<== Waiting for the day the media stops glorifying ignorant, moronic slackers as being "cool". Seriously, how many movies and TV series have y'all seen where the 'rebel without a cause' type was depicted as the breakout character that fans tried to imitate?
Starting at about the 6th grade, I was placed in more advanced level courses that included disciplined, hard working students like myself. The teachers were plenty good for the courses because they were able to actually "teach" instead of screaming and reprimanding the clowns. I was spoiled with this sort of atmosphere all the way up until my junior year, when I had to take a Spanish class as a foreign language credit. Trying to maintain order in that class was about like being in the middle of a zoo and all the animals knew how to make IED's. My Panamanian teacher, a timid and mousy middle-aged lady, was completely run over every day by the "gangstas" and just plain malicious teens. On several occasions, some idiot as a prank would turn off the light in the windowless room and start throwing books around while others screamed at the top of their lungs. Another retard would yell out the F-bomb at the top of his lungs in the middle of class just to see how far he could push things with the teacher who didn't understand English curse words. The crazy part was that the main office would not back the teacher and take her side when she called for discipline. They even turned off her intercom system when she needed help from the school cops to come retake order. I credit my low blood pressure with keeping me sane and levelheaded, but there were many of times when I just about went ape-sh*t on them!
Of course, back then I didn't carry an argument with anyone and would rather just stay calm and not escalate the situation further if it didn't directly involve me. I have a strong sense and respect for authority. Delinquents who want to rebel against that authority for the sake of anarchy have earned nothing but my contempt.
