Two things I know for certain:
1. If I was a child in the micromanaged classrooms of today, I would be on a behavior modification plan and labeled a problem child. Thank goodness I went to school in an age when teachers still understood that children were creative and wiggly and silly and sometimes loud and rambunctious and full of energy.
2. I agree with Jon on telling our kids at times that I don't care what the teachers say or expect when those expectations or comments are ridiculous. While I want my kids to learn to respect authority, I also want them to have the ability to filter through baloney and not lock-step obey everything.
