Comments on: Responsibility, or Lack Thereof http://rmondello.com/2008/05/21/responsibility-or-lack-thereof/ Life enthusiast. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ricky http://rmondello.com/2008/05/21/responsibility-or-lack-thereof/#comment-836 Ricky Tue, 27 May 2008 14:26:40 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=498#comment-836 Christine, you've hit it on the head. Like many things, the definition of acceptable behavior starts in childhood and moves up. Change starts from the bottom up. Christine, you’ve hit it on the head. Like many things, the definition of acceptable behavior starts in childhood and moves up. Change starts from the bottom up.

]]> By: Christine http://rmondello.com/2008/05/21/responsibility-or-lack-thereof/#comment-833 Christine Mon, 26 May 2008 19:44:54 +0000 http://richardmondello.com/?p=498#comment-833 Perhaps we've all gotten too accustomed to 'bad behavior,' if you will. A self-policing student body would be ideal, but simply isn't a reality in the average school system. Most students are very accepting of bad actors; they enjoy them for a few laughs and don't realize the deeper consequences of unwelcome behavior. Here's an example of what I'm talking about: during my years in public high school, I remember the routine cafeteria fight. You'd hear about them all the time and occasionally get to witness one or two every few months. They could almost be considered an unwritten, impromptu tradition of sorts. Nobody was really bothered by them, no student that is. Most people found them to be a great diversion from the usual stressors of their day. Yet for heaven's sake, a fight was going on! The generation of high school students currently in the system is unfortunately, one largely desensitized by an array of different factors. Disorder is not something students are unfamiliar with today, save a handful of them, of course. Rebellion is glorified along with all of the inherent craziness that comes with it, and that's really quite a shame. Perhaps we’ve all gotten too accustomed to ‘bad behavior,’ if you will. A self-policing student body would be ideal, but simply isn’t a reality in the average school system. Most students are very accepting of bad actors; they enjoy them for a few laughs and don’t realize the deeper consequences of unwelcome behavior.

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: during my years in public high school, I remember the routine cafeteria fight. You’d hear about them all the time and occasionally get to witness one or two every few months. They could almost be considered an unwritten, impromptu tradition of sorts. Nobody was really bothered by them, no student that is. Most people found them to be a great diversion from the usual stressors of their day. Yet for heaven’s sake, a fight was going on!

The generation of high school students currently in the system is unfortunately, one largely desensitized by an array of different factors. Disorder is not something students are unfamiliar with today, save a handful of them, of course. Rebellion is glorified along with all of the inherent craziness that comes with it, and that’s really quite a shame.

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