Had a conversation today with a fellow employee about the lack of discipline and disregard for school rules and policies by others in our school. It is something we deal with on a daily basis. There are a small percentage of teachers who enforce the rules, yet the vast majority do not. This becomes a burden on those who do. We look like the "jerks" of the school and the students quickly learn which classes to avoid and which teachers they need to placate in order to not get a referral. Most of this attitude on the part of the staff comes from the administration who are too busy to handle the small referrals in a timely manner so they get shuffled to the bottom of the stack and often don't get dealt with.
Unfortunately, this sets up a series of events and situations where even the good kids begin to flout the rules and chaos begins to slowly creep in. I know that there are some rules that seem meaningless and mundane, but it is their arbitrariness that creates a tone in the school. If we don't fix the small issues, then the small issues become big issues and suddenly you're in free-fall. Rant over.
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