Writer never taught in inner-city schools

In a recent letter to the editor it was stated that the teacher should handle classroom disipline. It is apparent to me as a retired inner city school teacher that the writer has never dealt with inner city disipline problems especially in the high schools.

In the inner city some students go from class to class purposely disrupting their classes. The students know that once they defy the classroom teacher with their disruptive behavior they are home free unless the teacher calls security personnel which often is simply an aide in the school.

Usually, the student refuses to obey the teacher to sit in a proper seat or to stop talking to other students when the classroom instruction is taking place. No amount of teacher talking to the disruptive student will convince the student to stop his disruptive behavior and outside help in dealing with the student is invariably needed. The inner city disipline offices are almost always filled with these disruptive students every day.

Classroom instruction in the inner city classes often cannot take place on a regular basis because of some disruptive students daily causing disruptions in the same class. I had a special ed student in my chemistry class disrupt the class on a daily basis and would purposely wait for me to call security to take him out of the class. Also, I feel the letter writer has never dealt with inner city special ed students as well.

We teachers definitely need a security person in the schools to deal with students who will not listen to the classroom teacher.

Stewart E Brekke

Downers Grove