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[quote=CHYNAGYRL,232350]Hmm... when I was in Grade 8, my classmates were really *bad*.  At the time I attended a private French school.  I was a good student, but some of my classmates played so many games with teachers that ended in yelling, door slamming, swearing, even one teacher getting fired.  The students knew exactly how to press the teacher's buttons -- if one was a devout Catholic, they would challenge her beliefs until she was infuriated, then we would waste the whole class arguing with her about religion.  It was very entertaining to watch.  One time, one of my teachers (a normally classy, patient guy) told a student to take his <expletive> Playboy shirt and get the hell out of class.  For some reason, that class was especially bad, and the teachers didn't seem to have much power.  I think a lot of students had redneck parents...  :-(

After Gr.8 though, my high school classes and university classes were generally conducted in an atmosphere of respect and even friendship between the teachers and students.  I had a professor in university who was super smart (went to Princeton and Oxford) and I could find him in his office and have conversations with him about personal things.  That's one of the reasons I really like professors.  They're some of the smartest people around, and they can have a lot of wisdom to share too with their students.[/quote]

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