I hate parents who teach their kids to be disrespectful to the teachers.

The problem is parents take a hands-off approach in rasing their children. The problem isn't so much that they are teaching their children to be disrespectful, more that it's the parents not demanding or teaching respect to their children at a young age. Then the kid says "my mom said this, or my mom said that." truth is whose to say the kid didn't make it up because they weren't taught respect?

What kind of school makes the students cut their hair on a regular basis? Is this some military school or what? If this is not a policy at the school then the student can have his or her hair the way they want. I guess if this is the case then the teacher was just being an @$$. When I was in school my parents not to mention my grade 1 teacher told me to stand up for myself and by gosh I did. When I got to highschool it got alot worse. I had one teacher constently badger me and I went at it with her. I stood up for what I beleive in. I actually seen her last year and she said that I was right in what I beleived in. I was always taught you give me respect I will give you respect. Doesn't matter about the age as I know some adults that are way older than me do not give me respect and I will not show them the light of day.

I am a firm believer that kids need to respect adults. I also understand that this was, obvioulsy a religious school, which has more stringent rules than public schools. I also understand that although hair can be cut at home, not all people can cut hair well, and not all people can afford to take their child for a haircut every time a teacher thinks they should. What in the world does the length of a student's hair have to do with their ability to learn and participate in class? I think that a boy can look quite presentable and respectable, even with longer hair, as long as they take care of it. I don't think that this kid was being disrespectful really. I think that his mother is probably having a hard time and cannot understand why she should have to cut his hair so often. It wasn't necessarily a threat to the teacher's job, just an inquiry as to why this is the rule. As a mother myself, I can tell you that even at my kids' public schools, there are things that really do not make sense for their educatiion. I am not beyond questioning the administration if I disagree or have a question myself. Teachers have to do their best to enforce the rules, yes, but to get the answers as to why the rules are what they are, as parents, we have to go to the administration.

Wow, was it only the hair cut that was the issue with this kid. I have a feeling there is an underlining problem with the child, parent and teacher that your friend may not be telling you about. I agree that there should be no reason for the parent to tell the child to tell the teacher that they are going to go to the top official on the teacher. It just seems to me there is something in this conversation that is missing. I agree that children should not be rude and parents should be teaching manners at home. What I am wondering about is why the teacher is enforcing a hair cut? If its the schools rules to have your hair cut a certain length then send the kid to the principal and let the principal deal with the child and his mother. Frankly, the teachers job to me is to educate. Teachers should be teaching math,reading, writing, etc... and lead by example. What the heck does a hair cut have to do with teaching? Ok, regardless of the example given. No, it is not right for children and parents to be rude to a teacher. It simply not right for anyone to be rude to someone else. I'm going to go on the idea that something else is going on with this trio. I also by the way this is written think - that the mother has a right to question the repeated haircuts. As far as school rules lets give the mom the benefit of a doubt, maybe she doesn't understand them. Your post says that the Mother wants to check with the ministry of education why we must cut hair so many times. that to me isn't rude it is simply a question by the mother who maybe can not afford all the haircut's the child seems to have to have , that are being enforced by the teacher. Maybe the teacher is enforcing way too many rules to the max and needs to spend more time teaching math, etc... and please don't look at that last statement as rude, it was simply a suggestion that maybe we are enforcing a haircut rule and other rules beyond the their true intent. Teachers educate, Principals enforce rules. Is anyone getting what I'm saying. Tell your friend to leave the haircut rules to the administration as to avoid relationship problems with his students and parents. Again, I think there is more to the story than just a haircut.

I am a student myself, I will disrepute a teacher if the teacher disrespect me in the first place

honestly, i understand your concern. but where i stand on this whole issue gets in the way of my opinion of disrespect. people should respect teachers by all means but on this issue, theyre really dosrespecting the system. which i think is fine. cuz the peoples opinion matters and if kids dont want to cut their hair in a public school they shouldnt have to.

Children should respect their teachers, but children should also ask questions, they should learn and question old ideas, or question something that they think is not right.

dev 81 surely you must have wondered if that mom just did not have the funds for a hair cut when maybe all the money was for food and rent. of course hair can be cut at home if someone can do it right. I dont think that kid was not being disrespectful to the teacher as it w as the parent that had 'the child ask that. sometimes some school rules do need to beexamined for plausibility. I have always felt hair cutting was the prerogative of the parents not the schools.

I don't think the parent is teaching the kid to be disrespectful. If *I* were the parent in that situation, I would have something to say to a TEACHER who went and told MY KID that they needed to cut their hair. It's MY CHILD. If I don't want to cut my child's hair, I am not going to. You state this is some sort of rule? Why the heck would a school REQUIRE a child to have their hair short? Is it a visibility issue? maybe they can wear it tied back? I'm sorry but I bristle at any person sitting there and trying to tell me what to do or not to do with my own kid. When it's your kid, it's your decision. when it's mine, you don't get to have two cents to do with it.... Trust me, if someone told my daughter to do something she knew *I* wouldn't want her involved in and she said 'my mom told me I do not have to listen to you', that is not disrespectful, that is HONEST. That would have been exactly what I told her, and if they had some issue with ME, they could then come over and take matters up with me. I'm not going to have some stranger or other adult threaten my child or try to force her for 'authority sake' to do something that her PARENT wouldn't want her to do. Now if she was TALKING BACK to the teacher and the teacher's rule was completely fair and balanced and I agreed with it, then she should get in trouble, but this hair thing is way beyond that, it's not even in the same category.

Wow for a moment there when you said ministry of Education I thought you were from jamaica because we too have a ministry of eduaction too but then I remember that Jamaica and Singapore have similar goevrnment structures.Incidentally too we have similar problems with children being disrespectful and even hurting teachers and the ministry of education not having the teeth to implement measures to discipline these students .I guess we have become so westernised that we are afraid to administer punishment and as a result the school has become like a battlefield

I think that it is not right for any parent to teach kids to be disrespectul to their teachers. A teacher who is an elder deserves to be respected. In the same manner that a parent wants to be respected as well. I think that parents need to be educated as well as far as dealing with other people is concerned that encompasses more on respect for one another.

the parents can tught their kids vary batterly becous they under stand their nature.

Its not good .parents should not do that .irk me too

Parents who will teach their children to be disrespectful with teachers does not deserve a respect too. Teachers are the second parents inside the school, they guide and teach students not to be disrespectful instead.

Hi,I agree with you that we must teacher our children to respect law and be good citizens. It is very important to make them realise what is right and wrong and develop respect for other people regardless of who they are. Most parents fail to do this and talk openly about others in a degrading manner in front of their kids, which is best avoided..

You are right. It is because of such parents the child gets spoilt. After all children learn from their parents. They follow what their parents do. parents must know that in the long run this will be harmful to them as the child may become more arrogant and rude towards them and may not respect them in their old age.

As far as I am concerned, I think I hate the people who do not respect their teachers deeply. Respecting the teachers is the basic manners in the daily life. If we do not respect our teachers ,who will we respect.Then a non manners world will be, and a lot of bad things will make the world more dirty.So respect other is the basic manners in the lif.Happy mylot.