I mostly agree ..however even well-trained children have their days in school, not to mentiin bullying and peer pressure being prevalent. If a teacher doesn't have control of a classroom, game over.
I've grown up seeing kids get checked by teachers who have the necessary skill and maturity to control what happens in the class without lifting a finger or physically threatening a child.
I want to agree with you. I just don't want the point to be lost behind a smokescreen. An" off" day, bullying, peer pressure, personal problems and the need for adjustment soon becomes labeled "real life" once a child transitions to an adult. The negatives of life rarely lessen as we age, we just get more accountability to handle them as we age and many times get more freedom as an adult to distance ourselves from other people's foolishness by establishing well developed boundaries. This is why it is so imperative that each stage of growing up that people receive the accountability and life skills they will need. You know... little by little building character while they are still kids so by the time they are adults they are well developed and functioning citizens. You can talk about teachers lacking control in the classroom. That is one of many valid points within this scenario that can (in some cases) be part of the problem...but consider
which children are most likely to grow up and eventually become these inappropriate adults...Mostly likely, it's those who did not develop life skills when they were still kids, and practice them with growing independence as teenagers...Those who don't consider one major mistake ruining their life or the life of someone else...Those who lack discernment and self discipline...Those whose parents justify or simply fail to address unacceptable behavior rather than correct it before it becomes a liability or places the kid in harm's way. The substitutes were wrong...you won't get any defense from me towards them in that area. However I don't want the point to be lost. There was a lot wrong within the individuals, within the school and within the homes that lead the situations to this outcome.