Posted on 11/22/2004 3:06:00 PM PST by Houmatt
I agree that this guy resides in the clouds of the school of social work and has next to zero knowledge of what really goes on in the classroom. He is coming at the problem from the left and does not address the role of screwy teachers and administrators...and let's not forget the parents who for the most part are non existent or less than quality parental material.
BUT...
Teachers and administrators are also responsible for this out of control behavior. They award passing grades and other goodies for barely tolerable behavior. They regularly provide positive feedback for less than adequate academic performance and they expect less than mediocre work from kids who do have the ability to perform better.
The unions and the leftist educationist establishment have made a mess of public schools and no amount of punishment is going to fix that!
Bring back the REAL "Board of Education"!
"Time-outs" are a joke, and getting sent to the principal's office to sit by yourself for an hour or two means NOTHING.
My kids (11, 9, 7, and 4) know that if they get in trouble at school (no such thing as a "paddling" around here), the fur is going to fly at the house. So, they almost never (once a school year each, at most) cause trouble during class, lunch, or recess.
Something about "Spare the rod and spoil the child" in there somewhere.
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