I've come to believe that there is a serious lack of respect for teachers. Kids are not being taught, by their parents, to respect their teachers, or any other adults (including their own parents).

I can remember, when I was in school (a long, long time ago), it was unheard of to disrespect our teachers, and we had a FEAR of our parents. Yes, there were a few who did "act out", but for the majority of students, we didn't want our parents to come up to the school. I also believe one of the biggest problems is, children don't fear their parents. I can also remember when teachers were allowed to discipline us. Yall remember the paddle? I remember getting hit on the hand, or even on our bottom, with the paddle (not to the point of abuse). And parents were okay with that. Now if you look at a student wrong, you may have the authorities called on you.

I am not a teacher, and I have no desire to be... it is a very difficult job. I'll leave teaching to those of you who have the heart for it. My heart is with the criminal justice system. Yes, I said it... I love working with criminals. It takes a lot of patience and stress management (and I mean a lot), but just like teaching, somebody's gotta do it.