I walked back across the road, muttering about "Kids these days..." althought it's not really their fault, as was demonstrated quite amply.
Kids did behave better. When I went to secondary school, anyone who answered back was the rebel and was more than likely getting a detention. Now, I hear kids answering back and making smart-mouthed comments to their teachers... and they're the tame ones. If they're told to stop doing, they demand to know why and keep doing whatever it is until they're all but forced to desist. Even the "bad" kids I went to school with would have been disgusted by this behaviour.
What about the boy who barged into my workroom the other day (it's usually off-limits to students) and, when I asked him what he wanted, looked at me in surprised and muttered: "Melway," as though I was an idiot.
"Can you phrase it as a request?" I asked. Which he did. Reluctantly.
Kids learn from their parents. You can't deny it. I learnt from my parents. It's just shocking to see what sort lessons they're learning.
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on 2006-02-24 05:24 am (UTC)Kids did behave better. When I went to secondary school, anyone who answered back was the rebel and was more than likely getting a detention. Now, I hear kids answering back and making smart-mouthed comments to their teachers... and they're the tame ones. If they're told to stop doing, they demand to know why and keep doing whatever it is until they're all but forced to desist. Even the "bad" kids I went to school with would have been disgusted by this behaviour.
What about the boy who barged into my workroom the other day (it's usually off-limits to students) and, when I asked him what he wanted, looked at me in surprised and muttered: "Melway," as though I was an idiot.
"Can you phrase it as a request?" I asked. Which he did. Reluctantly.
Kids learn from their parents. You can't deny it. I learnt from my parents. It's just shocking to see what sort lessons they're learning.