roar! i suddenly remembered maam M’s student last term…

however, training kids nowadays seems more difficult!!!

thank you again for dropping by and for sharing your insights. i hope to hear from you again!

It absolutely horrifies me to see these children out here disrespecting their parents. Even though I’m knocking on thirty, and can tell my mother a lot more than I could as a child, I still wouldn’t dream of even calling her by her first name directly, let alone out of it.

And if a person is in the age range of my mother and older, decorum demands that I address them by Ms or Mr. I’ve even gotten into debates with people who have urged me to drop the handle. Its just the way I was taught, and “Teach a child in the way they should go…”

What is it going to take for these kids to learn respect? Unfortunately I believe by the time they have hit fourth grade, its too late. But we can start by teaching every child under that leve the right way. Teach them that they can express their position and still respect the person they are talking to. That in asserting the many rights you have been given, you do not have to infringe of the rights of others, nor undermine those in postions of authority.

Well, let me dismiss myself before I disrespect your blog by taking it over with my soapbox-rant-comment lol. Great post!!!

older children (teenagers) are downright disrespectful and here in europe, you can’t do anything with them.. you can’t insult them or spank them (like what teachers in rural areas do back home).

teachers here are having difficulty establishing authority in classrooms.

i am lucky to be teaching children who are still very young and sweet because i honestly don’t know how to deal with disrespectful teenagers.