The hour is late, so it is somewhat difficult for me to get into a long conversation about anything. If I was to comment about anything, it would be about my students. I teach the 6th grade, so at this point of the year, what we have in reality is 5th graders in a 6th grade classroom. Academics are at this time poor...and behavior is even worse. However, I believe this to be true only because we as teachers have not yet had the chance to work our magic on our students. Once we start to influence them; motivate them; show them what we want and expect of them, their academics and behavior will surely improve. They will then start to head in the direction of a productive citizen.