I am OUTRAGED! Where is the Respect for Our Elders? Teachers Need to Take Martial Arts Before Signing On Now! (1462 hits)
Take a look at this video and PLEASE, comment on the state of affairs we must be in today. I mean...who in the hell left THAT gate open? And where are the PARENTS when these children act like this????
Re: I am OUTRAGED!!! Where is the Respect for Our Elders? Why Must Teachers Have it So Hard? I saw and heard of this. It comes from bad parenting... Bible says even a child is known by their actions, also youth with no respect for elders don't live long in the land. I remember talking with a young brother who had no respect for this older guy (Mr. G), that had retired from the miltary. I told him "Man when you don't have no respect for nothing or nobody your life can be short". I also said the same thing to other young guys he hangs with, including his brother. A short period after that, he (young brother) was at a redlight in his car and was hit by a drunk driver who had no regard for anyone at that time. I remember when I saw Mr. G again. The Bible speaks of the older man, the older woman teaching the younger male or female. That young girl felt safe to be bold enough to fight an adult... SHE WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY REPERCUSSIONS.... I guess she feels she will be saved (no restraints or not enough of) by her parents that condone. Behaviors such as this extreme where does it go from there? I could not dare touch a teacher when I was a child. I don't know the whole story, but from what I saw this girl child was not defending, trying to get away, etc. I'm glad you posted this great example (^;^)
Friday, August 15th 2008 at 7:53PM
WILLIAM W. HEMMANS III
I think its a combination of factors that allows this phenomenon to flourish. First, discipline is all to often confused with child abuse these days. Second, too many parents want to be best friends with their kids rather than an authority figure. Third, strong, intelligent, compassionate male influence is missing in a woefully large number of young lives. Four, we unfortunately have a lot of adults out there that don't deserve respect running around and thus all adults get lumped in to the same pile with them by these kids who have yet to learn the difference. Five, the failure to teach/learn about personal responsibility for one's own actions. Six, the failure to teach the idea of a little something called empathy. (All these kids fail to put themselves in the position of the person they are persecuting and/or attacking)
As far as the teacher's situation, I believe in self-defense. I believe in doing what's necessary to keep yourself safe. As long as you are not the cause, you should have the right to do what you need to do. The way its looking now, martial arts, self-defense classes, and weapons training will have to become required classes of any future educator's degree program. This sense of entitlement these kids have make them think that anything and everything that they do is okay and damn the consequences (which by the way has been watered down by a society that is trying so hard to do away with anything considered to be "uncivilized").
Friday, August 15th 2008 at 9:44PM
Tony Boyd
Tony, that sense of entitlement is something else, ain't it? I couldn't even TALK BACK to a teacher in my day and get away with it, let alone STRIKE or PUMMEL one. That woman was 53 years old...she WAS kinda holding her own, but dang. It was the last day of school and it looks like these kids set that up.
It's shameful and all I could is shake my head and thank God on the 16 year old's behalf that she didn't have ME as her teacher in that classroom. The outcome would have been totally different. LOL. I believe in self-defense, too. I won't start nothing because I prefer to take the diplomatic approach about everything, but if I HAVE to go there, I'm GONE! LOL.
This was sad and I hope they expel that girl from that school and press criminal charges against her.
And William, you're right-- she WASN'T worried about the repercussions...not even a little bit. She ain't got to worry that she has a mama like me-- who would lay her behind OUT!!!!!! ...AND make her publicly apologize to the elder the school for her dastardly behavior and ME for misrepresenting ME...acting like she ain't got no sense.
Don't worry ya'll. I'm not gonna beat my child!!!! She's in TX visiting her grandparents. She's safe. Ok...I'm calming down now. It's wasn't my baby acting like that...
I feel that same way! I used to volunteer, doing after school activities with 'at risk' youth, but I just couldn't. They would smart mouth with me, and worse, make very suggestive comments, and these kids were elementary students or just entering into middle school.
I was raised to look an adult in the eye when being spoken to, answer with 'ma'am' and 'sir', stand/sit up straight, and that regardless or whether they are my parents or not, to do what I'm told. It's sad that because I behave this way around my elders, people assume I'm in the military or something. If I had even thought about speaking to an adult the way kids nowadays do, much less putting my hands on an adult, I'd be slapped silly. Parents really really need to buckle down on their children. Growing up I had a slew of great aunts and uncles, grandparents, great grandparents, and of course my mom and dad, constantly breathing down my neck *lol*
Friday, August 22nd 2008 at 11:55PM
alicia harris
Alicia, I hear you. My daughters are the same way. I'm already training my 2-year-old on Ma'am and Sir and she already says please, thank you and bless you when someone sneezes! LOL. It really does take a village to raise a child, but with so many children having children, where does the wisdom come from? These children having children want to be FRIENDS and it's crazy. My elder daughter (13 years old) understands that her friends are HER age...that I am her MOTHER...friendship for US doesn't come for a LONG, LONG time. She can confide in me (she'd better) and count on me to be her biggest fan and advocate but also her biggest critic when she needs to held accountable for actions that step out of line. She knows to play games or talk smart to her friend if she must, but unless we're breaking out the Monopoly board or some other board or card games, that I am not to be PLAYED WITH. LOL. And praise God, she gets it...she really understands.
Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 11:20AM
Dee Gray
EVERYONE of us who abuse of the civil rights of others for short term pleasures...the old, ..."my child will never do this"...!!!!!!!!
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
