I am currently going to a public school and I have noticed that a disturbing trend is becoming more apparent. The lack of respect is actually astonishing, I can't believe some of the things that come out the other students mouths. I can honestly say that I want to smack them just because they think that it is acceptable. I have heard a techer called a bitch, cunt-face, cock-sucker to their face. I don't know when this became acceptable behavior but I am getting fed up with not being able to have a normal class without being searched because one student said that he was going to kill the teacher for giving him homework. When did the parents decide to go on vacation? I know that if my mom got a call from the school telling her that I had disrespected a teacher, she would have slapped me stupid. I was never allowed to disrespect an adult, I was allowed to question authority don't get me wrong but not completely disrespect an adult. I even see it in small children in public, it really does amaze me how the parents put up with it. I can't stand a kid acting like that for five minutes around me, I think that parnets should disciplene their kids more until they learn some sence of the word respect. I have seen a child not even 13 yrs. old demand that his mother buy him a very expensive video game system and his mother bought it for him. I know that when I was small if I demanded anything from my mother she wouldn't have even taken me to the bathroom to spank me she would have just done it in the middle of the store infront of God and everyone. I am uterly disgusted that my generation will believe that it is acceptable that if something happens that you don't like that you just have to call someone a duragitory term and then you don't have to do it. I want to know why this has become acceptable in our society and who started this craze of parents not wanting to be parents. Parents number one job is to tell you "NO!", no don't pu the penny in the socket, no you can't have a brand new sports car, no you can't party every night, no no no. I have met kids that their parents have never told them "NO!" or even hey you might not want to do that. I asked some of the parents why they reacted like that, the response I got was that they wanted to respect their kids personality. I just have to say that if you are never going to tell your kid "No!" you had better have a better reason than that. This is jsut my oppion I am not trying to force it on anyone, I jsut think that this is an issue that should be addressed before it gets worse.
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Finally someone who agrees with me! There is one thing that bothers me that is becoming a trend. Why don't they learn grammar and how to speak like well educated people, that they should be? My biggest problem is "AX/AKS" instead of ask... that bothers me.
Though, I know some people say AKS because that is how they thought ask was spelled. So they were not educated. Anywho, I agree with you. It is very VERY sad.
And this same progeny of evils comes from our debate, from our dissension; We are their parents and original. -- A Midsummer Night's Dream Act II, Scene I, Lines 115-117
What is this world coming to? I grew up in a small town where disrespect is not to be taken, and I see the downward trend too. You don't have to have respect for someone to show them respect. Teachers and others in authority have earned the right to be respected. Let's give them a little reward!
"Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustince, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
~Robert F. Kennedy~
And I want to be a teacher... if my kids (not just my students but my flesh and blood kids) EVER treat me with disrespect, I'll be so far down their throat... okay no I won't. But I'd be mad and probably go off on a tangent. I hope I can teach my kids respect and grammar and logic. I hope they can learn to think outside the box, and not like these mindless drones we are raising today.
And this same progeny of evils comes from our debate, from our dissension; We are their parents and original. -- A Midsummer Night's Dream Act II, Scene I, Lines 115-117
I know the feeling. But it's no longer just the kids being disrespectful but also adults being disrespectful to elders. It's sad what out society has become.
I wonder where these kids get their awful manners from too. I mean, I'm only 17 years old myself and I see people same age as me say stupid stuff...it's embarrassing. Because one of them lack manners, some adults...most adults assume all of us don't have any. I'm not sure exactly why, but I think parents who are strict with their kids...are the best teachers for RESPECT...even though it might not be healthy. Kids these days throw out excuses of "This is a free country" and use the concept of freedom in such a wrong way. This might be one of the reasons why other cultures hate Americans' carefree traditions the most.