[Sender]

Tell me about it. My wife is a HS teacher North of Atlanta, and the school system can be really ridiculous. They throw real problem kids, some on probation and even one with an ankle bracelet homing device, some severely disabled, in with the bright kids and with the country kids. Then they expect the teachers to conduct a meaningful class with all ability levels at the same time. Worst of all, if some kid scratches the desks or glues something to the floor, they blame my wife. I know, I just got back from helping her to refinish the drawers in question and scrape the carpets. The young man in question got 10 days suspension, and they missed a golden educational opportunity by not making the kid refinish the drawers himself. Then he could understand the pride in doing something and not stupidly damaging things. But instead they only vent on the teacher for not somehow preventing it. I am thinking more about homeschooling every day.

[Ole Okie]

The young man in question got 10 days suspension, and they missed a golden educational opportunity by not making the kid refinish the drawers himself. Then he could understand the pride in doing something and not stupidly damaging things.

Unfortunately, the kid's parents would have screamed to the ACLU (or other far out organization), and the teacher or principal who had him refinish the desk would be on trial for imposing involuntary servitude.

Conditions were hardly ideal when my mother taught in the 60's and 70's. Yet the schools were still basically under control of the teachers.

Today the ONLY thing that seems to count is "self-esteem". And the teachers have no control of their classes.