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Old 04-19-08, 03:58 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by jumpy
Don't know about over there, but here in the uk teachers are not allowed to enforce their authority over unruly kids - with a thick ear, for example. So children who have no discipline at home are not made to behave at school either. Some kids need that kind of attention or they'll run riot; but these days it's all 'go sit in the confidential room and think about what you've done' or further alienate them by excluding them from school. Whatever happened to good old suspension or expulsion and a bit of healthy fear and respect instilled by teachers you know you cannot mess with without consequences?

/not in my day.
Talking with teachers the prob;em seems to be older than that. The parents of the children who are in trouble are generally far worse than the pupils themselves. But have been given the impression that their views are as valid as anyone else's.
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