http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/309186
I have recently written about teachers
and those who deal with children being thrown under the bus, some for
good reason, and some not. This is a case where a bus driver is literally
and figuratively being thrown under a bus.
In all of
the reports I have heard or read, the driver was distracted by a
student misbehaving giving yet another example of kids not acting
appropriately in a given situation. Heaven forbid junior wait until he
gets to school safely before he turns into a roaming jerk. No junior has
to become "Mr. Painin D. Kneck" as soon as he gets on the bus. Now,
since the student's actions did not follow directions, 12 people went to
the hospital and a bus driver is out of work.
This
is a growing trend, and it needs to stop now. Students today have no
consequences for their actions. They can skate by without any real
punishment. I understand this all sounds like a mean ole teacher
complaining but it is true. My students will tell you I am the first to
hop on the bandwagon of a student who succeeds. I am also the first to
tear into them if the misbehave or stop working. Students have not
effort, and no need to.
They have been handed a great
deal more than even my generation (which was pretty spoiled), and they
have really squandered it. Gracious knows you do not take way what they
have been given...it is rightfully theirs from the beginning. No
longer does a child earn a D, but they earn every bit of an A. Many
kids today do not understand the stories I tell about being glad to make
a C in a hard class. My college astronomy class story (when I was glad
for a D..I was way out of my league but too stupid to realize it)
puzzles them. When told, it inevitably invokes the response "Why
didn't you call your mom and have her fix it?" Why didn't I? I was
scared to death to let her know I had made such a bad grade.
I
will climb off the soapbox, but before I go I will say this to those of
you who will be doing the hiring and firing of these young people
coming up. There are plenty of good ones. Many of my students are
smart and can be taught, however, many more are hopeless. Please,
please be careful in picking through applications. There are plenty of
bad apples out their, don't pick one over a good apple.
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