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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have taught in three countries (Japan, USA, and Cameroon, Africa in the Peace Corps). We have “low power distance” culture in the U.S.  children are taught that they should have the same rights as adults.  Look at movies here. Parents and teachers are usually treated as bumbling idiots while the kids are in charge.   Students are taught to disrespect authority and education in general.  Our social structure has also destroyed upward mobility for most kids, so it is hard to argue that education guarantees success in life unless you have the means to pay for college.[/quote]

You don’t think children should have the same rights as an adult? WTF?! Children are just as human as adults and deserve the same rights and respect. I really hope you no longer work in education.[/quote]

I answered the topic of the thread.  Teachers in other countries benefit from cultures of filial piety, high power distance, confuscism 
, and strong family traditions.  All of these reinforce traditional respect in the classroom even if a student doesn’t like the teacher or material.

Here is the U.S. teachers are expected to entertain and/or engage students to “earn” respect.  This not easy to do because certain topics/ content and individual teacher and student personalities never align perfectly.  If a disruptive student is having a bad day and is able to pull a couple of peers off task a lesson can go downhill pretty quickly through no fault of the teacher.  Teachers end up teaching the same content three times to counter a lot of this.  So, we never up reaching the higher level creative thinking and engagement.  The end result is that student “ lose respect” for the teacher and think class is not fun.  Again, not the teacher’s fault.  Although after a long time it can lead to teachers giving up on being engaging.[/quote]

great points [/quote]

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