Banned from grad for senior prank

[caseysmom]

Dear god will people ever stop waxing poetic about "back in their day?" Today, unlike many years ago, many teaching strategies are based on empirical evidence and research. Giving students the correct answer, instead of simply telling them they are wrong without providing the correct answer, is a learning strategy. I would rather get a test back with the right answers, so I know how to change them, instead of just getting a useless piece of paper slashed with red ink.

Just because something is different than what it used to be like doesn't mean it's bad. People like to pretend that the world is the worst it's ever been- and in many ways it is, like global warming and people still living like it's 1950 and we don't know how harmful certain behaviors are when we really do. But in many ways society is better. There is less violent crime than ever, less teen pregnancies, LESS problems with youth.

I also think it's terribly hypocritical to tell teenagers on one hand to buck up and "live in the real world" and on the other give them a condescending lecture about how they are not adults. Fine, if teenagers are not adults, then don't expect them to act like it. I think people expect teens to act a certain way, so they do.

As far as the kid with the trays goes, all he's being denied is walking down to get his diploma. So what? What kind of punishment is that even? He still gets to graduate. I don't understand what the big deal is.

I loved this post, I get tired of all the teen bashing on here, I think there are some pretty mature fine individuals on this site that happen to be teens.

[K9soul]

I didn't see any teen bashing. I have a lot of respect for people no matter what age if they can act respectful and with an awareness of others' feelings. I simply feel someone shouldn't be "let off the hook" and excused for any behavior that harms property or is damaging no matter WHAT age they are. It should never be acceptable.

I agree with everything Johanna stated in her last post on this one. And I do not believe I behave in a derogatory manner to anyone here based on age.

[Alysser]

I loved this post, I get tired of all the teen bashing on here, I think there are some pretty mature fine individuals on this site that happen to be teens.

I agree, thank you pembroke_corgi and caseysmom. JUST because teenagers are younger then adults doesn't mean they are stupid. I hate how a couple of bad apples ruin the reputation for the rest of us. I am also sick of the constant bashing, it needs to stop.

[Cataholic]

I agree, thank you pembroke_corgi and caseysmom. JUST because teenagers are younger then adults doesn't mean they are stupid. I hate how a couple of bad apples ruin the reputation for the rest of us. I am also sick of the constant bashing, it needs to stop.

I thought the OP was about someone unknown to all of us. Right? Wasn't it something in the paper somewhere that someone posted? So, when the comments came in, weren't the comments directed towards this particular teen? How is that teen bashing? Maybe bashing one teen (if, in fact, it was bashing at all), but, not teen bashing.

Like K9soul- bring me upstanding behaviour, or the raunchiest kind, regardless of age, and I applaud/disagree with the conduct. This really isn't about 'age'. It is about maturity, 'world' views, and social responsibility.

Maltese love, I hate to 'wax poetic', but, from my experience, the 'bad apple' spoils the bunch not only in high school, but, in the real world too.

Why do employers enact dress codes? Hours of employment? Policies of phone use, computer use, lunch hours, vacation, fraternization at the work place? Why do municipalites enact leash laws? Noise ordinances? Zoning codes? Heck, where I live, I can only put my trash out to the curb a set number of hours ahead of the appointed pickup.

Because 'bad apples' spoil the bunch. If this is distasteful commentary from some old bat, so be it. I wouldn't want to have your system shocked when you leave school.

I do love this debate, teens are people, too; but, not up to the point where personal responsibility comes into play.

It is a cruel, cruel world. I didn't make it, but, I do have to live in it. So do you and all the others.

[caseysmom]

I realize the op was about another teen but there seemed to be a lot of broad sweeping generalizations going on.

I have two teens, they are night and day I wouldn't think that either of them could be generalized in one way.