re: Any teachers here? Question for you.

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Hence the problem with the modern education system. To many parents trying to solve problems for high school and college students. Hint, guide them, but let them handle the issue. They need to learn how to properly talk to authority and get what they need in a respectful way. Raising hell will only hurt the daughter. It is amazing how many idiots do not understand that fact.

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This is retarded. Most kids are taught to obey without question -- especially in school. "Zero tolerance" and all that shite.

A high school kid thinks whatever they're going through is the most important thing they'll ever go through. When I look back at the rules and injustices that were at my high school, knowing what I know now and that I realistically didn't have shite to lose, I wish I would have had the balls to stand up for myself. But.. good kids just don't have that.

I've seen kids suspended for asking to go to the bathroom, being told no, begging to go, still being told no, so going anyway because it was an emergency. Those kids' only chance of avoiding suspension would have been a parent raising hell. When you're in high school, your word means nothing to authority.