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Education > Teachers & Administrators Are we giving students too much power over teachers?

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In one of his most poignantly funny bits, George Carlin describes the age we are living in as The Cult of the Child. While it was hysterical to listen to his comedy styling's, the root of his message is actually quite frightening. Children in schools today wield a power far greater than they should have. This power comes directly from the parents who propagate this "cult". All one has to do is observe a typical American classroom and take note of the behavior displayed by children and their parents. While I would never want a return to classrooms of yesteryear, where students were discipli...

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