Neighmond, I think your contract has expired. If you think that you or any other educator can teach social rules and ethics (much less economics) to thugs that were street wise at age 6 then you must know something that nobody else knows (except for a couple of you "thread lifers" to seem to know everything. Better to concentrate on the ones who are willing to learn and who CAN learn. Sorry, this is real life. Not everyone can be reached. When the present administration says that "no child will be left behind" it makes me wonder what is the thought process behind these statements. Come to the light and see what really is before you lose all perspective.