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" cont. there is no discipline at school. there are no standards. what gpa does it take to play sports? a 1.0 ( thats a D) wow you really set the bar high. how bout a 2.5? then the kid might actuallly learn something and if they cant get the grade they shouldnt spend everyday practicing with a team. "but normalguy sometimes running or playing basketball is all these kids have" and without an education they will never have anything. but that would be to radical and would require teachers to teach. "

" well lllm, it is you and your kind in the liberal teachers union that have sought to reduce the standards so low for the kids who bother to go to school it is a joke. as you teachers claim, you are the everyday authority figure they encounter.and you choose to push your liberal agenda in the classroom. your programs feed them free breakfast and lunch and play with them after school. you dont require that they learn anything and these kids get a free pass. dressing appropriately for school would at least show some respect for your job. but we all know that babysitters dress however they want. "

" BOOT CAMP JAIL for ALL of them............ "

" Oldbebop: Please explain to me how I, as a public school teacher, manage to be the root of the problems of the juveniles in Bloomington-Normal. I'm really curious to know how my clothes or my presence has somehow resulted in a lack of judgment, lack of common sense, lack of morals & ethics, irresponsible behavior and criminal activity in some of the youngsters who call the twin cities their home. "

" The schools have caused many of these problems. Dress codes are gone even for the teachers. Let the kids have self expression at any cost. But when the buck stops, parents aren't doing nearly enough. In today's society it's let the school teach them everything right down to morals and ethics. "

" it should start with disipline at home! make parents accountable for their kids. "

" I most certainly would show up in court to testify against these little thugs!! The problem is... a lot of them never even GO to court!!! They get their probation and go their merry way until they violate again... then it starts over. They treat EACH incident separately and are assessed "points" for it. The point system needs to be , at the least, reviewed and revamped as it is NOT WORKING!!! "

" From watching the neighborhood kids I think trouble starts way earlier than one would think. One of the neighbor boys told another that they would have to bring out the barbie dolls, someone was ugly because he had pimples, they had a plastic bb fight, they chase cars, threw a ball at the back of the mail truck, they constantly call names and cheat at games. And a couple of worse things. And the parents think 2 of them are just fine. I don't. But these kids don't go public school, they go to a private parochial school. The worst ones are 7 and 9 years old. "

" Are any of the parents of victimized teens or the victims ready to come to court and testify against the wrongdoers? Are the residents ready to take a day off work and confront the accused? If not, quit whining about juvenile crime. If the parents of these thugs are not doing their job, then it is up to responsible citizens to muster the courage and step forward. It does no good for you to complain about police doing nothing when they have investigated a case just to see victims fail to show up in court to help authorities prove their case. "