18th December 2003, 12:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon
Then why is this an issue? I mean, teachers do what they can, with sending them to the office and stuff...I wouldn't say that there is a big discipline problem. Well sure there are problem kids, but they try to keep them seperate (in special ed, etc). Sure, some teachers can't keep control over their classrooms, but they are a small minority.
Teachers give detention...
You obviously haven't been to or read anything about public schools today for you to make such an ignorant comment like that. Most teachers have no control over their kids anymore, and I'm not just talking about poor areas. If a kid thinks that he's being treated unfairly by a teacher (and really, what kid doesn't think that?) then that kid will go cry to his or her parents and that parent will complain to the principal, etc. Parents no longer believe that teachers know what they're doing, they don't let them do their jobs anymore. You wouldn't believe how many teachers I've seen quite or lose their jobs because of problems like this.
The best teachers I ever had were the ones that were strict with their students and weren't afraid of making them upset. They did their job well and because of that they made better students.