Average US Kids or ... ?

Not average - but no. I'm not surprised. In fact, considering my mother is a high school math teacher I've seen and HEARD a lot worse. =\

Kids today are NOT always the happy peppy cheer squad they used to be. These kids seem like overpriveleged out and out brats that have probably never gotten a stern ass whooping in thier lives, but not all of them are like that no. Its quite shameful. =|

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Sass nailed pretty much everything I was trying to say. Sad thing is thier parents will probably never do anything.

My mom once told me this story of this girl in her class who was disruptive, unruly, and created all kinds of problems. So she decided to call her mother to see if she could get something done. Her mother promptly replied "Well what the fuck do you expect me to do? She beat me with a broomstick last night!"

How do you deal with that when even the parents won't step in and administer discipline? Lazy ass parents breed brat hoodlums - simple as that. The concept of running a tight ship and keeping ones children in line seems to be a lost art. =\

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by niki

Nah, just said I thought they were tough. =/

And we have much much worse kids here. Maybe it's just because those are white that I was surprised.

omg a racist is me ='(

Just because they're white don't make 'em no better niki. =|

Interesting story. When I was in high school in Atlanta, the school was relatively mixed. Majority white, but a decent smattering of black folkses. Yeah I had friends there, but along with me being very immature during that period of time I also remember my peers being spiteful, mean, snipey, and in some cases pretty damn nasty.

Then my grandmother died and we moved back to my hometown of Birmingham. Upon learning that I'd be going to an all black school which (during the time my mother was a teenager) was considered one of the worst in the system I was DISMAYED. I had no choice in the matter but to go because Birmingham did not offer a magnet or alternative program like Atlanta did with its schools. I was wound so taut and scared of being in the "ghetto school" that I almost didn't realize how nice and laid back the atmosphere was and sure, the place was rough around the edges but I got used to it and the friends that I made there I STILL keep in contact with to this day. In fact I still visit the school and am invited back to speak to the art department often and look forward to it every year. The all black ghetto school that I was afraid to go to - being a black kid - wound up being one of the best social experiences of my extremely awkward teenage life and ten times better than the majority white/mixed one. Its not that way for all people, but it was for me.

What I'm saying Niki is that looks can be very decieving, and at this point I'm going to shut up because I sound like a really bad public service announcement, but at least you get my point. XD

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.