The Stakes Have Been Raised
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by Staff

Schoolteachers were asked in 1940 to describe the top seven disciplinary problems they faced in the classroom. The problems:

  1. talking
  2. chewing gum
  3. making noise
  4. running in the halls
  5. wearing improper clothing
  6. not putting waste paper in the waste paper basket.

Today, educators were asked the same question by college researchers. Here are the top seven disciplinary problems that modern-day teachers must put up with:

  1. rape
  2. robbery
  3. assault
  4. burglary
  5. arson
  6. bombing
  7. murder
Focus on the Family, by Staff