kissimmeme wrote:
Army Brats have changed since I was one then.  The bases I lived on, the children were taught respect.  At the end of the day, no matter where you were when taps (or Day is Done, which was played everyday around 6pm) was played, you stood up and showed respect for our soldiers. 
We were taught to respect adults first and allowed to make up our minds about them as we got to know them.
I carry that philosophy with me to this day...that will never change.


As for teachers....when you hear a 4 year old say, "My mommy says I don't have to do anything anybody in this stupid school say to do."  You CAN NOT blame that on the teachers.  Yeah this happened to me.  Mommy didn't like being told she needed to pay her child's tuition (she owed quite a bit). 
Do not tell me I saw this child as a paycheck....I picked this child up when he would fall.  I would hug him when someone hurt his feelings.  I held him when he woke up crying with a headache and continued to hold him until his mother could see fit to come pick him up.
Sure there are teachers who do it for the paycheck...but that's because the teaching profession is losing their best and their brightest...all because their hands are tied by the "so called" Power's That Be and parents who will not allow someone to tell their child what to do.  They need to start them early listening to "orders" from other people...if not when they reach 16 the police will either be booking them in their jails or making a condolence call to the parents.

Four years old? Starting that one out early, huh? 

I thank God that my parents taught me to be respectful of adults, and I'm thankful that my own children have learned that lesson. I don't have to worry about any of my boys giving teachers or any other adult a problem. They may mouth at home sometimes, but they also know what they can and can't get away with. And they don't mouth at school or anywhere else.



Linda

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