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It really disturbs me that you have hit the target but missed the point here.
Children should be taught by parents that they are responsible for their own actions.
Accountability should be taught at the same time as proper social behaviors.
The bus driver should be held accountable for her choice of action.  The students
should be held accountable for their choices and the action or bad behavior resulting
from their choice.  Parents should be held accountable for their choices and the
actions which result from those choices.
Humans are blessed with the ability to reason and make choices.  With this blessing
comes responsibility - and ultimately accountability.
Glibly placing the blame on bad parenting does not resolve the problem.  It seems to me
that all participants in this scenario share accountability.
Our society, too often of late, appears too ready to transfer blame from
ourselves...(i.e., "it's not my fault cause I had a bad childhood"...or "it's not my
fault cause my mother never taught me that"...or "it's not my fault because I'm a
minority").

buster


Lee Jaap wrote:

> In article <370174E5.D1B80BFD@idirect.ca> Lee Babcock <babcockl@idirect.ca> writes:
>
> |>Larry.... you are partly right, but the ones at fault are not the students,
> |>or the teachers, but in fact the parents!  The attitude and character of
> |>children are fairly well formed BEFORE they start school.  The school can at
> |>best, only re-inforce what the parents MAY have instilled at home.
> |>Unfortunately, by now, it is too late for any meaninful changes.
> |>Regards, Lee
> |>
> |>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly. Anything anybody at school does is very minor
> compared to the training (not) received at home.
> --
>      J Lee Jaap <JaapJL@POBox.com>