Right on!  You have hit the nail on the head.  What used to be a "House of Learning," and nothing more, has become a combination very expensive daycare center and juvenile social hall.

Making matters worse is that schools have not dug in and said that they cannot solve these problems.  Instead they have "assured" us that they were working on this.  In fact we seem to be in a downward spiral.

Is it time we call a spade a spade and call a halt to this madness?  Is it time we demand that parents be parents?

Probably too harsh for this state!