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And what about classroom dicipline?

Oh, what an issue you have raised. I am a substitute teacher and I can promise you that I would rather have concentric red and white circles painted on my chest and parachuted into Iraq than walk into a classroom. The kids know that there is nothing that the teachers/schools can/will do to discipline them. When my students act up (which is a given, not an exception) all I can do is send them to the disciplne dean in the school. I have no other authority than that - and the kids know it.

While I initially opposed the idea of webcams in the classroom, I have changed my opinion because parents need to see what their little angels do in the classroom during the day. They would be astonished. I have gotten more rude, mouthy behavior from children who have no respect for adults and their elders than today's pseudo-parents would ever believe.

Lack of discipline in the classroom an issue? Thank a liberal. Kids not learning anything? Thank a liberal. Does your high school honors graduate lack the skills to . . . do anything as an adult; including critical thinking skills? Because they were never taught them? THANK a liberal!!