My hat's off to all you educators out there...

[DeeZee]

Originally Posted by jeffj

The resources that are wasted (IMHO) on kids whose parents that can't be bothered to make sure they bring a g*****n pencil and paper to class and make sure they do a little homework is nothing short of staggering.

A lot of these kids are very bright, but have figured out how to do as little as possible at school and get away with it at home because their parents are too busy to be bothered or just don't care enough to do what they need to do.

These kids are being warehoused for the time being with the most important thing being that they pass enough tests to move them along through the system. Soon enough they will find themselves at 18 years old and nothing to look forward to except living in their parent's basement and being a drain on society.

Sure there are many that have legitimate need for these resources, but there are way too many that suffer from nothing more than bad/soft parenting.

"A lot of these kids are very bright, but have figured out how to do as little as possible at school and get away with it at home because their parents are too busy to be bothered or just don't care enough to do what they need to do"

See it every day............

[Frozen208]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Yes. Every year for the last 6 years.

They are not behavior problems. In fact, they are usually really quiet (they space out ALLLLLLLLL the time though).

I should clarify that I teach high school and many of my ADHD students are on meds.

Plus, don't you remember how boring chemistry was?!?

Boring? I LOVED my chem class in high school, it was probably one of my favorite classes.

I agree alot of the problems have to do with a lack of discipline/respect, I have heard stories of kids saying they would turn their parent into child protective services if they spanked them.

[sdyeti]

I said that tongue-in-cheek...I am a chem teacher

You are probably in the minority of people who actually liked it though. When I tell people I teach chem, they are like, "Oh........".

Originally Posted by Frozen208

Boring? I LOVED my chem class in high school, it was probably one of my favorite classes.

[foofighter]

man i wish you were my chem teacher in HS...my friggin chem teacher was a tennis coach too and he was like John Macenroe(sp?) he would loose his patience with you and yell at you. so i didnt learn much in chemistry...which sucked cuz i think i would have really enjoyed it.

[bighit8]

Originally Posted by allison

You mean there are kids without ADHD or whatever the popular acronym is today??

No doubt allison, but hey them drug companies have to make up acroynms to sell their drugs!Legally!!!!

[Fired Yo Momma]

My Chem teacher was the basketball coach but it did not help me when my wrestling coach would yell at us "If you guys want to be loser Pu#&ies then go play basketball" during basketball practice when were running the bleachers. It did not help because I had to beg for that B- and try to explain that I did not share the same thoughts about your basketball team.

[allison]

I actually really liked my HS chemistry teacher also. Somehow I wound up getting an A, so I definitely have no complaints

[Fired Yo Momma]

Originally Posted by allison

I actually really liked my HS chemistry teacher also. Somehow I wound up getting an A, so I definitely have no complaints

Were you one of those girls in school if I tried to check out your answers during the test you would curl up and hide your paper?

[allison]

Originally Posted by Fired Yo Momma

Were you one of those girls in school if I tried to check out your answers during the test you would curl up and hide your paper?

How'd you guess?

[Fired Yo Momma]

I am pretty good at those things many years of playing poker. I knew who the cops were on here before they said anything about them being cops.

[dirtvert]

Originally Posted by Frozen208

Boring? I LOVED my chem class in high school, it was probably one of my favorite classes.

I agree alot of the problems have to do with a lack of discipline/respect, I have heard stories of kids saying they would turn their parent into child protective services if they spanked them.

well, i don't think hitting kids is ever the answer. and there's plenty of research to back that up. many of the students that fight at our school were..."disciplined" at home- maybe excessively, but sometimes it teaches them the wrong lesson or they act out on other kids...