classroom and tell me if she thinks my students are also aggressive. I find them not to be so, but she may find both me and them aggressive. Maybe we can get to the bottom of this oft repeated charge that kids nowadays are harder to teach, don’t know as much, etc. Pat Barrett ====================== 97/12 From-> “Marilyn V.J. Barrueta” Subject: Re: A long note to younger teachers >I find them not to be so, but she may find both me and them aggressive. >Maybe we can get to the bottom of this oft repeated charge that kids >nowadays are harder to teach, don’t know as much, etc. >PBarr21106@aol.com Pat Barrett I’ll be interested in reading what Pat finds out, but I would make this observation: I believe it was Mary who commented that students are more likely to stand up for themselves these days and not just passively accept from authority figures — and this may be at least part of what she means. My personal feeling is that when I began teaching, there were “aggre