WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO???

[pez]

Girl slashed in classroom attack

(I wonder what kind of detention sentence they can give to a 12 year old...)

Comments

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's scary. They think it was a pencil sharpener blade too. Some things you just can't stop going into schools and with the teacher student ratio what it is you can't watch everyone all the time.

I can't believe they're only 12 though X|

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think it's to do with the amount of protection children get these days. Teachers can't shout, spank their hands, or do anything to discipline children without worrying about the legal consequences. But, to make an extreme example, how would a child know it's bad to run across a road without checking for oncoming cars? They can't learn it by experience, and their common sense doesn't stretch that far yet, so you can't reason with them, you'll have to shout at them so that they don't do it again, and when they grow a bit older, they'll know why you did what you did. Similarly, bullies don't know what "emotional trauma" or "scarred for life" mean, because they're too young to understand. But then teachers stand helpless because any form of discipline could cost their jobs...