(02-08-2012, 03:51 PM)eppie Wrote: What the hell man? What kind of school was that?
That's whats beginning to concern me. It seems "trends" in school will remain indefinitely unless stricter enforcement is issued. The principle at my sons school was a teacher when I was there, and before that was a student at that school. They may be aware there is a problem, but have no idea how to change it. The only way I see change happening in a stagnant environment like this is to bring in fresh blood from out of the area! The effects of stagnation happen all over the place, in any job... for example, my boss sometimes sends me to our stores to observe what is happening, and I'd say a good 50-75% of the time, I'm able to spot obvious oversights that the other manager did not see because they [the manager] are engulfed in their environment and have become used to, no oblivious as to whats going on. I've also seen this trend occur as young as the grade-school I attended; whenever a train went by, all the children would run and jump on a object so that their feet were not touching the ground - I have no idea how long this trend started before I came to the school as a child, however I was surprised to find they are still doing it to this day without the guard duty's or any teachers encouraging the effort... it's a learned trait passed down from generations. And having said that, it "could" be unlearned also. Which brings me back to my original thought and concern, if trends like the birthday bash at my old high school continue to this day, I wonder how many things go under the radar in ALL schools because it's the status quo? And more specifically, I wonder how to change it?
And BTW Eppie, my school was a standard California school, nothing to write home about. They just had a bad habit of beating kids up on their birthdays.
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