I suspect that the quality of parenting has gone way down as well - hard to raise decent kids when you're on crack.
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> seems the idea today is that all kids are "mental" and must be drugged into >> submission, no? > > You know, you look back and schools used to be a lot less tolerant of > ordinary misbehavior and disrespect. My elementary school teachers were > for the most part pretty stern ladies. They really did not tolerate > much horsing around in the classroom at all, and any kind of backtalk, > even when attempted in humor, was absolutely out of the question. > > Then at some point the educational philosophers decided that it was more > important to take care of the kid's feelings and self-esteem, and a lot > of minor misbehavior began to be tolerated as "self expression" and it > escalated from there. Also for some reason they decided it was a good > idea to put all the "special needs" kids into the regular classrooms, > augmenting the chaos. > > Now all these labels like ADD, ADHD, and others get tossed around so > that they don't have to take responsibility for the bed they've made. > > Allan -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
