Unruly kids lead to teacher trauma
Not long ago, a group of people — including parents, a borough warden and a number of city councilors — stormed into the junior-high school where I teach without warning. They came to seek justice against a homeroom teacher who allegedly made an inappropriate comment to a student. The student in question, whom I have taught, is viewed as a troublemaker by the school and has received more than three major demerits for misbehavior soon after entering the second grade. He is generally rude when talking to the homeroom teacher, who has made every effort possible to correct him using a