"mr.sumo snr." <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bfu9qh$irou8$1@ID-141600.news.uni-berlin.de>...
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> I'm well aware that society (read PTAs) blame teachers for the miscreant
> behavior of their charges. 

The reality is that child rearing is first the responsibility of
parents, but is also to some extent the responsibility of society in
general. I find it very disturbing that teenagers feel little respect
(and certainly not much fear) for their elders, which is partially the
result of this interesting 'trend' where adults think that kids know
more than they do, or are in some way different than they were at the
same age.

John W.