I'm going to go a different direction here and steal a line from a commercial that I find funny.

 

Sure paddling worked 50 years, but we have developed better ways of dealing with problem kids. I point out hangman's statement about ISS. Again it may have worked 50 years ago, but heck back then people thought moonshine had vitamins.

 

Sorry that may only be funny to me.

Where are you guys living?????? You can't believe everything you see on TV. Today's kids are nothing like this!

 

In 10 years of teaching I've never had a student call me a name (atleast not to my face).

 

Of course teenagers are going to be insubordinate. They need direction, not a paddle to their rear end.

 

Other than the yearly senior prank (which I usually find hilarious) I can't think of any destruction of school property.

 

Knock on wood the high school I currently teach at has not had one single fight all year. Are you really going to tell me that back in the day students didn't get into fights.

 

For everyone out there that is telling me that kids today are somehow worse or more out of control than when you were young I just don't see it. I didn't see it when I taught inner city kids in Louisville, I didn't see it when I taught rural kids in Garrard and Mercer Counties, and I don't see it a Burgin. The literally thousands of kids that I have come in contact with over the past 10 years have for the most part been good respectful kids that just want to succeed.

 

Until I see these demon children that everyone is telling me about I can in NO way advocate paddling kids of any age. Maybe I'm the one living in a fantasy world. :idunno:

 

You are in a rare situation. The fight statistic is enough to show that. How many parent contacts have you had where the parent has told you that their kid shouldn't have to go to school anyway? How many parent contacts have you had where the parents asked you to quit calling them? How many students have you had in your classroom that have come to high school with more than 5 criminal charges already on their record?

You are in a rare situation. The fight statistic is enough to show that. How many parent contacts have you had where the parent has told you that their kid shouldn't have to go to school anyway? How many parent contacts have you had where the parents asked you to quit calling them? How many students have you had in your classroom that have come to high school with more than 5 criminal charges already on their record?

 

I have to agree that BullDog_Chem is in a rare, and rather lucky situation. As background, I am a former teacher with four years experience in the classroom. I continue to work within a school system today as a grant coordinator and will likely be back within the classroom next school year . The following comments are based upon my personal experiences acquired over the past seven years. Let me preface my comments by saying that I truly believe that there are no "bad" students, only bad behaviors. And even amongst all of the bad behaviors, I was able to discover many redeeming qualities for all of my students...even those that I struggled with on a daily basis.

 

However, despite the redeeming qualities of offending students, I can attest that I have been sworn at, called every name in the book (to my face) and witnessed multiple incidences of property destruction and fighting. I would definitely say to have gone 10 years without any of the aforementioned issues is extraordinarily rare. I would also like to add to my comment that most people consider me to be incredibly easy to get along with. Even my easy-going nature didn't spare me from many of the extreme discipline issues that I encountered over the past seven years.

Schools are not a place for discipline. They are places of education. Why should teachers and administrators be held responsible for raising everyone else's kids? We are only responsible for educating them.

 

As a future educator, what's your take on this statement, made by a current educator? Personally I disagree with it, but I am not in the profession, so maybe I'm missing something.

 

As a future educator I would say that discipline is a part of education. Teachers are not only suppose to teach subject matter, but as the people who spend the most times with kids (more time than parents do) life lessons also have to be learned. However, I don't agree with paddling because I don't think that a minor should be physically disciplined by anyone other than a parent.