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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well first, who are you hearing this from? Friends with kids in public? In private? Kids in public for elementary then private after? Etc. It makes a big difference.

My experience with kids in public school is that there is concerning behavior but (1) the worst stuff really is limited to a handful of kids, and (2) a lot of stuff gets blown out of proportion.

I think in some cases classroom behavior is worse than when I was in school because there is more mainstreaming of kids with serious issues. I think back then, these kids would have been forced into alternative tracks (my HS had an "alternative school" for kids whose needs were poorly met by the main school). And now they'll just be in class with your kid. That part is hard. But if your kids are honors track, you don't encounter it very much, so that's something.

And you have to be wary of reactionary behavior from kids and adults. There will be some incident, say kids drinking in a bathroom. Which yes, is bad! But from my perspective, if it was caught, that's good. If my kid was not involved, that's good. If it was just a 2-3 kids, that means most kids weren't involved. And so on. If you've got a school with hundreds (sometimes thousands) of kids, these sorts of things are inevitable. But there is a tendency to blow each individual incident up into the end of civilization. Learn to keep your head down and focus on your kid, their experience, and doing what you can to support them and address issues that are specific to them. Try to ignore the noise a bit.

It's not totally wrong but it's not nearly as bad as what you are hearing, and some of the people saying this either don't actually know or are naturally dramatic people. We have a friend who teaches and is actually the worst person I know in terms of blowing this stuff out of proportion. Some people are just dramatic.[/quote]

So you are a better judge than someone who is in a classroom?  The number of teachers leaving the profession says otherwise...[/quote]

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