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[quote=Anonymous]What's lacking in those chaotic lives outside of school is things like structure, value, goals and discipline.  Some of it can be instilled in schools - no doubt the worst of the worst will have truancy, tardiness and behavior problems in school, and it's disturbing that schools might allow things like that slide 20 times before taking any more serious action - and when action is finally taken, it's ineffective.  How about if those infractions were taken more seriously, with the first actions being detentions and in-school suspensions, and not just kids sitting in a room twiddling their thumbs or engaged in some unproductive activity but instead being the interventions - having specialists working with them to instill values and self-discipline, deprogramming kids of self-destructive ghetto culture, diagnosing the academic issues that may be leading them to act out, such as reading or writing difficulties, and working to correct them, reducing frustration, anger and feelings of inadequacy and futility that lead to acting out and counterproductive behavior.  With all the money that DCPS spends on a per student basis, this kind of thing could be done.[/quote]

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