How do your teens behave in school?

[WeAllDeserveAnEducation]

Apparently according to DS ( year 10) shouting out, arguing , walking out are ‘the usual’ behaviour . I don’t believe this at all so just wanted Too see how other people’s kids behave in school . Have your kids ever been on a report ? Any detentions ? Is behaviour slipping from when us mums were at school

No never, but dd1 is just one of those super well behaved kids at school. She'd never dream of doing anything to get into trouble.

But that's just her, there are plenty of kids that get into trouble here and there without being really bad, or it having any major effect on their education. I'm sure DD2 won't be so squeaky clean once she gets to secondary.

Feel like DS is fobbing me off by saying this but I’m not in school so I’d never know .

Yep that's what a lot of kids in my DC school are like. I think teachers struggle to control them tbh. My kids are very well behaved - DD is quite timid and has never put a foot wrong, DS always follows the rules (probably due to ASD - he can't lie either!). They find it very frustrating sometimes that several kids disrupt the classes on a regularish basis. It's considered a very good school too.

Dd is sensible and not the type to get into trouble particularly. Maybe told to stop chatting a bit. But she's 16 and in sixth form now. She's never had a detention or report etc.

I taught secondary about 13 years ago, for ten years. Behaviour back then could be dreadful, from low level to much bigger issues. So much so that during my last secondary school I left teaching to work in a prison!

Wow that’s a huge change ! He’s definately Lieing to me . Seems as though him and his mates are out of the few students to get themselves into bother at school

ds has never been on report or had detention for behaviour , he's in yr 11 . We have had comments from his teachers in the last parents evening a few days ago about him being less distracted in class and more focused. Whilst that's good my first thought was ..hang on so he's been distracted and not focussed ..I wish I knew that..
I feel sorry for teachers ..I could never put up with the shit they have to and if I was fly on the wall and knew he was doing anything other than being a model student I'd be on his back all the time ...I'm sure he's glad I don't know

When I was in school behaviour was good when I look back..I went to school in the 70's in Canada ..we were scared of the teachers though.

I went to a private girls school and behaviour was very good. Dh went to a mixed church school and I was shocked by the things him and the others in his class got up to. Much worse than what I'm hearing from my kids. Teenagers can be a nightmare!