And maybe it's just because they find that it helps them keep order.
My mother used to teach elementary and then got shifted to middle school kids. Those kids are worse than high schoolers. Mouths on them like convicts and attitudes to go with them.
After hearing a few choice stories that involved my mother I made a habit of stopping by the school to see her on occasion when I was headed out for a ride in full leathers.
The reality of the fact that I could never and would never do anything to them didn't matter. It was what they perceived the situation to be. They thought that if they acted up to my mother that there was a chance that I might come looking for them. She has since not had much in the way of discipline problems. The same cannot be said for her fellow teachers.
If this brat gets away with doing whatever she wants despite knowing the rules then she'll continue to do it the rest of the way through school. If she had a problem then she should have seen what she could do about getting things changed BEFORE she got in trouble. After the fact is revisionist BS.
Kids have to have limits, they also have to be taught the right and wrong way to do things. This brat will get out of school and wonder why she keeps getting fired from jobs for just doing what she wants. Either that or she'll wind up some dem scumbags mistress. Regardless it won't be pretty.
Isn't easier and better to just punish the kids making the problems though? Or would you rather teach the kids that they get to pay for the mistakes of others?
>>If this brat gets away with doing whatever she wants despite knowing the rules then she'll continue to do it the rest of the way through school. If she had a problem then she should have seen what she could do about getting things changed BEFORE she got in trouble. After the fact is revisionist BS. <<
You are very wise. (and a blessing to your mom!)