Is this an improvement?

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Sure, this cartoon is funny, but is also worrisome. If this is true, then we are raising a generation of narcissists. It also shows how little teachers are respected these days.

14 thoughts on “Is this an improvement?”

  1. I’m sorry but you know, this is so true… Working in school you see so many kids who seriously don’t give a monkey’s uncle about their teacher, or their words… In our indian culture after God and our parents, all children are taught to respect their teachers… I know in many other countries the respect is still there but here in the UK, the governments have stripped a teacher of so many rights with all their political correctness, that you can’t tell a child off properly, or help discipline them, and yes, it’s true, some parents refuse to see their own children’s shortcomings, instead of looking at their own parenting, shifting the blame onto the teachers…

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  2. It is true. I feel bad for teachers these days. When I was in grade school, you got paddled by the principal if you really misbehaved. Now you can barely say anything to unruly students. What lovely little citizens these children will grow up to be.

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    • Even parents aren’t allowed to discipline their children, or live in fear of being charged with child abuse even for a smack on the rear end. I don’t really believe in corporal punishment for older children but for a younger child sometimes a spanking or smack on the rear or hands is all they understand. Better to let them touch the hot stove and get burned?

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  3. I teach English as a Second Language in a high school in the USA. We are fortunate because most of our students come from countries where teachers are afforded a lot of respect. Parents usually back us up. But when I used to teach Spanish to kids born and raised in the US, I had to be so careful. I literally had a parent ask me “What did you do to cause my son to act this way?” REALLY?

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  4. I don’t know if it’s a whole generation, but my brother is an elementary school teacher and he’s described situations like this. Also that the parents who act like this often claim their children are “gifted” (they’re not) or sometimes “indigo” (hippie for “gifted” I think)

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  5. Interesting….I’m operating world’s apart from either of those models as a teacher…..I do see them both…Unfortunately, narcissistic parents think they have power over others…their children will learn from the models they see. I have seen teacher friends break down and quit after ongoing ambient abuse by parents….sad for schools to lose the better teachers due to abuse…

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  6. Well, I wouldn’t say harsh discipline or bloated self-esteem (giving the child everything s/he wants) are the only options. The life’s being sucked out of the room in some way in both frames.

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    • True. I’m not saying parents should overload a child with discipline or be too strict or punishing, because that is also very damaging and will destroy their self esteem. A balance should be found, looking at both the child’s responsibility for his or her bad grades, and the what the teacher maybe falling short on. Some teachers just aren’t that good.

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