Boy things have changed

[Sincraft]

Ok.  You are crazy.  Is that a rule violation?  I was only doing what he asked.

Paying kids for behaving strikes me as the epitome of laziness on the part of the parents and school system.  Bribery is all it amounts to.  Then later on they will turn to extortion, "Pay me, or I will shoot you!".

Being a teacher sucks hard.  You can't punish kids.  You have to try to teach to 2% of the class while the other 98% creates chaos.  You can't give bad grades or schools will lose funding, the teacher's will get in trouble from the higher ups, and the parents will go nutball on the teacher's for giving them bad grades.  Even after you tell them that their kid spends their days standing on their chair smearing feces on their face, they don't care or want to hear it.  Just push them through. 

I would be in the loony bin in 1 year if I had to teach. 

I think this article is trying to show that kids need some reason to pay attention because they have everything handed to them.  We have become a nation of people having things handed to them without realizing it.  Even the poor really aren't that poor.  It's the lower middle class that suffers the worst.  They don't make enough to make it, but make too much for help, but pay the same taxes.  As does most of the middle class.

But hey, Obama is going to take care of that.  The middle class will get taxed even MORE - struggle more and with any hope - he will learn how many states are in the union. 

Psssssst:  Idiots voting for Obama...  If your candidate does not know how many states are in the United States - or where North Dakota is located, that's a REALLY REALLY bad sign.  Especially when his wife says she HATES America?

Geesh - do you really think this guy is going to help our schools , kids, and the parents/teachers to lead by example?

[Curval]

We didn't have any mamby pamby caning. My teachers used oak 1 x 4's wrapped with friction tape and a few holes drilled in them for aerodynamics and style. Kind of resembled a cricket bat.

I was lifted off the floor more than once by the "board of education".

Someone needs a physics lesson.

A cane hurts far more than something that resembles a cricket bat.  It's a surface area thing.

Also, a bamboo cane separates when it comes into contact with one's backside.  When it is pulled away it pinches badly. I bled on many occasions.

Manby pamby....pfffft.

[Ripsnort]

I pay my kids for good grades.  My philosophy is this: Positive reinforcement brings positive results.

$20 for A's, $10 for B's.  (C, D takes away a B payout, an F takes out an A payout. Fortunately non of my kids have ever gotten F in an semester grade)

My oldest (of whom many of you knew I had problems with back during hunting season) turned out having the best year he's had since 1st grade! He was given the task of reporting out status to me on Fridays and graphing the trends (they have their grades and homework grades online) and that was the ticket, giving him ownership and responsibility as well as reward for a job well done (sort of like a job)

I believe in spanking children, but never striking them with an object, and never after age 3 (because there are more effective measures for punishment, such as taking things away they love to play with.)

[mietla]

but why should you spend your own money. This should be a taxpayer funded thing.


Also, what about those kids who get bad grades? They should not be ostracized, pay them too.