[MouseWife]

wendybeth, while this isn't on topic, I know of what you speak.

And, it is upsetting that the kids who do that sort of thing {cutting, bullying, controlling the situations basically} usually aren't reprimanded. I've experienced that they would rather not deal with it as it is too much trouble. They don't deal with it and make the other kids suffer to 'keep peace'.

I did not like that my child was supposed to just take it, it teaches them to take that shiet for the rest of their lives. My son was being hit on the playground, I told the teacher and said that I have taught my son not to hit and she said that was fantastic. I said, but wait, I am taking that back. There is no way I am going to allow my son to take that. She asked me to please wait as the school needed more parents like me. I said that I could not and if my son felt the need to strike back, he most definitely would.

Ugh, I really hate remembering the issues I had with grade school.

As for the PSs, every night I see on the news reports of budget cuts, problems with money, students, and staff. It is a business anymore, the focus taken off of teaching.

And, those damn tests. Fun has been taken out of learning just so that they can focus on the tests. No funding for fieldtrips, no fun parties, nothing. I would tell the teachers that I bet that they celebrate the holidays. You know in the staff lounge they always decorate and have lunches. But, the kids can't. That isn't fair.

Sorry if I am off topic but these are real issues I had to deal with during my time with my children in public school.