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Do Public Schools Produce Less Respectful Students than Private Schools?
Students say one-on-one attention plays a role.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me...that Aretha song has been stuck in my head for a week. Last week I wrote about the lack of respect students have for their teachers and how teachers are not held in the same regard as they once were by parents. The comments that followed the article were fascinating. Some readers pointed out that people in general have less respect than they once did and others claimed that children are disrespectful because they are not disciplined severely enough at home. But, what got my attention was the argument over private/parochial schools vs. public schools. Several readers felt that parochial schools turn out more respectful citizens due to the strict environment. Is that true? Many said they were …
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9:05 am on Monday, March 12, 2012
Here is another example: I remember that a choice was made, when I was young, go to religious school or participate in sports. In my day, religious school was far more important than sports. These days, the kids are missing religious school because the team needs them and then the parents are disrespectful to the teachers because their kids are not learning (and all of this extra money is being … more ›