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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting rid of textbooks was the biggest mistake from FCPS[/quote]

It all comes down to money. I doubt they want to replace half of them every year after they are ripped, defaced, or ruined in the latest classroom destruction incident. [/quote]

When I was in FCPS (a long time ago) we had textbooks passed down for a number of years. You could see the names written in the front. Covered them in paper bags. I'm sure some number every year went missing or were destroyed by negligent students, but most survived the year. You should all remember this.

[b]Are the kids today that much more destructive or negligent?[/b] Or do the textbook companies just demand too much money (it is a bit of a racket - maybe a lot of a racket)?

Or are the schools spending so much on technology they had to sacrifice textbooks. I think it may be time to return to textbooks.[/quote]

The kids today are overwhelmingly more destructive, and some are even proud to vandalize school property. Very few parents hold their kids accountable for their behavior, or even say "kids will be kids," so kids never learn to respect property.

I am a teacher who issues novels to students 3-4 times each year. On average, 20-30 kids lose or damage their books beyond repair EACH TIME they are issued.

In addition, a number of students vandalize the desks, rip posters off walls in hallways, intentionally dent lockers, break their computers, spill water on others intentionally, and leave trash all over the hallways and classrooms. It is out of control.[/quote]

+1. As a parent I cannot count the number of times my kids have had to evacuate their own classrooms because some kid was out of control. We try and teach our kids respect for other people's property, but we're only one family. I cannot tell you the stories we've heard from friends who work in schools about kids. If parents want textbooks, they have to parent first.

We're switching to private where the consequences for loosing or damaging a textbook are stringent enough that parents will have to care, but just by being in private they probably care to begin with. I'm not sure there's a way to make parents feel the consequences of their poor parenting without people screaming about equity.[/quote]

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