3rd graders planning a murder

[Joe]

The nuns would never stand for it.

[Raven]

i was always the class clown

and i still am... which is obvious

with what i do here.. with art and stuff

like makin clammer signs lol

but i never thought about murdering my teacher- ever


even the one lady teacher with real long red fingernails
that used to squeeze my neck so hard to get me to stop goofing around
that her friggan nails cut into my neck and i would be bleeding...

so i have to think.... what the hell has changed?????

[FishermanTim]

It's the new "American way of life".
Both parents, when there are both, have to work in order to afford even meager accomodations. This means that there will be less parental supervision, which means the kids have much more freedom than they should have. This leads to kids developing their own set of values of right and wrong based on whatever has been their most influencing factor: usually TV, videos and video games.
Then the teachers are unfortunately forced to assume a parental approach instead of a mentering approach.
What ends up happening is the kids will eventually develop values based more on the classroom than from their home and the parents will get upset that the teachers have overstepped their bounderies or superceded the parents authority.
Of course the parents don't have the time or energy (and sometimes the desire) to spend quality time with their kids, instead the kids are left to "fend for themselves" and rely on the schools to show them the way.

Because most kids have been raised as "latch-key" kids, the majority of their life lessons come from non-reality based games and television. When they encounter a frustrating situation, they react based on what they learned and where they learned it.

Most of my family has tried to maintain consistant involvement with their kids lives. I wish every child could had some type of involvement, so that they won't have to learn a tough lesson as they get older.

That's my $0.02 worth.

[Raven]

but i think you error ed

because that was 20 cents worth

not having kids of my own has made it difficultfor me to understand
the break down in our culture of moral integrity amongst the younger generation........................................ .

who in my opinion seem to forget that adults are just grown up kids
and not the enemy !!! we were all once that young..

I think Flaptail would have a good opinion on this subject.

[mekcotuit]

Originally Posted by Joe

The nuns would never stand for it.

And then my parents would wack me when I got home - I can hear my mom now: "you have no business upsetting that poor woman. If you were doing what you were supposed to be doing and behaving yourself this never would have happened...."

[Joe]

What we have is a more polarized society. Less average, more extremes; kids are worse and better than ever, at the same time. There are kids who are little sociopaths, and there are kids who are freaking brilliant and so far beyond what my generation was achieving at the same age. It's a bizarre dichotomy, and like everything else, it breaks down right along economic lines.