Reply #4: Stop blaming the children. [View All]

[DFab420]

Oh yea, you sure do sound committed to those kids and their "baggage". How about my dad, whose Mom died when he was young and whose Dad wasn't much of a help in raising him. Now? He paid his way through college by working long hours during high school. You know what happened if he fell asleep in class? He got a smack upside the back of his head from his teacher.

You can't blame kids for their "baggage"!

You can help them cope with it, you can give them a place of peace and learning from it, but how DARE you whine about their "baggage" What is this "Dangerous Minds"?

I have an idea for you and your baggage handling issues. How about you try to impress upon them the dangers of falling short in schooling? How about you grow a pair and tell the soda drinking kid to f*cking stop drinking soda in your class? How about that kid who doesn't want his mom mad? do you think she'd be mad if you called and mentioned your concern over her sons lack of involvement?

How about this as a thought. We fire teachers who view their students issues as "baggage" and then hire teachers who are willing to wade through the BS to help...oh wait...

You know what man. I'm done with this discussion. Yes the kids have issues at home, and yes it tends to be from lower poverty areas, but that is not their fault! Honestly if you were my teacher and you said things like this about me online, I wouldn't want to listen to you either.