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FREEDOM IS THE PROBLEM
Steve

Yes I agree, this is the problem, to much freedom to do what one likes, especially in the classroom. I agree, the parents in many cases, are the cause of problem children. So if the parents can’t discipline their children properly, then school is the best place to reinstate this lost discipline. However as you know, schools are no longer allowed to discipline children, like they used to back in the 60’s. This is because the nanny state has ruled,that discipline of a psychological or physical nature, harms children. Which in my view, is the biggest load of codswallop one could possibly imagine. I don’t know how this came about, but I guess it was as a result of some psychological studies, by so called child experts. So this is what we are up against, and now we are reaping the fall out from all this. So I hope you can see, that the interfering nanny state is a source of present day problems.
How on earth we will ever resolve this problem is any body’s guess, the damage has been done.

Therefore if you want to avoid anarchy, your attitude has to be ‘I will conform,’ and by so doing setting a positive example for the young. It might be painful but it is the only approach that offers any hope of avoiding the total anarchy you fear.

Steve

Exactly.
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