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piercehawkeye45 · 06-29-2007, 06:43 PM

I agree that busing is not the answer but the student's attitude is reactionary to society as well. They know that society does not care about them and it is natural to then rebel against society, this type of reaction can be seen by children on every social class. There are numerous examples of middle and upper class children shooting up schools because they have felt betrayed by society. Then with the lower class, many more children will feel betrayed by society and then rebel against it.

Is this attitude 100% justifiable? No, but it at least shows us where a problem exists and allows us to help find a solution for that problem.

You are also right about the fact that much fault of the attitude is because of a lack of parenting but I have a real hard time believing that the entire fault lies with the parents as individuals. I hold a job with all adult working class Americans and all of them have two jobs because they can not support themselves with one. Only half of them have kids and a spouse as well. Keep in mind this is also the working class (lower middle class) so it only natural to assume that the lower class gets hit a lot harder. If a single parent has to work 70 hours a week just to pay the bills, it leaves very little time to watch and teach their children. Some sort of day-care is needed because the current system does not allow time for parenting.

06-29-2007, 06:43 PM	#8
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I agree that busing is not the answer but the student's attitude is reactionary to society as well. They know that society does not care about them and it is natural to then rebel against society, this type of reaction can be seen by children on every social class. There are numerous examples of middle and upper class children shooting up schools because they have felt betrayed by society. Then with the lower class, many more children will feel betrayed by society and then rebel against it. Is this attitude 100% justifiable? No, but it at least shows us where a problem exists and allows us to help find a solution for that problem. You are also right about the fact that much fault of the attitude is because of a lack of parenting but I have a real hard time believing that the entire fault lies with the parents as individuals. I hold a job with all adult working class Americans and all of them have two jobs because they can not support themselves with one. Only half of them have kids and a spouse as well. Keep in mind this is also the working class (lower middle class) so it only natural to assume that the lower class gets hit a lot harder. If a single parent has to work 70 hours a week just to pay the bills, it leaves very little time to watch and teach their children. Some sort of day-care is needed because the current system does not allow time for parenting.