Student misbehavior should be addressed
I read with sympathy and understanding about the teacher who had had enough of the misbehavior and disrespect from her students and expressed to them, perhaps too strongly, her disapproval. The main problem is not with the teacher, but with the students — really with the parents.
My daughter, a "Teacher of the Year," recently retired, told me of the poor behavior of many of her students. Third-graders using language to her more often heard in Marine barracks.
The teacher was out of line, of course, but the real penalty should be dealt to the wayward students and, if possible, to those parents who failed to instruct their children, 'Behave yourselves and get an education It will be useful later."
My father was superintendent of schools in Thomasville while I was a student there. I would never have disrespected a teacher. The occasional one who did was usually taken to his office where he often applied a switch to the backside of the miscreant. It worked.
Many things have changed since I was in school — some good, some bad. Corporal punishment would not be accepted now, but student respect for teachers prevalent then must somehow he regained.
Dan W. Maddox
Greensboro
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"My father was superintendent of schools in Thomasville "
It would be nice if ~all~ people in leadership positions taught their kids manners.
One of the elected city leaders has a son who attends a GC school out of his district and there almost needs to be a police officer in the classroom to keep his disruptions to a minimum.
Dad, if you're reading this you know who you are. Jr. is causing problems and isn't a shining reflection of the ideals you so haughtily profess in your civic associations.
Posted on December 2, 2007 2:23 PM