In many countries, schools have severe problems with student behavior. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest?

Many

schools

around the world are facing a variety of challenges. In a number of countries,

students

are causing their

schools

serious problems because of the way they behave. In

this

essay, I will outline why

this

is happening and suggest two possible ways to curb bad

behaviour

. One of the main factors driving

this

problem is

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of discipline at

school

.

Whereas

in the past,

schools

and teachers maintained extremely strict

rules

regarding everything from hairstyles to handwriting neatness, now there are few boundaries and expectations. Indeed, just

this

month, a Sydney

school

teacher was physically attacked by three

students

, and not one of them was suspended, let alone expelled. Without explicit and firmly enforced

rules

,

such

incidents serve to

further

encourage other

students

to play up as there

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to be no consequences. The other contributing factor related to

parents

. Those who are excessively lenient at home, allowing their children to set their own

rules

and essentially run wild, must

also

be held accountable when their child behaves badly at

school

. The problem is, even if the teachers report and punish the bad

behaviour

, many

parents

refuse to accept the matter, preferring

instead

to undermine the

school

’s authority, and

further

fuel their child’s delinquency. Clearly, in order to manage the problem, it must be tackled both at

school

and at home. On an institutional level,

school

authorities need to get tough on bad

behaviour

. That means they need to set

rules

regarding uniforms, homework, classroom conduct, and other important areas. If the

rules

are broken, the teachers must have the power to discipline by,

for instance

, giving a detention or banning the student from

school

social events. On the home front,

parents

too need to set up and get tough. Without expectations and limitations around

behaviour

, they are setting their child up for a life of trouble. In conclusion, both

schools

and

parents

are, to varying degrees, culpable when it comes to problems with

students

. With a concerted joint effort,

however

, steps can be taken to improve standards and, ultimately help

students

succeed in society.