RE: Discipline

Despite concurring to some of your points, I would also like to say that this is entirely a perception issue. The older generation always complains that today’s children are more unruly than we’ve ever seen before. Adults have a strange way of forgetting all the hell they raised when they were younger.

I know the new generation has lost most of its sanity, but we shouldn't emphasized this issue as if there were no corrupt or disobedient children in the old days.

That apart, now lets talk about the root where the problem really comes from.

I don't and can never believe that only the teachers of old were responsible for the good growth of the old kids. The row of fathers and mothers were very very essential to the children's development. A dog can't give birth to a rabbit, most of the misbehavior of these kids were inherited from their parents. Even if the parents are good and discovered their little children are having another kinda behavior, then it is still the duty of the parents to caution the child of any inappropriate behavior, doing this continually would eventually yield good returns.

In this regard, the parental level of the modern age is nothing to write about, how do you expect a father or mother without self discipline to raise a child with self discipline?

Children are always observant of their parents, they see the behaviors and are quick to adapt to any kind of way they have discovered from their parents.

Here is another reason why the teachers can't be responsible for perfect upbringing of a child without the child's parent. Unlike the old days, most parents don't allow cautioning their children (Too Much Pampering). Some aren't comfortable with the slight of seeing or hearing that their children were seriously beaten, I bet in my country some parents can sue any teacher for such reasons. In my primary days, I once received 12 serious lashes on my ass just because I was caught playing with my school uniform at home. Unfortunately dad was not living with us, but trust mum: she gave the school a thumbs up for beating me and even went to the school authority to complain that I was so stubborn.

So if you say the old days children are more equipped in terms of discipline, then much regards should go to their parents before their teachers in school... CHARITY BEGINS FROM HOME.