[headsonpikes]

The problem is that there ARE no responsible adults in charge.

Between teachers' unions, Zero-Tolerance, and ivory-tower curricula bureaucrats, they make damn sure no one can ever be held responsible for anything.

Except maybe the parents, and sometimes the kids.

Kids - disrespect wrongful authority!

[bvw]

The problems with overly encouraging standing up to wrongfully used authority is that kids are still-developing the undertandings of what constitutes "wrongful" in the many varied contexts one encounters.