monkeyswrench
To The Rescue!
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Ok, this honestly pains me to say, in some ways I see some truth to 530's statement.That’s a bunch of bullshit. First, civility and respect ARE taught…..by example….not by some kind of osmosis. Second, punishment is sometimes necessary. The former is what’s missing from many families. The latter is what’s often missing from our schools and judicial system.
When I was a kid, you got mouthy, you got tuned up. Not only with "parental enforcement", that stopped at the door. Refresher courses were taught by peers. Classmates as a little one, teammates as you got older. "Peers"
Somewhere this unspoken truth was left aside. Now, the people who's parents never tuned them up, are in charge of the schools. Some of them need "tuning up", or are beyond repair.
A short story about such crap. A high school football player here was punished in multiple ways for calling the coach an asshole, to his face. The coach had just finished telling another player that he hadn't "gotten any better", "he should just quit". Normally, I could chalk it up to tough talk coaching. The student he berated was a senior, 4th year on the team (2nd as varsity)...but also autistic. This coach is also an elementary school teacher. Was it wrong for the student to call him an asshole? Probably. Was it wrong for the coach to act in such a manner initially? I think so.
Lots of people need a Tune-up, or at least a refresher course in how to conduct themselves.