK for actual learning to take a back seat...