I just saw something nuts!!

[txteach]

Agreed with Zemo. Their exit should have been planned a lot better. It's still not an excuse to act like an animal.

[addicted2Mego]

"most were exiting through a small hallway


I agree with that but still..Small or not they should have still acted in a safe manner until they got outside to act the way they did.


Kids..

[garagesale]

Dude, that sounds severe. Glad I don't deal with that age range.

Then again... I do have to go to UNIVERSITY-LEVEL graduation each semester, and you should see how some of the trashy PARENTS act at that! Last semester I bit the bullet and got the regalia so I could walk in the procession with the faculty so that I could I quit doing ushering.

JamesD

[HardyGirl]

That really sucks, Coach. As a teacher (of younger children), I feel your pain. I've actually had parents tell me that I have too many rules b/c I hold their kids accountable for their actions, and the way they speak to people. I do my best to enforce the rules, but w/o parental back-up it just goes in one ear and out the other. A lot of the parents are ungrateful spoiled brats as well, so I can sure see where the kids get it from.

A similar situation actually happened to me as a kid in NYC. I went to I.S. 195 in 7th grade, and one winter morning it was really COLD. I mean in the teens cold, and the school refused to open the doors a few minutes early to let us in. Consequently when the doors were open, it was quite a scene. Kids were CRAMMING to get in, and I got pushed to the side and behind the door. I could feel it pressing on me and for a few moments I was really scared I was gonna be crushed to death. Thankfully, no real harm was done as the kids got inside and I made it out from behind the door. After that mob scene, the school opened its doors a little earlier on cold mornings.

[mitchedwards]

John, sounds like you had a really tough day. The way kids act now is just nuts. I just don't see the respect for adults or authority now like there was when we were kids. Its a me first attitude.

[Adam West]

Unfortunately, there is no guidebook they hand you when you become parents and it is truly amazing the things I have witnessed and have heard.

A while back, I told the story of a 16 year old who almost threw a punch at me because I told him to clean up bottles that he was breaking in his cul-de-sac only to have his father stop by my house the next day to lecture me on my conduct. Now the boy is 18 and is facing around 10 criminal counts ranging from breaking and entering, theft, distribution of prescription drugs. The amazing thing is that the mother is a psychiatrist and the father is a biotech researcher...go figure.

Just recently, I found out a girl who I used to coach soccer (long story...she had some serious behavioral problems that I had to discuss with her parents and let them know that further misbehavior would result in sitting out of practices, less playing time, or potential removal of the team). She is the same age as my daughter 12 and have heard that she just got suspended for using some very offensive language directed at another girl who is African American. My daughter had never heard the word before which gave me an opportunity to give her a history lesson and also to tell her not to hang around this bad apple any longer. This girl's mother called my wife wondering why her daughter is now a social outcast and is very contrite for her actions. My wife told the mother that she was very surprised that this girl even knew the word but irregardless, my daughter is not one to want to continue to remain friends with girls who use this type of language and is behavior we find inexcusable.

We don't believe in *** spankings. Both my wife and I had parents who were old school and both were on the receiving end of the board of education. We have found a more effective means of disciplining our children which is to find out what it is that they find truly meaningful to them (whether it is playing video games or hanging out with friends) and remove that priviledge for a period of time.