A Classic Example By Roger Behra

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A Classic Example

By

Roger Behra

What you are about to read in this communication is a classic example of what goes on in many Americans schools that goes mostly unreported by the liberal mainstream media. If you multiply this example by a very large number, you’ll get a very disturbing picture of what goes on, but the general public is not aware of similar things that are happening throughout America.

An older experienced male teacher had this happen to him while he taught high school at a famous school in one of America’s largest cities. He is a competent and aware teacher. He realizes that in order to be personally successful and his students to be good achievers; his classroom and student discipline had to be carefully maintained each and every day. He realizes that proper and consistent discipline is the foundation of successful teaching and learning. He has fair set of classroom rules he expects his students to keep-come to class prepared, go orderly and directly to assigned seats, no pushing or shoving, no prolonged talking, have notebooks open and ready to use, and to listen and follow directions. Their grades depended on it.

Well, the students decided that they did not like the rule. Away from class they called him “old man R.” They decided to annoy him little by little as days passed. They scratched the paint on his new car. They propped p nails and glass behind the rear wheels. Somehow, they got his telephone number and verbally abused him via phone. They threatened his very life. As a last report, they firebombed his classroom. This was only one case of problems at the school, the most extreme one.

At the high school where mister R. teaches only 49% of the students reach graduation time. The remaining 51% of the students drop out before grade 12. The 49% who reach graduation time are for the most part deficient in achievement, especially in math and English. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. It is epidemic throughout the schools in America.

Information was recently released and read in a city newspaper that 67% of incoming college freshman have to take remedial classes in English in order to start their freshman year. Success at the college level would otherwise not happen. A logical assumption is that poor self-discipline coupled with poor classroom discipline is the root cause. Incompetent teachers are an added cause, also.

If what is going on outside the classroom and in society in general is any indication, and is justifiable to do so, then a good deal of the problem in the school and at the college level begins in the homes. No discipline in the home life. That equals no discipline in the schools. That equals poor achievement and poor personal success. It is no accident or coincidence that foreign students outscore American students during international testing. A certain amount of blame goes to liberals, who have ruined education and many other aspects of American culture. Liberals are clueless about so many things in American culture. Running the American schools is one of them. Need we say more?

R. B.12/22/08