Violence in our schools

[tec0]

The problem here is the parents are not interested and quite frankly do not give a damn, that is the reason the kid is a mess in the first place. There is no discipline at home any way.
Most parents feel that the school is supposed to instil discipline.

You are right sadly we have a big problem with parents that don’t care. But perhaps they need to be reminded that they are still liable and that is where schools need to start. If the parent are being held liable and this is by law. Then will they not take an interest?

[tec0]

To be fair I personally think school as we know it is on its way out. The education system has a lot of problems to deal with and I think it comes down to the volume of students and their needs. I cannot imagine that it is cheap to run every school in South Africa.

Access control will simply take too long to administer unless we adopt one of the first world systems where the student remains in school till about 5 in the evenings. This will allow for the extra time needed to scan for weapons and drugs.

But I think this is more a question of manpower vs cost than anything else.

Violence in schools will persist till the laws change.

[pmbguy]

A coherent conversation? Now that’s a novel idea

[adrianh]

A coherent conversation? Now that’s a novel idea

Now you know exactly why I talk to myself