Teacher Rant!!!

[Mrs.K]

Originally Posted by harmony

Tell us more please? It takes things to get certain punishments but what do you mean?

the way I see it, that with suspension, you give most of the kids exactly what they want.

[harmony]

Originally Posted by Mrs.K

the way I see it, that with suspension, you give most of the kids exactly what they want.

OK, but not if they had a parent to answer to that cared

[Liesje]

Originally Posted by Mrs.K

One thing I do not understand is how fast you actually get suspended in the US. In Germany it takes a LONG, VERY LONG time until you get suspended from school. That is a major, very major thing to happen.

That's how it was where I went to school too. I can think of maybe two times from K-12th grade that someone got suspended and it was normally for being involved in something criminal that happened at the school (dealing drugs, stealing money).

[stealthq]

Originally Posted by Liesje

That's how it was where I went to school too. I can think of maybe two times from K-12th grade that someone got suspended and it was normally for being involved in something criminal that happened at the school (dealing drugs, stealing money).

I went to school in the 80's/early 90's. Suspensions were frequent but were only handed out for serious fighting incidents (weapons involved, repeat offender, excessive violence like throwing a kid through a window) and drug offenses.

My senior high school had some of the highest test scores in the country yet had one of the highest heroin addiction and suicide rates as well. I remember much more violence in middle school, though. Japanese throwing stars were popular for a while. Fun times.