Responsibility....

Have you ever noticed that when we focus on the wrong questionz we "always" get the wrong answerz? Let me splainnnn Lucy! I taught students in public schools for 3 L-O-N-G   Y-E-A-R-Z, and I swore to myself that I would never* ever do that job again. Heck, I rather flip burgers at Big Dan's before I go down that road again! Let me give a few reasons why! I found that many students face challenges that I nor my friends dealt with while going to school. Drugs are the norm, promiscuity is rampant, homosexuality is praised, corporal punishment is out at schools and parents are getting younger by the generation. Wheewwww! With all this being, I began to wonder why is all this common place in 2013. The simple answer is satan, but lets take the long route today-lol!

I feel one major flaw that eye witnessed was parents not being aware of their children's proclivities. Once the absent parent decided to come to school, it was usually to come chin check the teacher for unfairly singling out their innocent angel! I wonder what lesson did the kids learn from their parents actions. I know some teachers are a challenge from burn out or lack of cultural skills, but most of the time, from my perspective, they just want 2 do their job and go on with life. What happened to the days of kids be respectful to elders and the community having the kids best interest at heart even if it meant whooping that butt!

Seems like the apple don't fall far from the tree, because look how many adults handle issues! If there is a traffic jam, we get road rage....If our fast food order is incorrect or takes to long to cook, we experience a mini melt down or even guns being pulled....What if we are bored- then we start to over eat and be lazy......If someone "wrongs us" in actions, we tell the world how we were done wrong!  So when the kids see adults acting like this, what can we really expect from them???  Just recently I over heard a young 21 year old tell his mother that he use to sale and smoke marijuana when he was in the 8th grade and she never had a clue!!! Wouldn't you think with all the technology we have in the world, work days would be shorter, $$$$ would be better and we should be living longer. Not really happening is it?

I simply think families need to spend time togeather with the t.v.,internet,ipad etc ((off)). You maybe surprised at what you find out about each other! I personally enjoy talking to my girls about life, school, goals and the future. I explained to them about being respectful of adults and teachers often. I tell them and myself that eye don't expect perfection from anyone, but it is reasonable to have common decency from your fellow man. How about this, lower your expectations of others, raise the expectations of your own actions and take some freaking "responsibility".

I am Ward.....