Teachers cannot supply pencils, paper, and books for students who come unprepared and lose all their things. Parents should provide lunch, lunch money, or sign up for the free lunch program. You just don't want to give me any. The same students tend to wear the most recent athletic shoe on the market. Academics are number one.
Love lives can wait until after school hours.
Electronic gadgets are not required for learning. Beepers, cellphones, and headsets should be out of sight or confiscated. But it's difficult to manage an inventory of hundreds of such items, especially when parents become irate that things were taken from their children. Teachers have the educational background necessary to equip students with knowledge for their future. They are compassionate and overwhelminingly caring about their pupils.