Avniel
Doing my part each day by being the best me
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Aveniel , hello. Yours was an interesting post. It seems that much of what you dislike about Mississippi I quite like ( but NOT the remnants of racism/violence etc , which are abhorrent ) .But the more liberal areas of the States , especially the cities , suffer from drugs, crime, gang culture which are not problems in my part of MS.
Perhaps it is our old style conservatism which is why many of us have continued paddling - if it ain't broke don't fix it.I know parents in the church who don't paddle , and that's their choice, but many of us continue to do so.
At my daughters school you can opt out of paddling if you don't like it,but very very few do, and girls are normally paddled by a female ( although we have a female principal who paddles both sexes) ,but in my day your butt was spanked by any teacher, often in the classroom or hallway . Today its much more controlled, regulated by the administration and limited to three or five swats!
I didn't really understand your comment
There are certain aspects of culture that don't allow teens to behave appropriately in certain circumstances
Perhaps you could explain what you are getting at , please.
I believe I am a teacher with my girls : but I'm old fashioned enough to feel that parents ( and teachers) need a little respect from even teenagers, and therefore can't be best friends or equals.
I hope this explains my views better, but blessings to you all. It's always interesting and thought provoking to read other views !!!! Missy
I did substitute in madison county which isn't in the city which was considered to be a more wealthy area of course excluding, there are major behavioral issues in the school district. 1st of all the teachers really don't care about the children and many times the principles are not qualified but supported by politics. There are in fact very few teachers that I respect as an adult being a child. Majority of the children that get labeled as bad really aren't, the paddle is often times used because the teachers are very disrespectful to children, the children are often times getting disciplined for nothing other then the teachers hard days, they don't get paid enough to investigate, the teachers smoke cigs on the school property, they lie on children, they even buy drugs from students, some of the teachers go as far as to instigate children......I have seen all of this in Madison county an area that is one of the best places to live in, in MS. Now I can imagine cities like Jackson are even worse of course but Madison county is not that far behind, the delta has children walking like prisoners.......the entire education system in MS is messed up.
I would never allow someone from a school district in MS to speak to my daughter even harshly. THat is how much I distrust the school districts in ms as someone that substituted and did fixed assets for a number of them. I have seen their books, I have been in the classrooms as both a contractor for the school districts and a substitute don't allow them to discipline your child physically.
In MS it seems there is a lack of maturity that is age appropriate. I think because a lot of the time the adults there don't allow the teens to be teens. I know 10 year olds that walk to school, take the train and go back home. As a new yorker I think that the average 16 year olds maturity level in MS is about 11-12. In regards to joking, interactions, socially......there's a lack of teenage years.
I don't think the old way is working not with the rates of teen pregnancy, STDs, DUI, teen drug use, teen arrests.....in the state it's not really doing you guys justice.
I disagree I think as a parent my child deserves respect and will be punished when I don't get respect as a father. However it goes both ways I can't disrespect a child and still expect respect. I think teachers don't deserve respect other then when it comes to learning about education....if a teacher disrespects my daughter she will have the right to stand up and disrespect that person back and if she ends up in trouble because of it that's part of life too. I find that peole from MS don't really get that aspect.
You can't treat teens like children because there is a child that is becoming more advanced because they are treated more(not exactly) like an adult.
That is one of the reasons I moved back to nyc, that and 100k plus in student loans for law school and 40k a year doesn't really make me happy. I didn't want my daughter to be 14 and still being a 8-9 year old child mentally.
Sorry I'm everywhere I got my daughter here.
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