As I enter the room there is a slight scent of a crayons and elmer’s glue. The windows are closed, and there are heart shaped construction paper hanging throughout the classroom. The teacher turns from the board to greet me, “Hola, Nolan.” I reply, “Hola Senora Pedroza.” The students sit attentively at their desks facing the chalk board. They notice my arrival and look at my expectantly; I greet them, and head towards “my” …showed first 75 words of 2928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2928 total…exercised on “their” level. Children of today are in control of their own behaviors and take necessary means to make sure that you follow the rules, “or else . . . .” Works Cited Davies, Lynn. “Pupil Power: Deviance and Gender in School”. Falmer Press:London. 1984. Levin, Jack. “Elementary Statistics in Social Research”. Harper Collins College Publishers:New York. 1994. Stark, Jack. “Moral Authority, Ideology, and the Future of the American Family”. Westview Press:Boulder. 1999. Sutherland, Edwin. “Criminology”. Lippincott:Philadelphia. 1974.