Billy, I have to disagree with your facts on suicide. I'm not sure if thats actually true. Last year when I went through juvenile correctional officer training we had a clinical psychologist(heads the diagnostic unit for all incoming juveniles who have been adjudicated in the state system) who gave us a lecture. She claimed with proof that there are less attempts for girls than there are for boys. She added that girls tend to be more successful. At least thats how I remember it. Of course I'm talking more in terms of Virginia. They definitely dont pay teachers enough. My mom is a teacher and definitely has it more rough than when I was a juvenile correctional officer I think. Its even bad here in Virginia for juvenile correctional officers because they are keeping older kids until they are 20 and half that corrupt the younger ones. Plus we had no firearms or spray of any kind. So I was up against(supervising independently) the roughest kids in Virginia (18-25 kids). Though at least my environment was more controlled than a school setting. My mom is a first grade teacher and she has no choice when she gets 2 or 3 emotionally disturbed kids who throw chairs or whatever. Often times she has to deal with them for 6 months or so until the administration decides to move them to a specialized setting. Schools definitely are different then when I was in high school in the late eighties.
Kevin
[This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited April 21, 2001).]
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