Imagine...

Imagine a school with no structure, discipline, responsibility, chain of command, or leadership. Imagine a school where the students ruthlessly rule and act with impunity because they know nor fear no consequence.

Imagine a school where you a student screams "F@*# you!" while playing a game because they feel it was their turn again, even though they had already played 3x's as much as any other student in the class. Imagine a school where you call the parent of said student, and the parent gives you the same response. Imagine where they learned it from. Imagine that you call every parent of the children you teach for parent teacher conferences, and not a single one of them shows up. Imagine that all of them said they were going to.

Imagine a school where you say "Good morning!" to a student as they enter the classroom, and they explode in your face and complain about how you're always talking to them about something. Imagine a school where you ask the same question every day "Where is your pencil?" and the student responds "Gaaaawd, why you always wanting me to show you my pencil? You be doin' too much!" Imagine a school where any type of advertisement, motivational poster, or student work hung up on the wall at the beginning of the period becomes hallway trash by the start of the next.

Imagine a school where you gently nudge a student to start copying down the notes and they scream at you "Get your a*@ out of my face!" Imagine a school where students thunder continuously down the hallways at all times of the day, especially during class time. Imagine a school where students play around in the school yard for 15 minutes after lunch gets over, because there are no motivating factors to get them out of there. Imagine a school where students run at uncontrolled top speed down crowded hallways, with teachers yelling at them to "walk", and the students continue on as if the adults weren't even there. Imagine a school where a student can assault teachers, sell marijuana laced cookies in school to students, get caught, and remain in class. Imagine a school where these same kids can run into a teacher, knock them down flat on the back, banging their head against the ground, and there are no consequences for the wreckless student.

Imagine that this school has such a hard time retaining ANY teachers that the new teachers are not instructed to actually teach a curriculum, but do whatever it takes to keep these kids in the classroom. Imagine a school where the students who have been identified as disruptive are automatically being referred to in-school-suspension on a daily basis to "do their work" without even having the opportunity to attend a classroom with a certificated instructor.

Imagine that the district this school is in is completely aware of everything that is happening at this school. And imagine that they turn a blind eye to it all.

Welcome to my school.