Dominance
I was listening to the BBC this morning. They came across the subject of the way pupils act in school. A mom who had waited until forty to have her child said that she had noticed young parents telling their kids to challenge teachers and stick up for themselves, against both other students and teachers. When they have a problem with something they shouldn't do it. The mom said "Something must have happened in school during the eighties that I missed." When she was a kid no one acted like that. If a kid went home with a not from a teacher, they would get punished twice at home. The whole conversation started as a debate on why children are disruptive and if children are more disruptive now than in the past.
Some one else said Thailand children were very well behaved and never confronted teachers. They have great respect for other students and authority. The trouble is, the kids never question authority. They never confront the government or establishments. The Thai teachers would like to insert some
There were no answers derived during the debate. The truth is, there must be a balance.
I have an opinion. (Say it ain't so Kelly!) While I was going through school, every kid was supposed to be dominant. Every one was taught to be driven, focused. Not every one got the message. It just seems like every one was supposed to be dominant. That just isn't going to work. That will not work on a societal level, or on a personel level.  Instead of training people to be something that they are not, we should teach children to take what they are and use it to their advantage.
I don't have a better solution. What the hell do I know about teaching anyone anything? I can't help but to think that my education could have been better. You have to push people, or they won't do anything. You need to let the cream rise and siphon off the sludge at the bottom for trade school.
They tell every one to go to collage. Then they bitch that there are not enough plumbers or trained electricians. They tell every one to go to collage, then they outsource all the well paying jobs to China and India. Children are our future, so let's make sure to pay those who teach them so little that if they can possible do anything else, they will.
Don't get me started.