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So, now that we're in the thick of the school year, there's been quite a bit of teenage drama and angst among my students. So-and-so doing this, "couples" breaking up, and whatnot seem to be everywhere. Is this surprising to me? Not one bit. What is though is how many of these kids are neglected and/or abused at home. It's crazy what I see/hear/find. It's sad to say it, but I can see why so many people turn to self-harm and drugs. I wish I could adopt about 5 kids right now.

I'd argue that you can't trust a word that your students tell you.

Also, people who turn to self-harm/drugs are idiots, no matter how you qualify it. No matter how bad things are at their homes, such actions only make such situations worse. By escaping from reality, you only augment how bad it is.

As for the adoption.... well children are a bad idea all around, especially teenagers. They'll complain about how oppressive you are when you don't let them cut or do drugs, which will cause them to flee from home and do criminal things in order to cut/do drugs. You'll than be regarded by society as a negligent parent, or a deadbeat dad because you aren't dealing with your teenagers.

The best option is to wish that they all died, but the school still let you keep your job. That'd be sweeeeet!

And to anyone who doesn't already know: No, I don't have any compassion.

Actually, in all reality, it is by and large a social issue. When you have kids who have both parents working it leads to a lifestyle of neglect from the get go. When they go home and don't have a parent there, it makes it far easier for them to do harmful or criminal things.

This has actually always been one of my strongest arguments against single parenthood. A single parent will have a far greater amount of difficulty spending time/monitoring/taking care of a child than a couple. Someone should always be home with a child in order to facilitate proper development. Though this sounds traditionalist, I think it would really reduce a lot of the problems.

I think also though, that there is an environment which de-emphasizes personal responsibility in the youth as well. There is this idea that actions don't have consequences. Therefore doing things like drugs/cutting becomes acceptable as they don't consider the long term. This also applies to people who dress like goths/punks/freaks. They don't consider the fact that they one day have to join a larger society and be a part of it, in some productive way. A respectable workplace will not accept black clothing, makeup, tattoos all over your face, and piercings up the yin yang. It's not going to happen. But this isn't a consideration anymore for the youth as they have this whole "******** the world" mentality.

It is this idea of "******** the world" that also leads to problems. They are a part of society, despite the fact that they may not like it. Responsible behavior pays off in the long run. Not looking like a complete jackass helps you better integrate yourself into this society. When you have a '******** the man/world/wealth' mentality it also leads to people who are likely to not be productive as economically they want someone to subsidize their freakish lifestyle. Most people like this tend to gravitate towards socialism. This won't work in our economy or world. People need to be productive and generate wealth on their own. This is how you distinguish yourself...not through being a ******** freak. Being respected is the best way to be 'different.'

Sadly this kind of attitude is not prevalent in the youth, and sadly most of them will never understand this, I think. At least when they don't care about their own educations or futures. It doesn't seem this way when they destroy their minds with drugs and their appearance with their freakish lifestyles.

Good to see you care about your students to many teachers don't. It's difficult for kids today to find any guidance. Most teens are very sensitive to hypocracy and around here have lost all respect for teachers who go on strike every two years for more pay and less workload while saying to the kids study hard and behave.

Self injury is an in vouge attention getter and for it to be constantly pandered to is bad. Society has moved more and more to coddeling and supporting deviant behaviours. Basic concepts like punishment for deviant behaviour and disobediance are in decline in favour of drugs (the first drug I had was at insistance of my school) and soft approaches. The net result is the kid's are more out of control, more violent, and have less appreciation for causuality.

As a lad when I carved my name in my arm I got smacked for it and grounded for a week and I think the day I did it It cost me my desert. Guess what it was the last time I did it and the same applied for alot of other bad behaviours a boy like myself got into. Not to say I got smacked alot because I started to understand if I didn't misbehave in the first place guess what no punishment. Now kids are aware that for the most part there will be no punishment only support and attention as long as they continue thier behaviour.

still glad you actually CARE my teachers are all like: its alright talk to your friends; HA HA HA.... like my friends even care

I think people either misinterpreted what I wrote or rushed to judgement. I'll never condone the use of drugs or masocism to alleviate pain. I said it's just somewhat easier for me to see how people take the easy way out to avoid the realities of their life.

In any case, the situation is mostly/somewhat resolved, enough to the point that I can't do anything to help. So, it's on the backburner, and I have new issues to face. I'm just tired of the whole "well I went through hell and survived it, you get your s**t together and do it too" mentality. To me, that's the equivalent of saying "hell, I can run a 4 minute mile, so if you can't that's because you're not trying hard enough." Some people can handle it better than others naturally, and some need more help.

While Sipid will probably take this as a compliment, you're a pretty cold-hearted person. I'm not saying that's "bad," but I fully support your decision to never have children.

And yes, I did do my part in the mandatory reporting state code. By telling my superiors, they become the next responsible party. However, since there was no clarity on who actually wrote the note that lead me to this whole fiasco, I couldn't easily call CPS and say "hey, um...someone wrote a note...and um..." I'll just say that this isn't the first time I've had to report something this year.

The government is at fault for providing incentives for women to birth kids, reguardless of the home life.