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SmokeyBare t1_jbgqjtw wrote

Reply to comment by pegothejerk in Numerous arrests after massive high school brawl that sent officer to hospital by DeathCatforKudi

School employees aren't paid enough and are ridiculed by parents and media when they try to intervene. Parents are overworked and can hardly afford groceries and rent these days. So, we have a generation that basically nobody cares about, empowered with technology we can hardly grasp. It's all a recipe for kids who don't respect teachers, parents, or society. Our priorities are shit, so we get shitty kids.

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Nearsighted_Beholder t1_jbk8km9 wrote

Not only are they not paid enough, but administrators flat out refuse all disciplinary accountability, even going so far as to countermand teachers when they ask disruptive students to leave or be quiet.

I watched it happen in real-time throughout my career. A student would assault another student (sometimes we are talking felony level assault), they would get taken out of the classroom and the perp would return to the classroom before the victim (who could be out for hours or even days).

Visit any teaching subreddit or online community. It's the same across the board. Administrators are enabling a death spiral in academia.

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