You apparently do not have kids of your own. I agree that children need to be punished, but that gives NO ONE the right to touch my child. If I ever picked one of my children up from school and a teacher, or principal or someone punished my child I would be whipping some ass. It is a parents responsibility to teach children the correct ways. What I deem acceptable you may not, what you deem acceptable, I may not.
I could only begin to see a teacher having a bad day and little Johnny bad a$$ pesters her and the teacher pops a cap in little Johnny.
Dont misunderstand me, most kids need to have some manners and respect beat into them, but not at school, that begins at home.
I don't agree with teachers carrying guns, but, I also think that they should be able to discipline them, when needed. If little Johnny has not learned to respect a teacher, or another adult by the time he is in school, it is too late.
BTW, I have four kids, and they are and were all honors students.
If you remember, when we were growing up, or at least when I was growing up, if a teacher called and said you had been misbehaving in class, there would be hell to pay at home. Now, parents want to sue the teachers for picking on little Johnny unfairly.
Interesting story, and actually pertains somewhat to this. A few years ago I was teaching a class in church. A couple of the kids were always misbehaving and very disrespectful. I spent most of the class time trying to keep them shut up and sat down. One day after their sunday school class, I had told one of the precious little gems that he needed to go sit with his Dad, I got cornered in the hall by both of the fathers. I was literally accused of beating on the kids in class, and using corporal punishment in the sunday school class. I was told that I knew nothing about children and that I surely must hate their children and that they were perfectly well behaved, and it was all my fault.
Now, 7 years later, one of them is in jail for drug dealing and usage, and the other is a high school drop out and the only reason he is out of jail is because his daddy is an attorney that is well acquainted with the judges.
What it boils down to is the parents are too willing to believe what precious is saying, and not willing to accept that someone might see a different side of them, that could be potentially damaging.