Barry Chang, president of the Cupertino Union School District school board, agrees that the Louisiana bill will not serve its purpose and says that the way to generate respect in students is for parents, families, and society to respect teachers as well. This way the students have an example to live up to. Charu Bhave is an eighth grade teacher at Miller Jr. High in San Jose and used to be a 3rd and 5th grade teacher at Nimitz Elementary School in Sunnyvale. Bhave says that those students who are disrespectful tend to behave that way to prove their power to their friends. On their own, they are fine.
Parents have to create a respectful environment at home and everyone has to do the best they can.
If the word was 'respect', then students would read stories about respect. On the announcements, respect would be defined in different languages so everyone would know what it means. It would cultivate character and value building. However, Bhave admitted that it wasn't enforced very well. As you can see, respect is an issue that many schools in the Bay Area have tried to address.