[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

I think kids who are disciplined at home will not need the teacher to spank them. They already know that they had better listen to the teacher. It's those kids that are allowed to be mouthy, disrespectful, and disobedient at home, that will do it in school also.

I believe that kids really do want clear boundries set for them. It is easier, they don't have to figure it out for themselves.

The more time that a teacher has to spend on disruptive children, the less time they have to teach. And every disruption, causes loss of focus for the rest of the class.
I think it is a HUGE problem in our educational system, and one of the reasons we have fallen behind other countries.

I have a friend that drove school bus, and he said there was no discipline or respect on the bus. The driver cannot control the kids and drive the bus at the same time, and there were no consequences for misbehavior on the bus. If the kids start their day this way, it carries over to the classroom.

Unfortunatly, in many cases, the parents are worse than the kids!!