When the subject of school discipline came up recently, Central School Director Bill Swinger said discipline is, in fact, the number one problem throughout the educational world. It's something that has troubled many minds for years. History shows one of the biggest problems schools face is not what students do, although that is serious enough in most situations to demand stricter discipline, not less. It's parents that don't think their Johnny or Suzy should be disciplined at all. It doesn't matter whether Johnny or Suzy refuses to follow the rules, or create disturbances, or worse, by being uncooperative or belligerent, or both.
Some parents refuse to believe their children are troublemakers.
To some, the teacher is always to blame. That's not to say that in some cases some teachers are not the problem. Generally, though, it's students and parents that make discipline a necessary cause in reforming and improving schools and education. There are no socioeconomic divisions to point fingers at, either. Classroom troublemakers cover the spectrum.