When third graders attack.....

[cyber-sibes]

We were talking about this over lunch today with friends - unbelievable, isn't it? But I disgree:

... They depend on the teachers and police to raise their kids.

A big part of the problem is that teachers are NOT ALLOWED to discipline kids in the classroom anymore. It's not like when we were kids & you were expected to show respect to adults in authority (who were entrusted to provide consequences for your misbehavior) For Pete's sake, these kids hatched this plot because a teacher reprimanded them for standing on the chair? What's next - will they plan to kill a parent who tells them not to stand on the furniture at home?

[Reachoutrescue]

This is so horrible. My son is in 3rd grade so this really bothers me. These kids are so young...where do they get this from? They are only 8 and 9.....what are they going to be like when they are 15 and 16? I really hope something is done for them before it is too late.

[RICHARD]

I don't have kids, so fire away....

When I was growing up we didn't have ALPHABET KIDS.

THose are the children with ADD, ADHD, PSP, DVD, TMOBiIE and all the other good letters that have defined them in the last few years.

In the Bad old days kids were taken aside, talked to, given the proper guidance-or a swift arse kicking if need be.

The rules of Mixed Martial Arts apply here, No biting, hair pulling, eye gouging, punches to the back of the head and no kicking while the child is down.

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The bleeding hearts will say that the kids are too young, too effed up, not old enough to take the fall for their little plot.

I say toss them into a camp or home-somewhere they can get a little structure in their lives.

Can you imagine the outrage if they had done this to one of the mothers in the group?

There would be fire and brimstone set against the world. The parents would ban together and drive that family out of the community.

ANd that brings me to the teacher.

She gets no support or any kind of sympathy from the community.

It shows you the effing respect we have for anyone in command-teachers especially. We send the kids to school to learn and when they act like animals
everyone jumps to their side and blames the system.

We look at Generation X and Y....Gen Z is coming up soon and after that we'll have to invent letters for the little AHs that we have no control over.

Me? I'm glad I don't have problems with kids.


One cat is enough for me!

[mugsy]

I don't have kids, so fire away....

When I was growing up we didn't have ALPHABET KIDS.

THose are the children with ADD, ADHD, PSP, DVD, TMOBiIE and all the other good letters that have defined them in the last few years.

In the Bad old days kids were taken aside, talked to, given the proper guidance-or a swift arse kicking if need be.


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ANd that brings me to the teacher.

She gets no support or any kind of sympathy from the community.

It shows you the effing respect we have for anyone in command-teachers especially. We send the kids to school to learn and when they act like animals
everyone jumps to their side and blames the system.

Ok, I said I wasn't going to comment anymore on this, but, Richard's response made me do it!

1. My 8th graders were talking about it today (they found that more interesting than the 8 murders in a week here) and thought it was FUNNY! That speaks volumes for our society.

2. In reference to the Alphabet Kids...my favorite is ODD...opposition defiance disorder...in my youth that child would be called exactly what his is...a SPOILED BRAT who needs a good swift kick in the butt.

3. In reference to Richard's comments on the lack of support for teachers...I have only one thing to say.... RICHARD...WOULD YOU MARRY ME???

[RICHARD]

3. In reference to Richard's comments on the lack of support for teachers...I have only one thing to say.... RICHARD...WOULD YOU MARRY ME???

Why....Sure, you'd have to move to Cah Lee Fuh Nee Ah. And I don't have a dishwasher, so you don't have to do dishes.....I would.

Dang, If I can get you to post against your will and ask for my hand in marriage can you imagine what MY kids would be like?
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I need to clarify one thing about my previous post.

What I meant to say is that if the plot was put together against a neighborhood mom, the neighbors would ban together to get rid of the families of the children who put together the plan...

[mugsy]

Why....Sure, you'd have to move to Cah Lee Fuh Nee Ah. And I don't have a dishwasher, so you don't have to do dishes.....I would.

Dang, If I can get you to post against your will and ask for my hand in marriage can you imagine what MY kids would be like?
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Well, I just can't bring myself to move to Cali...I'm just too Midwestern I guess! lol Dang!

You wouldn't have to worry about kids though...I'm 46 and have zero interest! And your cat would need to deal with my 6 dogs.


Sara...I totally agree...I'm just glad it hasn't come to that in the good ol' Fort!

[dukedogsmom]

Richard, once again you prove your awesomeness! Loved your post and it was right on the money. And you do dishes, too? You just might have another proposal.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Third grade must be a very dangerous place. Here in OC a 3rd grade teacher had a gun hidden in her classroom. Ammo too.

OK Corral

If children are so good at distinguishing fact from fiction...why is Harry Potter so popular...Santa Claus, ET, and Snow White???

Combine a violence saturated culture with a child-centric culture and what do you expect?

[Catlady711]

If children are so good at distinguishing fact from fiction...why is Harry Potter so popular...Santa Claus, ET, and Snow White?

Ok I'm baffled here. What do any of these movies have to do with distiguishing fact from fiction? I happen to own all the videos of these movies, and when I was a kid my fav. shows were Buck Rogers, A-Team and WWF (back when it wasn't full of half naked ladies and foul language). I'm neither violent nor have issues with thinking fiction is fact. Actually thanks to my mom's teaching, I tend to check out everything with Snopes that come into my inbox, I doubt every wild story I hear until I check it out first, and am skeptical as all heck. But that could be a reverse problem I have, who knows.

I don't think it's so much about the particular shows kids watch (although it can infuence them somewhat) but it's the LACK of parents intervening to teach lessons on right and wrong and knowing what their kids are doing.

But then again the world seems to be more interested in 'situational ethics' rather than any type of right is right and wrong is wrong thinking. JMHO

[RICHARD]

Now that I think about it.....

Reading materials also have a huge influence on people.


Playboy made me want to look at nude women.

[lizbud]

A big part of the problem is that teachers are NOT ALLOWED to discipline kids in the classroom anymore. It's not like when we were kids & you were expected to show respect to adults in authority (who were entrusted to provide consequences for your misbehavior)

One sure cure for today's school problems is to have an Order(any Order)
of Catholic nuns to take over the running of the schools.These kids would shape up quick. back in the "good old days" Catholic schools were given
permisson by the parents to discipline children if neccesary.

Children knew their limits & the consequences of bad behavior.

[RICHARD]

One sure cure for today's school problems is to have an Order(any Order)
of Catholic nuns to take over the running of the schools.These kids would shape up quick. back in the "good old days" Catholic schools were given
permisson by the parents to discipline children if neccesary.

Children knew their limits & the consequences of bad behavior.

That's because they scared the crap outta ya with the ruler and the line, "God sees everything you are doing".

Kinda like the government and the PATRIOT ACT....without the phone taps.