<font color="purple">Not to break the stereotype of "imorality" here, but I've always been respectful of my teachers, and well, people who are older then me. And alot of people are like that too (at least were I live) the way I see things is that kids have no real good role models these days to help them. Their parents would probably like to- but let's face it most family needs two incomes to support their lifestyle these days. So what are children left with? The media, now, it's not to say that it's inheritantly bad, but most parents that I have observed don't take advantages of ways to monitor what their children are watching so it's something more age apropriate. I'm not trying to dumb kids down here- but I don't think it would be very smart to let your elementary school kid oplay games like Grand Theft Auto and watch popular shows like CSI that depict alot of graphic violence.

Heck, I remember when I was a kid we were really nice to the highschoolers or other bigger kids (wouldn't you if you saw someone twice your size?) but these kids now run their mouths because they know we can't do anything.

BACK ON THE SUBJECT OF SCHOOL

I'm not sure what optoins like virtual schools would be available. I live in a rural school. (Infact my bus ride is aprox. 1/2 an hour because I remember timing it once ) we don't even have many afterschool programs to begin with (especialy in comparrison with larger schools)

I agree with the idea that alot of it falls on the students as well, though it might not necesarrily be their fault- they just learn alot slower then I do, therefore, the teacher has to accomadate them by going slower with the material and repeating the same information over and over and over again. </font>