Teaching for me still remains quite a noble profession.  After nearly 30 years in the service of our youth, I still have the drive,  the passion, the energy and the motivation to make a positive  difference in the lives of my students.  But, as the days go by, this is becoming quite a daunting task.

Among the biggest challenges facing me and several young, bright, talented and committed teachers is the despicable decline in discipline and decorum among the student population we pledge to serve.  Several youngsters are downwright rude and disrecpectful.  They have absolutely no regard for anyone, human or divine. 

Just yesterday  a young female colleague attempted to admonish an otherwise unruly class.  The unfortunate young lady probably made a remark that some elements in the class found to be “offensive”.  In response to the pleading of the teacher for some quietude and order, a girl in the class blurted out, “She ah behave like she ha man prablems”.

This was an unapologetic remark directed to my young colleague; delivered  without fear or trepidation.  Clearly, who the hell is Miss to tell them anything?  Why should Miss bring her “man prablems” to the class?  What Miss should have done was to mind her own business.  Miss’s presence, and her attempt to establish order was clearly an affront to whatever the students had planned for that period!  And, that young lady, that first former, that beneficiary of the “education revolution” had to let Miss know it!

I still love teaching. I just have to remember to keep my “man prablems” out of the classroom!