Student behavior violations drop; problem persists.
People look at the schools for disciplinary problems at school. We need to look at the home and church.
School starts at home. We don’t know what these children are going through at home. Some parents are never at home; some are working two jobs.
Parents don’t have time to help their children with their lessons.
When children get home, their parents aren’t there.
In the ’40s and ’50s, parents had time for their children. When children get out of school they hit the streets.
Teaching starts at home. It takes both home, then school.
Parents are afraid to whip their children; now the children are whipping them.
Some are using drugs, having babies, running away from home, beating their parents. By whipping a child you are teaching them right from wrong, showing how much you love them.
It’s not the school, it’s at home. They’ve got to put the blame somewhere.
Children are up all night texting on cell phones, sleeping in school. The children are so tired. They’re cursing the teachers. They go home and tell the parents a bunch of lies. Here comes the parents wanting to fight the teachers.
People, look at the homes. It is not the schools.
CHRISTINE DOBBINS
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 