I remember classmates almost coming to tears on the final day of my third grade class. Our teacher, Mrs. Supercho was a sweet, gentle kind lady. I remember lining up to leave on the final day of class, approaching my teacher and giving her a big hug. Sure that was going on 40 years ago and times have definitely changed. I guess they have!!!
Just read about the third grade classmates in a Georgia elementary school who were caught by school officials before they could carry out their plan to physically harm their teacher. The adjacent picture is just one of several showing some the "weapons" the THIRD graders planned to use. Waycross, Georgia Police Lt. Dwayne Caswell said of the students, "They had a broken steak knife, a crystal paper weight, toy handcuffs, several items and tape and stuff." Sure, these are not the actions of typical third grades or at least I hope not. But it sure says something about a society and culture that seems to see more and more cases of younger and younger children expressing such anger, disrespect and outright evil actions. I can't help but ask what would drive third graders to want to do something like this and more importantly what kind of homes and parents do these students come from?
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