I had an 8th grade student that punched people with a sharpened paper clip. I wrote home worried about the childish but cruel behavior she exhibited; her mother backed me to the wall and said she was only exhib

iting childish behavior because her daughter WAS a JUVENILE. The woman almost laid hands on me; this "child" was almost 6 ft tall, female, 14 years old and did it ALL SEMESTER. But mom paid the tuition.

It frightens me that these types of people who don't want to take any kind of responsibility have offspring