<p>I'm from Michigan, an itty-bitty suburb of Detroit. It's true that my school, as opposed to others, spends more time trying to control the amount of students in the halls and the craziness level in the classroom. I work with people who have no problems in their school with students being disrespectful, while a teacher-friend of mine was just laid off from my school (only four years in) and was seriously considering changing his line of work because of the students he's had to teach (I being the exception of course). I don't understand how my school is so terrible, with students who don't care about themselves, and even less about the teachers helping them, while other districts send their students to Harvard, and the only difference is a few miles and a little money.</p>