Parents are often kids who began having kids at ages 14 or so. I
have seen MS kids come in to school to show off their babies when
they (the moms) are about 13 or so.

Fast forward to first, second, third graders who have partents
that are 18-22. The parents are often on their second or third kid,
living off the system, gangbangers, druggies, trapped in the cycle of
poverty. There is little to no parental presence cause these
"parents" are kids with no education, no future, no hope.

The kids are often messed up from birth due to parents' drug use
or are being neglected or abused at home. Not much teachers can do.
Often, the kids are getting two out of three meals at school and are
on school grounds as late as possible (6 p.m. at some schools) or are
shuttled to the YMCA or other programs till evening.

By the time these kids are teens, they are completely ruined and
no amount of intervention will change them. Sorry if my solution
seems harsh, but my vote is for the death penalty in cases like this,
for all thirty or so kids who participated or watched. I don't want
to pay for them to learn to be better criminals in prison.

Elyssa

On 11/03/09, Donna wrote:
> Although I hadn't heard of these particular stories until I
> logged onto the chatboard this morning I do know that these
> stories are becoming more commonplace each passing day.
>
> My heart does go out to the families of the students who were the
> victims of these senseless attacks.
>
> As a future teacher in the country's public schools it makes me
> question what, if anything can be done to reach out to these
> youngsters who have obviously not been taught right form wrong or
> had a chance to develop a moral compass.
>
> When I hear stories like this it makes me wonder: Where are the
> parents of these kids? And what happened to responsible
> parenting?
>
> It may sound crazy but I wholeheartedly feel that if one needs a
> license to operate a car or practice medicine or teach for that
> matter one should definitely need some kind of license to do
> something as important as create and raise children.

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