I've been teaching for 10 years, and I have to tell you, it is just getting worse. There are 10 parents out there who would never raise their voice or a hand to their child for every one parent out there who teaches their child responsibility and respect and discipline.
Some of our biggest pains at school are the most gentle with animals or the physically or mentally challenged students, however, some of our emotionally disturbed kids are the nastiest people I've ever met. I like to believe in the good in all, but some of them have so much hatred in them, and have come from so much abuse, they just don't know how to be any other way.
It's a weird thing. I guess it all depends on the problems with the kid. Some children are just inherently mean. It's just like some people who view animals as possessions to be bought and sold, and others who view them as their family.
I get a lot of questions from the kids "Miss... do you have kids??" and first I started the whole "No, I'm not married." which doesn't fly at the school where I'm at cause so many are from single parent families. Sometimes I just joke that teaching is the best birth control ever, lol. :p
