What? Who, me?

I am working at a new school this year, and steadfastly refusing to fall in love with it. (Why? That's another post.) Which is a good thing. Yesterday, three older elementary students started a food fight at lunch. What do you think happened next?

Accountability is Only for Adults

The three students sat, together, for the rest of the lunch period. That's it. No trip to the principal's office (one of the offenders was the principal's kid!), no suspension, no phone calls home (for the other two), nothing. Their teacher talked to them, but that's it. Two hours later those same three kids disrupted my entire class. Which earned them another talking to, but again no consequences, no punish, nothing.

This. This is what is wrong with American education. Kids who do not learn their stupid actions lead to unpleasant consequences grow up to be entitled, lazy, whiny teenagers and adults.