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Originally Posted by Lilith
Problem is that the real culprits in these situations are never held accountable, the parents. There's now accountability for everyone, except the ones who matter most.
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You have hit the nail right on the head with that one Lil....an example:
Our district does not allow cell phones to be used by students during the day. If they need to call anyone they are to use the office phone designated for that purpose only and is there for the convenience of the students. One day, during Math class 3 different students received phone calls from parents. The cell phones were confiscated (as per the student handbook that parents have to sign that they have read and agreed to) and the students were told they could pick them up at the end of the day when school got out. Well...a parent coundn't get a hold of her "angel" and called the superintendent who was in a meeting with the principal so he could track this child down. Thinking it was an emergency, he had the student pulled out of class and let her call her mom from his office. The emergency?
"Please pick up a gallon of milk on your way home from school."
I know that it may seem small, but when parents don't adhear to the rules of the district no matter how trivial they appear - and they are there for a reason, the kids feel as if they don't have to either. We have kids leaving the building when they want, if the assignment is too difficult or they just don't want to do it, a parent will excuse them and the teacher is to "give" them a grade...
If a kid doesn't appear for a detention, the parent is called and some tell the principal that their kid isn't going to serve a detention no matter what. YES... some parents make the job of teaching very difficult.
There are also some teachers who have been teaching far too long and are burned out (for lack of a better description) and have a difficult time seeing the wonder of learning that can be found in any child no matter how terrible (or good) their behavior is.