I worked in an elementary school for several years in California. The statement about calling in the parents and having them scream at you rings true.
That happened more times than I can count. Their little darlings could never have done the things I said they did!
The disrespect the children show for school authority started long ago, about the time the liberals decided that children should be able to "express themselves" and teachers dare not use the ruler.
Being very aware that they cannot even be touched by a teacher or aide, they would taunt you with that, "you can't touch me or I can report you to the authorities" was the mantra of little third graders.
The answer is that discipline needs to be enforced at home and at school like it was in the days when I was in school. We would never have dared speak to adults they way they do now.
I agree wholeheartedly that teachers need to be paid a decent wage to put up with trying to educate the little tyrants. The pay should be equal or better than the CEO of a large company, or perhaps the Warden of a maximum securtiy prison!
Thanks so much for sharing that. I think you're right.
It's so interesting to me that we have 2 Dem candidates in FL currently running for governor, claiming the reason they want to oust Gov. Bush is because of education, yet, those 2 candidates have put forth a total of ZERO ideas to solve any of the real problems in education.
There are more ideas on this thread -- whether one agrees with those ideas or not -- than the FL Dem gov candidates have mentioned. For example -- having parents sign a waiver of thier legal rights to sue, (unless a teacher is criminally convicted of something); being stricter in the schools; letting these kids who are constantly disruptive take a leave of absence from school at age 14; etc. All of these ideas are better than anything I've heard this campaign season here in FL from Dem candidates.
Thanks again for your post. :)